You’re playing live poker and you just folded before the flop. You’ve got a minute or two, maybe longer, before you get more cards. What to do? What to do? You could watch TV. You could turn the volume up on your headphones. You might order a beverage, or converse with a player... Read More
Many of my conversations with my buddy Alex begin similarly: Hi. Whatsup. How you doing. It doesn’t matter who starts the initial hellos. All that matters is who ends them. If I start talking next, the conversation can start anywhere and go anywhere. If Alex starts talking next, it goes l... Read More
The first time Andy slithered into our little snake pit, he had no chance. Not because he was drooping around like someone who had washed down his quaaludes with Jack Daniels, and not because he lacked basic card sense. There was no way to tell if he did or not. That’s because this was his f... Read More
He really got me good on this one. I was all-in without a paddle. I was up shit creek and drawing dead. However you put it, it wasn’t pretty. I was playing $40-80 limit hold’em at Lucky Chances. This was around 2002. Alex was at the next table, playing no-limit. He spoke to me with a... Read More
[This article originally appeared in BLUFF Magazine.] Man. Talk about giving away the story in the title. I didn’t know what to call this one. I could have called it “A Really Neat Hand, Seriously, I Mean It.†Or I could have called it “Now I’ve Seen Everything†which is how I felt ... Read More
I’m in Vegas right now doing a three-day coaching program with a new client. At the end of day one, we went downstairs to the poker room at the Venetian to play some poker in the same game, for mutual observation. The plan is that I watch him and take notes on things he does and doesn’t do... Read More
Here’s a hand I played in the big no-limit game at Lucky Chances. There was a guy in the game I’d never played with before, and he was giving lots of action. So far I’d played two pots against him. Both times I was on the button. Both times the river went check-check. Both times I tu... Read More
(This article first appeared in BLUFF Magazine.) How to Tilt by Tommy Angelo My mom used to tell me, “If it’s worth doing, it’s worth doing well.†This is such a profound and righteous philosophy. And I’ve stuck to it. For example, when I eat popcorn, I think it’s worth doing... Read More
I’ve been rummaging through dozens of ancient folders on my hard drive, full of half-started articles and unexpanded ideas. I found a few unpublished finished works that I had totally forgotten about. “The Guiltless Gambler” is one of those, from about ten years ago. Enjo... Read More
I was 14 years old in 1972 when astronaut Harrison Schmitt aimed a Hasselblad camera out the window of the Apollo 17 spacecraft on its way to the moon and took a photograph of the full earth from 25,000 miles up. NASA dubbed that photo “The Blue Marbleâ€. It showed the world the world, with ... Read More
In case you guys missed it, Episode 3 of Badugi Allstars is out, featuring a great interview with Tackleberry! You can find it at either of the links below. http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/badugi-all-stars/id433967767 http://badugi.nixonthegrouch.com/ And be on the lookout next week for a very special episode with Tommy Angelo! In other news, I’ve been working on a super secret project that will be la ... <a href="/blogs/tecmosuperbowl/68031-Tommy-Angelo-on-Badugi-Allstars-">(continued)</a>
Over a year ago the first episode of “The Eightfold Path to Poker Enlightenment” appeared on DeucesCracked and since then it has become one of the most popular and beloved training series in online poker. If the word “classic” can be used to describe a poker coaching video series, the EPTPE would have to be considered one. If you haven’t watched it yet, The Eightfold Path is ... <a href="/blogs/deucescracked/66301-The-Eightfold-Path-to-Poker-Enlightenment-A-Look-Back">(continued)</a>
For a brief spell, it seemed like nothing I could do at 10NL was wrong, but as a beginner one thing I should not have underestimated is the enormity of the gulf between when I am playing my best and when I am not. As a result, in a few short sessions I was able to drop 8BI and give back all the profits from my good spell. The thing is that this time I could see exactly what had happened – tilt + not walking away from the table. S ... <a href="/blogs/huntse/58651-Consolidation">(continued)</a>
Hi guys. My name is Andy, and I’m a tiltaholic. Following my latest downswing, I started listening to Tommy Angelo again. It’s so clear to me that my biggest leak isn’t 3betting too much, or double-barreling in the wrong spots, or playing too loose or too tight or too aggro or too passive. It’s tilt, in all its forms. it’s being emotionally attached to the results of my play. I think it’s necessary to implement some rules to he ... <a href="/blogs/thelynchmob/50221-Self-honesty">(continued)</a>
Over the past week or so I’ve gone through a pretty bad downswing (approx $800 I think, not 100% sure). I’ve managed to grind a lot of it back now, but during a couple of sessions I’ve been up a few BIs, continued playing, and subsequently broken even for the session, or lost. I was playing this HUUUUUGE fish today HU. He bought in for $30, I took it off him. He bought in for another $30, and I took that off ... <a href="/blogs/thelynchmob/46971-Financial-vs-emotional-swings">(continued)</a>
I have been listening to a podcast entitled This Developer’s Life ; the latest episode was all about being mean and is very much worth listening to. That is, if you are interested in the lives of software developers then it’s probably the kind of thing you would want to listen to. The form of the podcast is stylistically based upon an apparently a more famous podcast entitled This American Life . If you are in ... <a href="/blogs/jjd323/40041-Pickled-Ginger-Moments">(continued)</a>
Let me start of by telling the story of Simpleme.. I got to know poker through a friend of mine who told me that he was gonna rent a studio paying it with his poker winnings every month. I started laughing and told him that gambling really was not healthy. ( FYI this same friend just had another 30.000$ week ) . When more people in my direct environment started playing poker, they convinced me to try and take a 50$ no deposit bo ... <a href="/blogs/simpleme/1641-Never-give-up">(continued)</a>
So I played in a couple of live tournaments this week because the WSOP circuit is here in New Orleans. One thing I really like about live poker is the slow pace of things and the opportunity to really observe every hand closely. I find it helps force me to think through situations more fully and consequently, I often try to learn new games by playing them live first, when possible. I ended up bubbling in a ... <a href="/blogs/sweetjazz3/109-Live-Tournaments-and-Right-View-">(continued)</a>
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