Q&A #103: Is My Winrate High Enough?
Date: Mon, Apr 7, 2008
I get this question in various forms all the time: “Is my winrate high enough?” or “What is the best winrate possible for my $X buyin no-limit game?” I’ve written on the topic before, but I have something more to say about it today. Poker is obviously a social game. We play against one to nine [...]
Poker Combination Calculation Exercise — My Answer
Date: Sat, Apr 5, 2008
Two days ago I posed a poker-related math question. Here’s the question again and then my answer. What percentage of all possible five card boards put the nuts on board? By “put the nuts on board” I mean that every possible two card hand will split the pot with every other possible hand. There are two board [...]
Poker Combination Calculation Exercise
Date: Thu, Apr 3, 2008
This is just a little math problem, but I think it’s good exercise for your poker math muscles. What percentage of all possible five card boards put the nuts on board? By “put the nuts on board” I mean that every possible two card hand will split the pot with every other possible hand. Answer to [...]
The Squeeze Play
Date: Mon, Mar 31, 2008
The squeeze play has a bit of a daring and clever feel to it. It’s a bluff (or semi-bluff) perpetrated against not one, but several opponents. Someone bets, one or more players call, then you raise. When it works, you feel like a champ, and you rake a big pot. When it doesn’t work, “Oops.” Here’s [...]
Hand Discussion #12: My Thoughts
Date: Fri, Mar 28, 2008
Here are my thoughts about the most recent hand discussion. For reference, here’s the original question: This hand is a hand reading exercise. I chose the hand because I think both players’ hand ranges are fairly well-defined by the river. What do you think are each players’ hand ranges? And how well do you think these [...]
Hand Discussion #12: No-Limit Hand Reading
Date: Wed, Mar 26, 2008
This hand is a hand reading exercise. I chose the hand because I think both players’ hand ranges are fairly well-defined by the river. What do you think are each players’ hand ranges? And how well do you think these players played their hands (obviously a somewhat difficult question to answer without knowing exactly what [...]
Hand Discussion #12: No-Limit Hand Reading
Date: Wed, Mar 26, 2008
This hand is a hand reading exercise. I chose the hand because I think both players’ hand ranges are fairly well-defined by the river. What do you think are each players’ hand ranges? And how well do you think these players played their hands (obviously a somewhat difficult question to answer without knowing exactly what [...]