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No Limit Hold’em Short Stack Strategy Guide - Part 1, Playing with a 10BB Stack 2007-03-11 13:54:38 No limit hold’em has become the true game of choice over the past couple of years thanks to the television coverage and the proliferation of online capped buyin games. But getting started in the game can be tough due to its complexity, as skilled players have a big advantage over even the well-read beginner. Experience and discipline are key to winning at no limit hold’em, and these only come in time.
Fortunately the new player, or even the experienced player looking for an easy edge can turn the tables on the opposition by making one simple adjustment - buying in for less than the maximum amount of chips allowed. There are many advantages to this as will be discussed later in this series, but for now we will start with the simplest strategy of all, playing with stacks of only ten times the big blind.
Only a few sites allow the 10% or 10bb buyin, with the most prominent being probably the Prima Poker network. Many live games allow 10bb buyins as well, especially at the smal Read more:Limit
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Sit and Go Strategy - Getting Started in Sit and Go Tournaments Part 1 2007-03-11 13:07:23 Sit and go tournaments are a great way for new players to get into online poker. At sites like Poker Stars and Full Tilt Poker one can buy in for $3 or less and be part of a tournament that offers up to an hour of poker action. But it isn’t the low cost that makes these tournaments so suitable for those new to poker so much as the fact that they are relatively simple to play. While mastering the intricacies of full stack no limit hold’em could take a lifetime to master, anyone can learn to beat the lowest stakes sit and go’s in a few days. This article describes a basic strategy for the first three blind levels that, while not optimal, will leave you on at least an even playing ground with the type of players who frequent these stakes.
Basically, the correct strategy at the beginning of these is to play tight. There is something called the Gap Concept which we will discuss here in further articles, but for now, just consider the fact that if you simply make it to sec Read more:Strategy
, Tournaments
Donkaments 2007-03-10 00:08:42 Donkaments
Donkaments is a portmanteau of the words “donkey” and “tournaments”. The word originated on the 2+2 forums to describe the tendency for poker tournaments to contain a large number of “donkeys”, a poker term for poor players popularized by Phil Hellmuth among others. Since then the word has seen widespread usage in the online poker community, including being part of the vocabulary of 2004 World Series of Poker champion Greg Raymer.
The Rivalry Between Cash Game and Tournament Players
“Donkaments” embodies the view of many no limit hold’em cash game players that cash game players are somehow “donkish”, or less skilled, than those who make their living through tournament play. The criticism stems from two factors - first, the large influx of recreational tournament players as a result of televised poker tournaments such as the World Series of Poker and the World Poker Tour that occured in the middle of this decad Read more:Donkaments
No Limit Hold’em: Theory and Practice Book Review 2007-03-09 23:40:23 Twoplustwo publishing is well known for putting out some of the best works in gambling and Ed Miller and David Sklansky have another winner here in their book No Limit
Hold’em:Theory
and Practice
. No limit hold’em books have been notoriously poor throughout the years, with some of this probably due to the complexity of the game not lending itself to a book providing a simple formula for how to beat games, and some due to top no limit players being somewhat unwilling to part with the secrets that have led to their profits. Sklansky and Miller have taken a new approach here, as this book is slightly different from some of the other books from this company in that there are relatively few hand examples; instead they choose to talk about specific theoretical concepts in No Limit Hold
’em and describe the type of situations in which the theory applies. Overall the approach works very well.
Bluffing is an integral part of no-limit hold’em and this book provides some ex
Sit and Go Guide - Playing with three players left 2007-03-09 01:17:14 So you have finally managed to reach the money and secure a profit for yourself. Many players are content in this situation, but the reality is that to consistantly win over the long run in sit and go tournaments, you need to play just as well in this stage as you did to get here.
The difference between in the money play and bubble play
On the bubble your main focus should be to accumulate chips while taking as few risks as possible to avoid busting out. Remember that even holding a single chip into 3rd place can be worth 20% of the prize pool. In other words you gain less by adding to your stack than you lose by losing chips from your stack. But in the money the value of your chips is roughly linear, unless someone is very close to busting out. That is, adding say, 20% to your stack means you will increase your actual cash expectation by close to 20%. The result is that you should be more aggressive, both in calling all ins, bluffing, and pushing all in as a bluff. You have more to ga Read more:Guide
Sit and Go Guide - Playing heads-up poker at the end 2007-03-09 01:13:41 Sit and Go Guide
- Playing heads-up poker at the end
While many glamorize heads-up no limit hold’em as the ultimate test of skill, the truth is that in a sit and go tournament, heads-up play is usually the simplest and most mathematical portion of the tournament. The reason for this that usually the stacks are small enough - fifteen big blinds or so - that the only correct plays are pushing all-in or folding. While it is hard to get a big edge in this situation for this very reason, many of your opponents will make big mistakes and so you can still come out ahead in the long run.
