No Limit Hold ‘Em Theory and Practice Review
[II] “Thanks for lending me the book”, Iggy the Improver said as he handed Sklansky and Miller’s No Limit Hold ‘Em Theory and Practice back to Stan the Stat. [SS] “You’re quite welcome”, Stan replied....
View ArticleSAGE – Sit And Go Endgame
[SS] “Iggy, for heads-up, short-stack, push or fold decisions, I use SAGE”, Stan the Stat declared. [II] “What’s that?” Iggy the Improver inquired. [SS] “Sit And Go Endgame, Copyright ©2005 by James...
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Visualizing Hand Ranges
[FF] “I keep hearing people talking about hand ranges, but how do you know what a hand range looks like?” Figaro the Fish inquired. [NN] “There are 169 unique starting hands: 13 pairs, 78 suited...
View ArticleMore Hand Range Software
[LL] “I found another poker calculator that’s for Windows but runs great using Wine on Macs: Equilab“, Leroy the Lion reported back. [NN] “Is it better than Poker Stove?” Nate the Natural asked. [LL]...
View ArticleReading Hands, Preflop: Part Two
[FF] “I think I understand the idea behind hand ranges now,” Figaro the Fish began, “but I’m pretty clueless as to what ranges to put people on. It just seems so complicated!” [NN] “It is complicated,...
View ArticleReading Hands, Flop: Part One
[FF] “Wow, thanks Nate”, Figaro the Fish offered. That really would have helped me a lot if I could remember it all.” [DD] “Or even ten percent of it”, Deb the Duchess amended. [FF] “So now that you...
View ArticleReading Hands, Flop: Part Two
{Continued from Part One} [NN] “Even if we know the range that the c-bettor is betting with, that doesn’t mean opponents will call or raise with broad enough ranges. Among weaker and tighter players,...
View ArticleReading Hands, Flop: Part Three
{Continued from Part Two} [NN] “Alternatively,” Nate the Natural continued, “the non-preflop raiser could bet first. Derogatorily called the ‘donk bet’1, the bet basically says that the player hit the...
View ArticleReading Hands, Turn
{Continued from the Flop, Part Three} [NN] “The turn is the street of hope”, Nate the Natural asserted. “You hope you’re ahead in the hand. If not, you hope you can bluff your opponent out. But if all...
View ArticleReading Hands, River
{Continued from Reading Hands, Turn} [NN] “The river is the exciting conclusion to a four-act play”, Nate the Natural continued. “With a good read, you can pick off a bluff by a missed draw, like...
View ArticleMIT Poker Course
{ Figaro the Fish glances over at Leroy the Lion’s iPhone. } [FF] “I didn’t know you were playing online poker again”, Figaro commented. [LL] “Huh? What makes you say that?” Leroy wondered. [FF]...
View ArticleCounterfeiting
[SS] “Do you guys know the counterfeit coins puzzle?” Stan the Stat surveyed the table. [LL] “Do you mean the 9 coin puzzle with two weighings or the 12 coin puzzle with three weighings?” Leroy the...
View Article“The Poker Tournament Formula” Review
[LL] “In 2006, Arnold Snyder’s The Poker Tournament Formula brought a novel approach to poker tournaments: design your playing strategy around the speed of the tournament. Start by looking at the blind...
View Article“The Poker Tournament Formula 2” Review
[LL] “In 2008, Arnold Snyder followed up with The Poker Tournament Formula 2, one of the most controversial poker books ever written”, Leroy the Lion opened. “Where The Poker Tournament Formula focused...
View Article“Poker Plays You Can Use” Review
[SS] “Perfect timing that you joined us just now, Iggy”, greeted Stan the Stat. “We were just discussing New Year’s Resolutions, and the first section was about improving your game!” [II] “Oh, yeah....
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