The Lazy Man’s Approach To Learning Poker Solvers November 1, 2024 There’s a lot of reasons why poker-solver work wouldn’t be a good fit for certain players. Learning disabilities, ADHD, bad memory, physical issues keeping them from spending long hours at the computer. Older players overwhelmed by the technology, younger players without enough time alongside school, work, and family obligations, players whose entire joy for the
Friendly Advice For Micro PLO Cash Games October 25, 2024 I’ll admit I haven’t studied much PLO in my life, but enough to hold my own in the softer side of games. That’s exactly where I found myself over the past couple of weeks, playing some microstake PLO cash games. A friend had asked me for strategy advice for them and, having been away from
Poker Is Harder Than The Stock Market October 18, 2024 There’s a viral article making its rounds around the poker world that outlines all the ways playing poker is similar to stock market investing. And while it’s certainly true that both share key attributes such as the need for risk-management and being a zero-sum game, the discussion misses a key factor that makes poker playing
Where’s My Edge At The Poker Table? October 11, 2024 Where’s my edge? A simple question we know we should be able to answer with high specificity, but probably can’t. At least not without putting some serious thought into it, because it’s something most of us have never been asked. Where’s my edge? How can I be sure I am better than my opponents? What
NFL Legend Says This Is The Secret To (Poker) Success October 4, 2024 “Talent sets the floor, character sets the ceiling.” – Bill Belichick When it comes to poker, everyone enters the game with a bit of talent, even if they barely know the rules of the game. Sometimes it comes from experience in other 1v1 strategy games, such as chess, while other times it comes from a
The Dumbest Path to Poker Enlightenment September 27, 2024 I promise I mean no offense by what I’m about to say, but your brain is sort of an idiot. Observing what it does objectively, it’s easy to see that our minds are far from perfect. They are wildly susceptible to emotion, can be influenced by the slightest shift in perspective, and if history has
Riding The Poker Heater – 3 Tips For When You’re Running Good September 20, 2024 Search the internet and you’ll find endless articles about what to do when you’re running bad in poker, but what about the opposite? What about when you’re on one of those rare heaters where the stars are aligned and everything seems to be going right? It might not happen often, but when it does, we’d
This Is A Smart Place For A Bluff – And Other Poker Thoughts That Will Get You Killed September 13, 2024 The poker brain is a double-edged sword. It’s smart enough to have you pulling off an epic triple-barrel bluff but equally likely to give you advice that will set your bankroll on fire. Thanks to the way we’re wired, poker is never just about the cards we’re dealt, but about the ability to analyze and
3 things we learned from the WSOP to remember next year August 30, 2024 Now that another season of WSOP Main Event action has come and gone, it’s time to sit back and reflect not only on what we observed, but on the lessons we learned that will hopefully serve us next year when the cycle of hopes, triumphs and defeats renews again. Make Folding Great Again If you
Atomic Habits for Poker Players: Small Changes, Big Results August 23, 2024 If you’re looking to build better poker habits, the best-selling book Atomic Habits is a revelation. The book breaks down the process of habit building into four key steps (or rules) that anyone can take to greatly increase the likelihood of accomplishing their goals. Here they are along with some ways to use them to
Basketball lessons from a 10-year-old that will help your poker game August 16, 2024 I’ve been watching my 10-year-old son play a lot of basketball recently, which got me thinking about the parallels between it and the game of poker. Watching his games, it became clear how in both basketball and poker (and likely any other form of competition) it is preparation, not talent, that sets the great players
Boom To Bust – Why You Keep Punting Off Your Big Stacks August 9, 2024 We’ve all been there, it’s the middle to early-late stage of a poker tournament and you’re sitting on a top-five stack. You know there’s still a long way to go, but you just can’t help imagining what it would feel like to score the win. You sneak a little peek at the lobby and picture