Category Archives: Ring Play

Getting Shown the Door (and the Joe Speaker expose)

Posted on April 24, 2007 by admin

Games with a door card (see glossary at bottom of article) are in the stud family. But the three games included in HORSE are quite different. I’m still struggling with all three. It may be a feature of them that … Continue reading →

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The Unsaid in Money Management.

Posted on April 17, 2007 by admin

Money Management is a frequent topic in forums and around poker tables. How much should I have to play at such-and-such level? JBHarshaw has an article up and even a spreadsheet you can use to arrive at that from a … Continue reading →

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Deception Couples to Thought

Posted on April 13, 2007 by admin

I did a couple of recent blogs on having a more deceptive game. Fact is: there are time I wouldn’t touch that with a 10-foot pole. Deception is situational play.

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High Stakes Poker

Posted on April 6, 2007 by admin

It is the best poker show on TV. Going away! Leaving the pack. And, The Game Show Network has just committed to a season four. Hurrah!!!

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Is it Luck or Skill?

Posted on April 3, 2007 by admin

The California courts say poker is skill. Recently, Gutshot Poker’s former co-owner was found guilty in a British courtroom in a case that hinged on those factors. That court concluded poker is a game of luck. As players we argue … Continue reading →

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Hold’em Philosophy 101

Posted on March 12, 2007 by admin

ALL IN. You can click that and feel like a god; but, don’t look down at your feet.

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Turning NL into Limit

Posted on March 8, 2007 by admin

(Lots of hopefully interesting items in the ADENDUM section today.) JB had an interesting article up about his being called a donkey. It was all about pot odds making his calls justified and a player not realizing what he was … Continue reading →

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