Ten Ways To Spot A Liar
A Poker Riddle
- Which hand would you rather have:
- an inside straight draw
- two overcards
The big reveal: (Spoiler Alert) http://www.poker1.com/archives/8715. This comes from an excellent article that I read. I thought I'd share it with you.
"Now, there are a couple things to keep in mind that are beyond the scope of today's lesson - things we might talk about in the future. One is that not all overcards are equal. Aces rule, for sure. Another is that you can have both an overcard and an inside straight draw using just one card from your hand. The remaining card could be a deuce out of straight range, and you'd still have better prospects of drawing out on an opponent than you would if you held just two overcards. Also, since we're mentioning other considerations that we won't detail today, keep in mind that a lower straight draw is usually more likely to hold up than a higher one."
The Business of Poker
I've been a successful poker player for more than seven years. There are a lot of great poker players out there, many of them reading my blog, I can tell from the ones I've spoken to. Being a great poker player doesn't automatically include being a great businessman or being capable of working for yourself. A lot of my friends are having some success right now, and I am sure that it will continue, because these are very good players. The only thing holding some of you guys back from being really successful is approaching poker like a business. This thread is a must-read for successful players. I talk about keeping cash ledgers, managing your time, staying upbeat, happy, physically fit, and sociable, and how to pay Uncle Sam your taxes.
Three Step Process To Extracting The Maximum Profit
Range - Equity - Maximum, or REM, was a concept created with the first printing of Professional No-Limit Hold 'em: Volume I
Unskilled and Unaware of It
A recent article in the New York Times caught my eye. It discusses a paper in cognitive psychology titled "Unskilled and Unaware of It: How Difficulties of Recognizing One's Own Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-assessments."
According to the paper, there are two types of people in the world:
those who have enough experience to know they're making a mistake, and
those who don't have that much experience yet. In this world-view, the
amateur player makes a mistake but also fails to realize that it was a
mistake.
Potential Poker Winrates in a Number of Different Game Types, Formats, etc.
In this article, I discuss what winrates are sustainable over a large sample by a good player, in different game types and formats, and then I discuss what hourly rate these ROIs translate into.
Where Have I Been?
I haven't updated in just over a week, so I thought I ought to check in via the blog to let everyone know what's going on.
I'm playing poker about five hours a day lately.
I've got a poker writing gig with another website, and most of my poker writing gumption is being put towards that.
I don't have any interesting topics to discuss. Have you got something you want me to write about? Let me know in the comments.
What are the skills of a great poker player?
This is a response to the article over at Suited Aces of the same name.
Danny always believed that he had some poker skill, but not what it takes to beat the highest stakes games. Now that he plays high stakes poker, Danny asks, "Why was I wrong? Why did I feel like I didn't have the potential to be the best? Besides the obvious underinflated self esteem, a lot of it had to do with misguided views on what it takes to be a good poker player."
