November 2010 Archives

Why Board Texture Matters

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If you make all of your decisions on the basis of board texture, you're not completely missing the point of poker, but you are missing the value of second-level thinking. You can think of the diagram above as an illustration of what percent of a large stack to put in with each poker hand depending on the board texture.

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The LAG Dilemma

Exercising pot control against loose aggressive players is a balance between getting value when you're ahead while maintaining the kind of pot control that keeps you from overplaying your hand.

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