Diane McHaffie
Today’s lesson is taken from one of Mike’s previous lectures, dealing with “When not to raise.” You need to rationally justify your decision when you’re preparing to raise. It is necessary to know why you’re taking this action. You should also make sure your reasons are valid when you’re about to call, but it’s […]
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Tony Kendall
In my previous missive from the other side of the Atlantic, I promised to let you now how the American visitors fared when they came across to Barcelona, for the Spanish leg of the European Poker Tour (EPT).
Well none of you guys finalled, and none of you cashed. Toogood for you, were we? Well, […]
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George Epstein
In a recent column by Fresh Young Face of Poker, Jennifer Matiran (Poker Player; November 29, 2004), the point was made that the outcome in a game of poker is never certain. Gambling, she explained, means to bet on an uncertain outcome. Her cautions struck achord for me because I have been reprimanded by […]
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Low Limit Aggression
My guess is that 99 percent of today’s poker players watch those poker tournaments on TV. The other 1 percent don’t have TV’s! We have tournaments for Hollywood actors, soap opera stars and race car drivers. We also have a ton of reruns of the World Series of Poker, the WPT, and new […]
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Richard Burke
After signing up for a $4-8 Hold’Em game, LindaMae strode over to my chair, sat, and asked, “What is that C thingy I see in your articles?” Cleverly, I responded, “C thingy?” Yes, she said that it was in all those formulas that clutter up my columns.
Finally I understood. I toldher that the C […]
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Jim McKenna
Last year, in an article on Player Images, I wrote in this newspaper that “Behind every action there must be an image.” (Poker Player, May 31, 2004) Normally, when we look at actions and the images behind them we expect to find some congruence. In other words, if a person thinks of himself as […]
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Jennifer Matiran
Dear Jen,
I just read your article in the poker player, and I have to admit that it did make me think. I am a young aggressive poker pro that sometimes gets hot under the collar at a player when he calls when there is no good reason. I especially like the comment they (novice\reckless\just […]
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