The button/small blind
On the button you are first to act preflop and have to post the smaller blind. In a short stack situation it is actually something of an advantage to act first, and of course it is better to have to put less money in the pot without looking at your cards. The correct play here is usually to push all-in, but sometimes to fold your worst hands. With any ace, any pair, and any two fac
Omaha Sit and Go Strategy - The Basics 2007-03-09 01:13:16 Although they are very different games, much of the same strategy from Texas hold’em sit and go tournaments can be applied to Omaha
sit and goes as well. Fundamentally you should be taking the same approach - play tight early, avoid calling for all your chips, and try to push to win pots without a showdown.
Early game adjustments
The fact that busting out means you lose all of your equity in the prize pool, while doubling up does not double your equity, means that to play for a lot of chips early on, you need to have a big advantage. In Texas hold’em sngs such opportunities come up fairly often, such as with having a big pair preflop, or hitting a set on the flop, making a flush, etc. But in Omaha most hands are only about a 6:5 favorite preflop and even after a favorable flop for your hand has hit your opponents will usually be drawing very live. The result is that you should play very tight early on, even tighter than in hold’em sit and goes, waiting for only the mo Read more:Strategy
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Basic Preflop Strategy 2007-03-08 09:34:51 Position
The first thing to consider is position. In general you should play more hands the closer to you are to the button. Being in position lets you win more on your good hands while allowing you to check it down with your weak hands, substantially increasing your profits. You also have the advantage of seeing if the pot has been raised in front of you. You should play tightly when facing a raise, as a raise often indicates a strong hand, plus you are getting worse odds on your call.
Hand Strength
The other key to texas holdem preflop strategy is of course the strength of your hand. In general the bigger your cards, the better, and it also helps to be paired, suited, or connected. A common mistake however is playing a hand that only has one of these going for it, such as ace three offsuit, ten five suited, etc. With these hands you are either playing for an ace, which only hits one time in six, or a flush, which only comes in 5 to 6 percent of the time by the river. These hands simp Read more:Strategy
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Five common mistakes made by sit and go beginners 2007-03-08 09:28:18 Mistake One: Playing too many hands early
In a cash game, the optimal strategy is the one that wins the most chips on any given hand, since one chip is equal to one dollar, or whatever unit you are playing in. In a sit and go, each chip is actually worth less than one chip, because of the nature of the prize structure. If one has all the chips in the end in a 1000 chip, $10 SNG, they will only win $50 for 10000 chips, yet if someone manages to hold on to a single chip until they are one of the last three, that single chip is worth $20. The result of this is that an early strategy favoring survival is the correct one, because each chip you gain is worth less to your potential profits than what you stand to lose by losing another chip. To get all your chips in the middle, you need to be a big favorite, which means you need to be playing top-quality hands. Yet many players are quick to push with ace-rag, top pair no kicker, and worse hands hoping to “double up early”. Don&rsqu Read more:Five common
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No Limit Hold’em Short Stack Strategy Part 2 - Introduction to 20bb play 2007-03-12 08:34:52 In part 1 of this series we covered the some of the simplest poker strategy of all, playing no limit hold’em with only ten times the big blind before the flop. This is highly profitable, but unfortunately many online poker sites do not allow such a small buyin. At most sites you must buy in for a minimum of twenty times the big blind. The change in strategy as a result of this concept is enormous. Instead of simply pushing all in or folding, because 20bb is too many chips to risk 1.5bb in most situations, a different strategy must be used. And after the flop there are usually enough chips left for flop and occasionally turn betting.
