Do You 3 Bet? When And Who?
I have mixed feelings about when 3 betting is most useful. Typically there are 3 situations when you can 3 bet, and they are. 1) You have AA/KK and some one open raises in front of you. If you are…
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A Simple Plan.....SSS 50BB
This is a really simple planned strategy for short stacking PS 50BB tables. This plan is having a plan in the first place. Okay, here it is, first of all there is No shoving your stack. These tables…
Is This A Good Fold ?
AsKs on the Hijack with the cutoff posting out of turn. UTG+2 Raises (plays 50% 1/2 of all his hands) and UTG+3 then 3 Bets who is a nit playing 9% of his hands. I fold and the original raiser…
Done.... Bankroll/Bonus Challenge
First I am sorry for kinda letting you all down and not blogging recently. I got really fed up being a break even player. I made the bonus, and the points. I DID NOT MAKE ANY MONEY, though I didnt…
What goes through a Horse's mind?
In poker, if you don't have the money to play yourself you may be able to be staked (backed) by someone else - splitting all profits, of course. We're documenting a staking series over at…
Professional Poker Player Frank Saulle In The News Again.
Professional Poker Player Frank Saulle AKA The Trapper has decided to enter the next major poker tournament event to hit the calendar. Why? Well, Saulle got extremely lucky, and he has decided it’s…
And The Answer Is.......Oh And By The Way
We got free tix for The Pretenders last nite, Damn that Chrissy Hynde is one hot 58 yr old mama. We belong to HouseSeats. They give away free tix to locals. So far this yr we have seen Al Stewart,…
Why do backers stake players?
Our docu-series: "Suck Out! A Horse with No Name Recognition" continues here (take a look) with our backer's perspective. But, why do you think backers invest their money in other players? Should…
Which Hands Cracked AA & KK The Most?
I was gonna write an update on my bankroll/bonus challenge that is coming to an end in about 3 days, but I noticed these little tidbits as I was reviewing my hands. I was going to initially write…
Poker ain't always pretty - just win, baby.
Played some cash games over at PokerHost, what a minefield. Didn't enjoy it at all, sorry. I'm such a tournament player, can't stand to have a day go by when I can't play a tournament. That's not to…
AA Winner Or Loser.....How Do You Play It?
I was really surprised that some of you all thought that AA was the losing hand. My AA is a 91.5% winner for over $1728.00 (191,000 hands) seen 874 times (25NL) and that equates to close to 2.00…
Am I A Winning Player? A Very Interesting Stat
Lets set aside my current challenge for a moment (actually this probably is why the cash part is losing). I am a winning player this month. I played 130,000 hands, I won $269.00 Yes, I am a winner…