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6 months ago

Calling for too much pre?

Two hands, same mistake?

MP raises to 5bbs. Highjack calls.
I raise from SB with 34 suited to 17.5bbs.
MP calls. Highjack raises to 33.5bbs.
I have 100bbs remainin...

8 months ago

Zoom Poker : Episode Six

I can't seem to find any article or discussion online about the concept; probably because not many people find it very interesting or practical. The authors of The Raiser's Edge do offer an expl...

8 months ago

DC Shorts : Grindcore (#4) - Theories and Practicum

I spent the last few days playing live poker, so I've finally just read all of the responses to this example. It seems that what is causing this confusion is that no one seems to know the actual...

8 months ago

DC Shorts : Grindcore (#4) - Theories and Practicum

Wow. Okay, I thought about this a lot and I finally understand exactly what you are saying. Amazing point that I think Improva is missing. This will likely be a concept that will stick with me f...

8 months ago

DC Shorts : Grindcore (#4) - Theories and Practicum

Grindcore, this was the most enlightening, accurate, and useful discussion on poker theory I've seen yet on deucescracked. Your eloquent use of balance as a fundamental part of the poker thinkin...

8 months ago

Zoom Poker : Episode Six

I really enjoyed the conversation about the "heads up frontier" of poker and wouldn't be opposed to hearing more similar thoughts in future videos about where poker is headed and how play is cha...

10 months ago

A Ridiculous Hand

Hi. I am new to limit hold'em, so I would love someone to give a brief explanation of what in the hell happened in the following ridiculous hand. Feel free to berate me for playing horribly as w...

about 1 year ago

Come Full Circle 2 : Episode One

Threads13,

53:00 table 3
"For him to xc Ax he has to think that I'm turning something into a bluff."

Thanks for the detailed response. If you had had Qx here like you ...

about 1 year ago

Come Full Circle 2 : Episode One

Threads13,

Everything was making a lot of sense to me in this video until the hand at 53:00 on table 3. We call a 3x open in position BvB with T8o. First of all, is this really the...

about 1 year ago

DC Shorts : BalugaWhale (#23) - The Argument for Balance

1) It means neither because that's not the operative choice. Playing better poker means optimizing more effectively over the choices we actually have, which is our tendencies, using the informat...

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