I know a lot of people hate chat at the tables. I enjoy it. I think it helps break up the boredom of the game and you can have some interesting conversations with people. Mind you, I’m not talking about trash talking or that sort of thing rather when the table is friendly and people …
On Paradise the number of $3/$6 and $2/$4 tables going later in the evening almost guarantees that you’ll be playing with some familiar faces. For about three nights in a row one particular player has worked me over with flopped sets. The flop will come something like AK3 when I have AK and I’ll bet …
The other night the board comes up AKQJT with no flush possible. Three players are still in the hand and so it’s an obvious split pot. I check, the second player to act bets, and we all call. I type in the message window “Uh oh, I think he has us beat with the joker.” …
With the recent explosion in popularity of poker it seems as if every Tom, Dick and Harry has written a book on how to play this very simple game. What they don’t tell you are the secrets that make the top pros so good at the game. That ends today. I will share with you …
This is a post I recently made over at 2+2. I thought it might be of interest here as well. I?ve read a few posts over the last few days regarding whether or not to call a bet on the river when you think you might be beat. Maybe through the magic of suggestive recall …