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• Stud Poker Strategy - Are you Doggin' It?, Part II

  Ashley Adams

  In my last column, we looked at the likelihood that someone would win when he started out with a hand on third street that was an underdog. We looked just at the match up statistically – not accounting for whether the raiser...

   

• Stud Poker Strategy - Are You Doggin' It? - Part 1

  Ashley Adams

  I drove down to Foxwoods' poker room early one Sunday morning this winter to play some stud. It really is the best place in the world to go for stud action. Thank goodness I live within two hours of the place...

   

• Stud Poker Strategy -Your Image, Part III

  Ashley Adams

  In the first two parts of this series I mentioned the importance of recognizing the image that other players have of you at the poker table. This may differ from how you like to think of yourself; and it may vary from opponent to opponent...

   

• Stud Poker Strategy - Your Image - Part II

  Ashley Adams

  In the first part of this series on image, I noted how important it is to recognize your image in the mind of your opponent. And I noted some difficulties in doing so – starting with self-delusion. I'd like to introduce a few other reasons....

   

• Stud Poker Strategy, Your Image, Part One

  Ashley Adams

  I like to tell this story about an egotist to make a point about poker....A guy goes to a party. He is really full of himself. He starts talking to a woman. He goes on and on about himself – about how rich he is....

   

• Stud Poker Strategy - Arguing With Your Own Data

  Ashley Adams

  By night and on weekends I am a poker player, writer, and charity poker tournament director. But by day I am a union representative, organizer, and trainer for teachers....

   

• Stud Poker Strategy - Re-raising in Stud

  Ashley Adams

  Let me get right to the point. Good but not great stud players generally need to change how they use the re-raise if they want to maximize their wins. Players who understand the importance of aggression

   

• Stud Poker Strategy – From the World Poker Open

  Ashley Adams

  I was lucky enough to get an invitation from the Gold Strike Casino in Tunica, Mississippi to cover the World Poker Open and to play in their media tournament. I eagerly took them up on their offer....

   

• Stud Poker Strategy - Steroids in Stud

  Ashley Adams

  You've seen the headlines. Top track and field athletes are thrown off the U.S. Olympic team for steroid abuse. Performance enhancing drugs taint records in baseball....

   

• Stud Poker Strategy - Humility

  Ashley Adams

  Consider the following. You're watching poker on TV. Who are you going to focus on? The guy who is loud, obnoxious, cocky, and taunting his opponent or the guy who is just sitting quietly?...

   

• Stud Poker Strategy - Sliding to the River

  Ashley Adams

  I want you to think of the play of a hand of 7-card stud symbolically – at least for a few minutes. Think of a slide – like the one you used to use in the playground when you were a young child....

   

• Stud Poker Strategy - Relativity

  Ashley Adams

  You don't have to be an Einstein to play winning poker. Even so, an understanding of the laws of relativity can only serve to help you at the poker table....

   

• Stud Poker Strategy - Streaks

  Ashley Adams

  I went out to a poker club the other night. I saw the usual cast of poker players that I know from the place. Everyone was either seated or standing around the table. One of the guys who normally plays was standing back having a beer or two....

   

• Stud Poker Strategy - Folding on Sixth Street

  Ashley Adams

  There is a commonly spoken poker adage that a good stud player doesn't fold on sixth street. He bets, raises, or he calls. I've heard this from many seasoned players – including a couple of pros...

   

• Stud Poker Strategy - Having a Poker Face

  Ashley Adams

  Ask the average Joe what the most important thing is to being a good poker player and he'll often answer, 'Uh, I don't know. Maybe having a good poker face.' At least that's been my experience.

   

• Stud Poker Strategy - Fifth Street Decisions

  Ashley Adams

  Poker is a game about making proper decisions. If you can make the right decisions while your opponents make the wrong decisions you will win money over time. It's as simple as that....

   

• Stud Poker Strategy - Playing Pairs on Fourth Street

  Ashley Adams

  In a prior poker column I addressed playing low and medium pairs on third street. I mentioned that they could be the source of some extra profit or significant loss if you didn't get away from them correctly....

   

• Stud Poker Strategy - Doesn't Look Good, But It Is - Part II

  Ashley Adams

  In my last column I showed you some examples of hands that looked initially like they should not be played. But I explained how they really had some value. I focused on relatively simple cases. This one is slightly more complicated....

   

• Stud Poker Strategy - It Doesn't Look Good, But it Is

  Ashley Adams

  In my Veteran's Day column I explained why many hands that might have looked superficially good really weren't. In today's and next week's column I turn that upside down

   

• Stud Poker Strategy - Looks Good But Isn't - Explained

  Ashley Adams

  I published an article on this site on October 7th that set out eight hands that looked good superficially, but that when considered more carefully...

   

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