Making a Play On a Play

My buddy John is playing $5-$10 no-limit hold'em at the Hollywood, Florida, Seminole Hard Rock Casino. He has about $1,200 on the table. It's a fairly loose-passive game, with lots of flop-seers for $10-$35 to go. Four laps in a row, the guy in the 10 seat pops it for a pot-sized bet...

Friday Oct 17, 2008

published about 1 month ago in
Card Player Magazine Volume 21, Number 20

Stung by the Ray

Sometimes when the cards are cut, you're just doomed. You're destined to get involved, and no way are you going to win the pot. Such is poker, and sometimes such is life. You just make the best decisions you can and play the next hand. It was my first lap in a $30-$60 limit hold'em...

Friday Oct 03, 2008

published about 1 month ago in
Card Player Magazine Volume 21, Number 19

Playing in Loose-Passive Games

Once a year, I pack up the family and head down Interstate 15 to California. We always stay at Commerce Casino. My wife and daughter head off to do their shopping thing, leaving me in the cardroom to see if I can win what they spend in the shopping mall! The limit hold'em games play much...

Thursday Sep 18, 2008

published 2 months ago in
Card Player Magazine Volume 21, Number 18

To Limp or Not to Limp

I've always thought I play weak players well and am comparatively weaker against good players, in part because I developed my poker game in Washington state at a time when the poker games had all the restraint and control of Vegas craps tables. "Well, duh," you might say, "who...

Thursday Sep 11, 2008

published 2 months ago in
Card Player Magazine Volume 21, Number 17

Draw When the Draw is Right!

I've had to listen to a lot of no-limit hold'em stories from my pals lately, as they have made the transition from limit hold'em to that more popular game. While there are many differences between the games, one of the most important is that the ability to size your bets in no-limit...

Tuesday Aug 19, 2008

published 3 months ago in
Card Player Magazine Volume 21, Number 16

Folding Winners

If you never fold a winner in poker, you are playing way too loosely and inevitably will go broke. I see people calling "for the size of the pot" all the time when they know their opponent is looking for a call, and they know they are beat. Money you contribute when you know you are...

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