I remember my friend Brian from elementary and middle school. He was a scrawny kid in elementary school. We picked him last for all of our pick up games of baseball or touch football or kickball... more
I know poker players who dismiss my attempts to teach people how to play trips. They point out that it's hard to lose money with three-of-a-kind.... more
Omaha poker is a game of wide variations and it is this feature that attracts players to the game or repels them in equal measure. When I play online... more
It was just a flight of whimsy really. I wasn't in the mood for a serious poker discussion. So I posted a silly little question on the online poker Usenet discussion group known as RGP... more
Most, if not all, online poker rooms prevent a player sitting down at a pot limit game with more than a certain maximum, often this is 100 times the big blind... more
As the stakes go up in stud, the antes and the forced bets tend to grow as a percentage of the small bet. For example, though the conventionally structured $10/20 game... more
I do not play particularly high stakes levels on-line. This is because I am a conservative type of player who tries to win steadily rather than spectacularly. more
When I was first starting to learn about how to play poker, I learned the importance of playing what was referred to as tight/aggressive poker.... more
I try not to forget that the online poker revolution is continuing and ever more numbers of new players are trying out the game for the first time. Poker News doesn't forget it either more
It's Thanksgiving. And while poker players tend not to pay attention to the calendar (except the one that announces promotions and tournaments in the poker room) I for one cannot help but pause and reflect... more
One of the great causes of wallet damage to a new player at Omaha High is over-estimating the power of the set - three of a kind, especially when it hits them on the flop... more
I'm going to assume that you've learned to be tight. You've learned to throw away trash hands on Third Street. Perhaps you've practice with the Wilson software.... more
For those of you who have played Omaha Hi/Lo Poker in particular, you will know the pain of seeing a card hit the board which blows a hole in your best-laid plans and snatches a defeat from the jaws of victory! more
Let's recap our death spiral. We started with a good couple of hours of play, confounded by bad fortune and a drop of $200 from our original stack of $500.... more
There are times in poker when you wonder what possesses other players to do the things they do. This question tends to manifest itself a few milliseconds after a giant pot... more
Let's continue down the death spiral we started down last week. You remember the beginning don't you? You had a long run of bad cards after being down $200 in a $10/20 game. more
Omaha is a game where the likelihood of significant improvement to some players' hands exists at every round of the betting - the flop, the turn and the river. more
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