Still, there is a big edge to be had buying in for 20 big blinds when your opponents are playing with full stacks, and most of this edge comes preflop. Especially in aggressive games, many players are opening for a raise with hands that would not be correct to play if they knew someone with a short stack could come in behind them. The classic example Read more:Limit
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Sit and Go Strategy - Getting Started in Sit and Go (SNG) Poker Tournaments Part 2 2007-03-15 12:51:12 In part 1 of this series I discussed play at the beginning of a sit and go, where you should be very tight. Here we are going to talk about the theory behind the “push-fold” strategy used in the middle game or “bubble” of a sit and go, which can roughly be defined as the following:
There are four or five players remaining (in a ten man SNG)
The average stack size is 15 big blinds or less
Unlike the beginning, on the bubble of a sit and go you need to open up your game. Hopefully you have picked up a hand or two and added to your stack in the early stages, but if you have been playing tight (and correctly) you usually will have somewhere near your starting stack. Because the blinds rise quickly, at some point you need to accumulate chips. Quite simply, the best way to do that is to push all your chips in the pot and hope everyone folds. This “push or fold” strategy is the key to winning sit and go play and all advanced players have mastered it. With Read more:Strategy
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No Limit Texas Hold’em Short Stack Poker Strategy Part 3 - Preflop Raise Sizing with 20bb 2007-03-15 03:28:59
In Part 2 I discussed the some of the advantages of playing a short stack. Here we will talk about preflop raise sizing, a very important concept in short stack poker.
The most common situation preflop in texas hold’em is to have the action folded to you. And the most common action for you to take in this situation is to fold. Deciding which hands to play and how to play them in this situation is key to short stack no limit hold’em strategy, or for that matter, preflop strategy in any game.
The first thing that needs to be considered is how much to raise preflop. With full stacks it doesn’t matter that much. Any amount between two and a half to 5 times the big blind is reasonable. A smaller raise gives you more action, which you may or may not want, and lets you play more hands since you are risking less. A larger raise gets more money in the pot with good hands and increases your equity from blind steals, but means you have to play tighter to make up for the time Read more:Strategy
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Why they are called “Donkaments” 2007-03-15 02:34:30 Check out this scene from Poker After Dark, Tuesday episode 2, around 1:40 on the applet.
What an absolutely hilarious hand. Keep in mind she WON the WSOP Women’s tourney bracelet. Are women as bad at poker as they are at basketball? Well, Jennifer Harman is supposed to be good, right?
And not that you weren’t doing it already, but key in on Jennifer Tilly’s chest here. It’s like something is going to explode out of her as soon as she flops the set. Maybe she swallowed two babies to get that huge rack and now they are trying to force their way out. She better calm down and keep them in, otherwise her poker career would obviously be over.
Yeah, I watched too much Dragonball Z. Read more:ldquo
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No Limit Hold’em Short Stack Strategy Part 2 - Introduction to 20bb play 2007-03-12 08:34:52 In part 1 of this series we covered the some of the simplest poker strategy of all, playing no limit hold’em with only ten times the big blind before the flop. This is highly profitable, but unfortunately many online poker sites do not allow such a small buyin. At most sites you must buy in for a minimum of twenty times the big blind. The change in strategy as a result of this concept is enormous. Instead of simply pushing all in or folding, because 20bb is too many chips to risk 1.5bb in most situations, a different strategy must be used. And after the flop there are usually enough chips left for flop and occasionally turn betting.
Still, there is a big edge to be had buying in for 20 big blinds when your opponents are playing with full stacks, and most of this edge comes preflop. Especially in aggressive games, many players are opening for a raise with hands that would not be correct to play if they knew someone with a short stack could come in behind them. The classic example Read more:Strategy
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No Limit Hold’em Short Stack Strategy Guide - Part 1, Playing with a 10BB Stack 2007-03-11 13:54:38 No limit hold’em has become the true game of choice over the past couple of years thanks to the television coverage and the proliferation of online capped buyin games. But getting started in the game can be tough due to its complexity, as skilled players have a big advantage over even the well-read beginner. Experience and discipline are key to winning at no limit hold’em, and these only come in time.
Fortunately the new player, or even the experienced player looking for an easy edge can turn the tables on the opposition by making one simple adjustment - buying in for less than the maximum amount of chips allowed. There are many advantages to this as will be discussed later in this series, but for now we will start with the simplest strategy of all, playing with stacks of only ten times the big blind.
