In general, your defense standards should be largely dependent upon several things: 1. The preflop range of hands of the blind stealer. 2. The relative skill difference between you and the preflop raiser. 3. Other smaller factors, like rake con... Read More
The battle in the blinds In hold'em, blind stealing and defense is what separates the great players from small winners and mediocre losers. As you play increasingly shorthanded games, the amount of time you spend in the blinds increases dramatically. You will spend one and... Read More
My breaking badugi post showed a hand with break value but I didn’t really talk much about that. I figured most people will look at the hand and see what I’m talking about. I should not assume that’s the case. I had The 3 card hand within that, 642x is a good drawing hand. Ok Bob but we have a badugi so who cares if it has good draws? Well my good reader, YOU do. What is the object of the gam ... <a href="http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/432a/22701-Breaking-Badugi-2">(continued)</a>
This hand happened last night after my post and it’s an example of break strength. When I raised here I fully expected a fold or two. Not only do I not get any folds but UTG takes 3 and the SB comes along to draw 2 every street. The reason I left the names in is so a certain someone can see the hand. The BTN questioned my play saying “what a weird thing to do.. stand pat, raise and then draw†a ... <a href="http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/432a/22631-Breaking-Badugi">(continued)</a>
This is not going to be so much a starting hands article as it is about hand selection, the importance position and what I like to call “the tableâ€. I never really noticed the table till I started playing badugi. I’ve seen sort of the effect I’m talking about in other casino games but not poker. Schooling is part of “the table†effect. Schoolin ... <a href="http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/432a/22551-Hand-selection-position-and-player-tendencies-in-FL-Badugi-SnGs-">(continued)</a>
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