Stud Poker

• Stud Poker Strategy: Poker Workout, Part 2 -- Exercise at the Table

  Ashley Adams

  In my last article I mentioned many forms of exercise that a good poker player can do away from the table. Let me touch on some exercises that you can do at the poker table. ISOMETRICS: Yeah, really! You can exercise nearly every muscle...

   

• Stud Poker Strategy: Poker Workout, Part 1 -- Away from the Table

  Ashley Adams

  I was exercising at home on my Nordic Track. I had just returned from Paris and had eaten too much during my vacation, so I was trying to burn off some of the excess calories I had eaten and lose a few pounds. At the rate I was...

   

• Stud Poker Strategy: Pot-Limit Stud

  Ashley Adams

  I just returned from a great trip to Paris, France, visiting my daughter and that great city. I also went to play poker. I played in two clubs – each in the nicest part of the city, right near the Arc D'Triomphe. What a beautiful scene...

   

• Stud Poker Strategy: Points to Ponder -- Answers

  Ashley Adams

  In my last column I gave you some questions to ponder, promising answers in the subsequent column, which you're reading here. I'll repeat the question and then provide each answer in bold face...

   

• Stud Poker Strategy: Problems to Ponder

  Ashley Adams

  I have some problems for you to ponder until next week when I'll fill you in on my answers. For now, take out a piece of paper and jot down what you think the best answers are to the following questions. Don't sweat...

   

• Stud Poker Strategy: Do Tell! Part 1 of 4

  Ashley Adams

  It's all the rage. Ever since Matt Damon went around the table of his professor's poker game in Rounders and declared what everyone was holding, poker fans have been obsessed with acquiring that secret power of knowing their opponents'...

   

• Stud Poker Strategy — Options in Fixed Limit Stud, Part II: Third Street

  Ashley Adams

  In my last column I dealt with betting options in limit stud on fourth street, covering the decision to bet the lower tier or the higher tier. In this column we'll look at betting options on third street, when there is a forced bet by the low card...

   

• Stud Poker Strategy — Options in Fixed-Limit Stud, Part I: Fourth Street

  Ashley Adams

  There aren't many betting options in limit 7-card stud. The bets are pretty fixed by the structure. Unlike spread-limit, pot-limit, and no-limit, you usually have no choice in the amount you bet. You want to bet on fifth street

   

• Stud Poker Strategy: Patience Rewarded

  Ashley Adams

  My poker-playing cousin and his buddy were in town for the high holidays. So after the break-fast following Yom Kippur services we headed down to Foxwoods. What better way to start the Jewish New Year than with a playing session?

   

• Stud Poker Strategy: Sixth Street Play

  Ashley Adams

  I've written extensively about play on third street, fifth street and the river. These streets are where most of the difficult decisions are made. Even so, sixth street presents its own interesting problems from time to time...

   

• Stud Poker Strategy: Time for a Quiz, Part 2

  Ashley Adams

  School has started. It's time for you to continue your poker exam. For the questions below, assume a $20/40 game with a $3.00 ante and a $5.00 forced bet from the low card. Unless otherwise noted, the players are moderately aggressive...

   

• Stud Poker Strategy: Time for a Quiz, Part 1

  Ashley Adams

  When I was in college and high school, decades ago, I hated being tested. It made me nervous. I didn't like the notion of being judged. And I surely couldn't stand some teacher telling me I was wrong. How much better it was...

   

• Stud Poker Strategy: Time to Go, Part 2

  Ashley Adams

  In my last column I explained the three methods generally used by players to decide when to leave. They were: Leaving when the game is no longer any good; leaving after a predetermined time period; and leaving after a pre-set win...

   

• Stud Poker Strategy: Time to Go, Part 1

  Ashley Adams

  When is it time to leave the poker game? There's a lot of discussion around that topic. I'd like to weigh in. There are three broad views on this subject. I'll look at each in this column and review their pluses and minuses...

   

• Stud Poker Strategy: To Win, Be Willing to Lose

  Ashley Adams

  You want to win. It's a passion. It's one of the reasons you play poker in the first place. There are no excuses. It's you against others. There are no teams. If you win it's the product of your own play...

   

• Stud Poker Strategy: Dropping Down to Raise it Up

  Ashley Adams

  There's a lot of ego in poker; it's one of the motivations for many players. We poker players are a combative and competitive lot. We prove how tough and 'bad' we are by the games we're in. The higher the stakes, the better players...

   

• Stud Poker Strategy: Beware Two Pair (Weak Ones)

  Ashley Adams

  Some poker players overvalue two pair – playing them very strongly when they should not be doing so. We have a name for those types of players: Losers. Two pair is a tricky hand. It is often second best or worse, yet there are situations when...

   

• Stud Poker Strategy: The Auto-Bet

  Ashley Adams

  I've noticed one quality among stud players that stands out more than any other. We tend to be old. There's nothing wrong with that. Think wisdom and experience; we tend to have them in spades. But we also tend to have some deficiencies...

   

• Stud Poker Strategy: Stud in the Afternoon

  Ashley Adams

  It was a sunny summer day in Boston. There was a slight breeze. It was warm enough and clear enough to be a beach day. But I wanted to play poker more than I wanted to lie on the sand. I had finished my work for the afternoon and left...

   

• Stud Poker Strategy: Saving Bets

  Ashley Adams

  In my last article I wrote about getting full value for your hand by betting it on the river. This doesn't mean that you will always call on the river. There are times when you can save a bet based on the betting action. Let me give you...

   

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