Only a few sites allow the 10% or 10bb buyin, with the most prominent being probably the Prima Poker network. Many live games allow 10bb buyins as well, especially at the smal Read more:Strategy
, Limit
, Short
, Stack
, Short Stack
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Sit and Go Strategy - Getting Started in Sit and Go Tournaments Part 1 2007-03-11 13:07:23 Sit and go tournaments are a great way for new players to get into online poker. At sites like Poker Stars and Full Tilt Poker one can buy in for $3 or less and be part of a tournament that offers up to an hour of poker action. But it isn’t the low cost that makes these tournaments so suitable for those new to poker so much as the fact that they are relatively simple to play. While mastering the intricacies of full stack no limit hold’em could take a lifetime to master, anyone can learn to beat the lowest stakes sit and go’s in a few days. This article describes a basic strategy for the first three blind levels that, while not optimal, will leave you on at least an even playing ground with the type of players who frequent these stakes.
Basically, the correct strategy at the beginning of these is to play tight. There is something called the Gap Concept which we will discuss here in further articles, but for now, just consider the fact that if you simply make it to sec Read more:Strategy
, Tournaments
Donkaments 2007-03-10 00:08:42 Donkaments
Donkaments is a portmanteau of the words “donkey” and “tournaments”. The word originated on the 2+2 forums to describe the tendency for poker tournaments to contain a large number of “donkeys”, a poker term for poor players popularized by Phil Hellmuth among others. Since then the word has seen widespread usage in the online poker community, including being part of the vocabulary of 2004 World Series of Poker champion Greg Raymer.
The Rivalry Between Cash Game and Tournament Players
“Donkaments” embodies the view of many no limit hold’em cash game players that cash game players are somehow “donkish”, or less skilled, than those who make their living through tournament play. The criticism stems from two factors - first, the large influx of recreational tournament players as a result of televised poker tournaments such as the World Series of Poker and the World Poker Tour that occured in the middle of this decad Read more:Donkaments
No Limit Hold’em: Theory and Practice Book Review 2007-03-09 23:40:23 Twoplustwo publishing is well known for putting out some of the best works in gambling and Ed Miller and David Sklansky have another winner here in their book No Limit
Hold’em:Theory
and Practice
. No limit hold’em books have been notoriously poor throughout the years, with some of this probably due to the complexity of the game not lending itself to a book providing a simple formula for how to beat games, and some due to top no limit players being somewhat unwilling to part with the secrets that have led to their profits. Sklansky and Miller have taken a new approach here, as this book is slightly different from some of the other books from this company in that there are relatively few hand examples; instead they choose to talk about specific theoretical concepts in No Limit Hold
’em and describe the type of situations in which the theory applies. Overall the approach works very well.
Bluffing is an integral part of no-limit hold’em and this book provides some ex
Sit and Go Guide - Playing with three players left 2007-03-09 01:17:14 So you have finally managed to reach the money and secure a profit for yourself. Many players are content in this situation, but the reality is that to consistantly win over the long run in sit and go tournaments, you need to play just as well in this stage as you did to get here.
The difference between in the money play and bubble play
On the bubble your main focus should be to accumulate chips while taking as few risks as possible to avoid busting out. Remember that even holding a single chip into 3rd place can be worth 20% of the prize pool. In other words you gain less by adding to your stack than you lose by losing chips from your stack. But in the money the value of your chips is roughly linear, unless someone is very close to busting out. That is, adding say, 20% to your stack means you will increase your actual cash expectation by close to 20%. The result is that you should be more aggressive, both in calling all ins, bluffing, and pushing all in as a bluff. You have more to ga Read more:Guide
Sit and Go Guide - Playing heads-up poker at the end 2007-03-09 01:13:41 Sit and Go Guide
- Playing heads-up poker at the end
While many glamorize heads-up no limit hold’em as the ultimate test of skill, the truth is that in a sit and go tournament, heads-up play is usually the simplest and most mathematical portion of the tournament. The reason for this that usually the stacks are small enough - fifteen big blinds or so - that the only correct plays are pushing all-in or folding. While it is hard to get a big edge in this situation for this very reason, many of your opponents will make big mistakes and so you can still come out ahead in the long run.
The button/small blind
On the button you are first to act preflop and have to post the smaller blind. In a short stack situation it is actually something of an advantage to act first, and of course it is better to have to put less money in the pot without looking at your cards. The correct play here is usually to push all-in, but sometimes to fold your worst hands. With any ace, any pair, and any two fac
Short Stack Poker Strategy Guide Part 4 - Starting Hands 2007-03-16 04:45:20 In Part 3 I described preflop raise sizing with a short stack. The general principle was that the larger the raise you put in preflop, the tighter you have to play.
