Mike Caro is the ‘Mad Genius of Poker’
Three months ago I shared a big secret about value betting. Value betting is the act of pushing your hand for every extra penny of profit through aggressive wagering. We discovered that you should only do itwhen you have psychological dominance over your opponents.
When you’re losing or you […]
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Byron Liggett
The SENECA WORLD POKER CLASSIC, Jan. 24 - Feb. 2, at the Niagara Casino, in New York, is going to be special. It promises to be one of those memorable events in which participants will declare with pride, “I Was There!”
Seneca Director of Poker Operations, Mike Gainey, one of the most experienced, well regarded […]
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George Epstein
This is especially for senior citizens, but even baby boomers and younger people can benefit from our message here. . .
It was George Bernard Shaw who said: “We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” Think about it. . . Have you ever wondered why this is […]
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Peter Costa
About 20 years ago back in the UK, when Hold’em was still in it’s infancy - PL 7-Card Stud was the game when it came to playing cash. The games in Nottingham at the time became extremely lively as an influx of new faces came to play in the biggest game in town. In […]
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Poker Cop: A Poker Player Murder Mystery
I tell Jenny, “I’m not the Spade thief. I didn’t cheat the House of Cards. Gyp had two partners. I was there to cheat. The other, the player I call Shemp, was there to kill. He’s the one you want.
You have to believeme.”
“The Rules,” answers Jenny, “say I have […]
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John Vorhaus
With the warp-speed pace of internet poker play, it becomes important not just to profile your foes but to do so quickly and efficiently, so that you know how to respond to them in the moment. This is not so much about storing longterm information on an enemy (though you can do that, and […]
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Dr. Scott Aigner
(This article is the last in a series on common mistakes that I see in no limit hold em by inexperienced and weak players).
A third mistake I see is betting the wrong amount in no limit. It is rare that a calling station will bet. He usually just callsbut how many times have […]
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Ashley Adams
In my last column I covered situations when you are willing to loosen up your normally tight stanars of play in a loose, low-limit game. But this oesn’t mean that you will just be playing more loosely in general. It’s importantto ajust your play specifically to the change ynamics of these loose sprea limit […]
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James McKenna, Ph.D.
Bluffing is as much a part of poker as betting, raising bets, and folding. Bluffs are designed to get players to fold and/or to build a pot. Bluffs can be planned or unplanned. They can be passive or aggressive. Players will tend to bluff in the manner that they live their lives. However, […]
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Ira Cohen Card Room Manager for the Peppermill
Ira Cohen was born February 6, 1960 in White Plains, New York. At the age of 10 his family relocated to Miami, Florida. Ira graduated from North Miami Beach High School in 1978 with a football scholarship to the University of Florida. In 1980 he transferred to the […]
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