At one time or another, we have had the wonderful experience of being “on a roll” – a spell of sustained success or luck at the poker table. Amazing experience; good for your personality as well as your soul! What could be better than seeing your pile of chips expand and grow? What else can […]
Of all the relatively common hands in video poker, I find Three of a Kind at the top of the list frustrating. This might be a little strange. This is a guaranteed winner, paying the three most variations in the game. So why do I feel this way about hands? There are only three possible […]
He only had two outs to fix his hands on. He called to the end, and lost a stack of chips. (Don’t get mad if he’s lucky and traps this pot from you. In the long run, it will pay off completely – and then some.) • Bluffers are common: Bluffing is a form of […]
Mark Davis defended his big blind with a suitable 7-5 against Rob Lipkin’s raised button and dropped a straight flush. That’s definitely a really good feeling, given the intense competition and high stakes of this $ 25,5000 buy-in event. With an absolute nut on the flop and basically not afraid of his opponent backing down, […]
Recently, I wrote about a rather quirky book, “Dirty Poker,” which is about cheating at the poker table. The author, Richard Marcus, admits to having cheated on poker and other games of chance, his career. Marcus describes various forms of cheating, the most famous of which is collusion between players. In my column, I write […]