In big stack no limit Hold’em, one can be successful with a large variety of preflop strategies. Many have beaten the games online playing very tight, perhaps 15% of their hands at a 10 handed table, while others play as many as double that. When playing a big stack, the actual hand you are holding is not as important as what hands you could be holding in the eyes of your opponents. The reason for this is simple - unless you are playing incredibly loose opponents, most hands do not go to a showdown. Such is the nature of no limit hold’em - you simply don’t make enough big hands to warrant calling big bets. The result is that in no limit, the players doing a lot of betting in the small pots, without losing too many of the big ones, tend to show the biggest profits over time. Hence the loose strategy can be Read more:Short
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Omaha Sit and Go Tournament Strategy - The Basics 2007-03-09 01:13:16 Although they are very different games, much of the same strategy from Texas hold’em sit and go tournaments can be applied to Omaha
sit and go tournaments as well. Fundamentally you should be taking the same approach - play tight early, avoid calling for all your chips, and try to push to win pots without a showdown.
Early game adjustments
The fact that busting out means you lose all of your equity in the prize pool, while doubling up does not double your equity, means that to play for a lot of chips early on, you need to have a big advantage. In Texas hold’em sngs such opportunities come up fairly often, such as with having a big pair preflop, or hitting a set on the flop, making a flush, etc. But in Omaha most hands are only about a 6:5 favorite preflop and even after a favorable flop for your hand has hit your opponents will usually be drawing very live. The result is that you should play very tight early on, even tighter than in hold’em sng tournaments, waiting fo Read more:Strategy
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, Basics
Basic Preflop Strategy 2007-03-08 09:34:51 Position
The first thing to consider is position. In general you should play more hands the closer to you are to the button. Being in position lets you win more on your good hands while allowing you to check it down with your weak hands, substantially increasing your profits. You also have the advantage of seeing if the pot has been raised in front of you. You should play tightly when facing a raise, as a raise often indicates a strong hand, plus you are getting worse odds on your call.
Hand Strength
The other key to texas holdem preflop strategy is of course the strength of your hand. In general the bigger your cards, the better, and it also helps to be paired, suited, or connected. A common mistake however is playing a hand that only has one of these going for it, such as ace three offsuit, ten five suited, etc. With these hands you are either playing for an ace, which only hits one time in six, or a flush, which only comes in 5 to 6 percent of the time by the river. These hands simp Read more:Strategy
, Basic
, Preflop
Five common mistakes made by sit and go beginners 2007-03-08 09:28:18 Mistake One: Playing too many hands early
In a cash game, the optimal strategy is the one that wins the most chips on any given hand, since one chip is equal to one dollar, or whatever unit you are playing in. In a sit and go, each chip is actually worth less than one chip, because of the nature of the prize structure. If one has all the chips in the end in a 1000 chip, $10 SNG, they will only win $50 for 10000 chips, yet if someone manages to hold on to a single chip until they are one of the last three, that single chip is worth $20. The result of this is that an early strategy favoring survival is the correct one, because each chip you gain is worth less to your potential profits than what you stand to lose by losing another chip. To get all your chips in the middle, you need to be a big favorite, which means you need to be playing top-quality hands. Yet many players are quick to push with ace-rag, top pair no kicker, and worse hands hoping to “double up early”. Don&rsqu Read more:Five common
, mistakes made
Short Stack Poker Strategy Guide Part 5 - Facing a Raise 2007-03-18 22:39:14 In Part 4 - ShortStackPokerStrategy
- Starting Hands I discussed what hands you should open raise with. This article covers what you should do against a raise, one of the keys to short stack no limit hold’em profits.
Oftentimes you will be facing a raise preflop. This is your chance to leverage the advantage that short stack poker provides. With 20bb, the correct strategy is to move in or fold preflop against a raise. You have enough chips that you could call with a hand like AK - but pushing is more profitable than calling with that hand for all the times you fold out a small pair or get called by AQ. And you don’t have the odds to play a pair for a set. So it is raise or fold vs 3, 4, or 5 big bets preflop.
