Stud Poker

• Stud Poker Strategy - Thanksgiving

  Ashley Adams

  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...

   

• Stud Poker Strategy - Selective Aggression

  Ashley Adams

  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....

   

• Stud Poker Strategy - Death Spirals (final)

  Ashley Adams

  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....

   

• Stud Poker Strategy - Death Spirals (part 2)

  Ashley Adams

  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.

   

• Stud Poker Strategy - Death Spirals (part 1)

  Ashley Adams

  You've been there, I know it. If you're a serious player who plays in serious games with strangers, on line or in card rooms, you've been there.

   

• Stud Poker Strategy - Fifth Street Shuffle

  Ashley Adams

  I like candlepin bowling. The bowling ball fits into the palm of my hand. The pins are long, tapered, and narrow. And I get three throws to knock down all the balls. What's not to like....

   

• Stud Poker Strategy - Light Up Their World

  Ashley Adams

  If the table is full of dim opponents, you take the initiative and light them up. Such was the case a few nights ago when I dropped by a $1-5 table at Foxwoods Resort Casino....

   

• Stud Poker Strategy - Adjusting

  Ashley Adams

  I just got back from a wonderful four days at Foxwoods Resort casino - which held FARGO, a convention of sorts of we poker playing fanatics who know each other primarily from the Internet.

   

• Stud Poker Strategy - Seduced by your own Hype

  Ashley Adams

  I love old movies. Good thing too, because I don't have cable. And sometimes that's all that's on late at night when I can't sleep. There was one the other night. I don't remember the name.

   

• Stud Poker Strategy - Playing when Tired

  Ashley Adams

  I've played poker of every sort, including stud well into the night and early morning. I've observed friends and foe alike at the poker table at every hour of the day and night...

   

• Stud Poker Strategy - Subtle Plays

  Ashley Adams

  I was playing $5/10 Stud on line at Party Poker. I had (AA)J. The 3c to my immediate left brought it in. It was folded around to the player to my right. He had a J exposed as well.

   

• Stud Poker Strategy - Changing Gears

  Ashley Adams

  I was playing $5/10 Stud at Party Poker. Most of the time, when I sit down in a $5/10 game, it's a pretty loose and passive experience...

   

• Stud Poker Strategy - Playing Small Pairs With Small kickers

  Ashley Adams

  I think more people lose more money on low pairs with medium or low kickers than any other starting hand in 7-Card Stud.

   

• Stud Poker Strategy - A Tricky Play

  Ashley Adams

  Players starting out in Stud are correctly advised to play straightforwardly - making money from the mistakes of their opponents.

   

• Stud Poker Strategy - Betting on the Come

  Ashley Adams

  When you're playing poker against those who tend to be too loose, it's generally correct to wait until you have a hand that is likely to be ahead in value before you bet aggressively.

   

• Stud Poker Strategy: Fourth and Fifth Street Bluffs

  Ashley Adams

  Most of the time, when you're playing a tight/aggressive game, you're going to find yourself raising on Third Street and then continuing to bet on Fourth Street when you figure you still have the best hand.

   

• Sutd Poker Strategy: Check-Raising, Part 3: Controversy

  Ashley Adams

  In the last two columns on this subject we explored exactly what check-raising was and how to use it in a game. But what happens when you come to a game and there is a rule against check-raising?

   

• Stud Poker Strategy: Check Raising, part two.

  Ashley Adams

  Check-raising is a valuable tool for the Stud player for many reasons. Even so, it remains controversial in many circles among poker players. In part two of this series...

   

• Stud Poker Strategy - Check Raising Part One

  Ashley Adams

  Check-raising is a valuable tool for the Stud player for many reasons. Even so, it remains controversial in many circles among poker players.

   

• Stud Poker Strategy - Slowplaying

  Ashley Adams

  A continuing series on the strategic nuances of 7-Card Stud Poker.

   

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