The correct strategy to determine what to move in with involves putting your opponent on a range, then thinking about what hands will do well enough against that probable range to allow for a profitable push. Of course, this is the crux of all poker strategy in any Read more:Guide
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Donkament Poker Strategy - Raising with Nothing 2007-03-18 11:02:47 Oftentimes in a multi table tournament, hereafter to be referred to as a donkament, everyone will fold to the button. Everybody knows that the button then usually raises in this spot. But how often should you raise in this spot, and how profitable is it to do so? And what about the cutoff, or even before that? This article will focus on the button raise only.
Let’s start with a raise from the button of 3bb with absolutely nothing, say, 92 offsuit. The first key to this analysis is knowing what your opponents will play with. Usually they will be pretty tight in this situation, and at least with their calls, they should be, since they will be out of position throughout the hand. Of course most donkament players aren’t thinking about position, just thinking about their cards. Anyway suppose the small blind plays with something like the top 20% and the big top 30% in this spot. This is probably a reasonable range in today’s fairly weak-tight online donkaments. Here you wi Read more:Poker
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Sit and Go Strategy Guide - Getting Started in SNG Tournaments Part 3 2007-03-20 05:27:18 In part 2 I discussed the basis behind the “push or fold” SNG strategy employed by all top players in the middle and late stages of a SNG tournament. But what hands should you push with? The truth is that no guide could never give an exhaustive listing of every possible situation. But what I can do is give you a “default” sort of range here, then discuss the adjustments that you need to make to these ranges based on specific factors in the SNG - such as overly loose/tight callers, short stack players about to bust out, being about to take the blind that puts you with a very short stack, and others.
The following ranges all assume the following:
4 players remaining in the SNG, with your opponents all holding equal stacks of 12 times the big blind.
Other players’ calling ranges are normal for a low-stakes sit and go.
Blinds are not about to increase.
No antes.
You have a normal table image; that is, you have not been pushing excessively often in this Read more:Strategy
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Short Stack Poker Strategy Guide Part 6 - Multiway Preflop Pots 2007-03-19 11:32:56 In part 5, ShortStackStrategy
- Facing a Raise I discussed correct preflop move-in strategy against a single open raiser. But often there will be a raise and one or more other calls or raises preflop. Making the correct decision in these spots is one of the biggest keys to a successful short stack poker strategy. The same thought process explained in part 5 is used, but now there tends to be more of an incentive to move in due to the increased likelihood of being able to contest for “dead money” in the pot. Here I will go through a hand that illustrates how to decide when to commit your short stack in this sort of situation.
Hand 1: Tight-aggressive middle position raises 4x and average button calls. You are in the big blind.
A tight-aggressive middle position raiser is probably about top 10% here. The button’s range is a little looser than that, but more importantly, we can rule out the top hands from the button since most people will reraise with them. The button Read more:Guide
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Sit and Go Strategy Guide - Getting Started in SNG Tournaments Part 4 2007-03-20 13:48:14 In the previous article I discussed default pushing ranges on the bubble of a sit and go poker tournament. But of course, normally the situation is anything but “default”. SNG tournaments are at least somewhat similar to real poker, played mostly with real people, and real people have widely varying calling ranges. And usually the stacks are anything but equal, as often someone will have a big stack and three smaller stacks will be fighting it out on the bubble. Plus, there are often five or six players left by the time the stacks get down to ten big bets each, especially in higher stakes SNG’s. The correct pushing strategy is very different in each of these cases. This article will focus on adjusting to your opponents.
A common SNG situation is to have someone who calls far too much left to act far behind you. Far too much might mean calling with 20% of hands instead of 10, 50% instead of 20, etc. When facing a player like this, you have to tighten up your pushing ra Read more:Strategy
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Why There Will Always be Losing Players 2007-03-22 17:29:43 Like a lot of lazy college kids and poker players, of which I am both, I like to watch The Price is Right. The Price is Right is nothing more than a gambling game of “Pick a Number.” Even if you did nothing but study price guides for months, you’d never be able to accurately know the prices of the stuff on this show. Most of the products come from obscure companies, and of course there are millions of products out there. Even for stuff like cars where the prices would probably be possible to memorize in a couple weeks, they throw in things like options to ensure you have no chance. This is fine. It’s a game show, and the target audience and presentation are such that it’s not supposed to be a serious game for fanatic price-guide freaks, but instead something where anyone can come in and have an equal chance to win.
However, most people don’t give themselves an equal chance. Contestants’ Row is a classic example. The first or second bidder shoul Read more:Players
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