Dear reader, This Painless Poker excerpt is about a bad losing streak that was surprisingly painless. The next day was Friday. I bought into the Big Game for five grand, and my stack grew to $8,000 over several hours with only a couple of showdowns. A perfect session so far. Steady
Dear reader: Babs is a character in my book, Painless Poker. This is not an excerpt. This is a rogue Babs story. From her usual one-seat, Babs McDerty eyed the kid as he made his home in seat seven. Several times the kid reached into his backpack to produce first an iphone, then an
The Happy Loser: In Poker and In Trading, a Big Loss Can Be a Big Win (This article first appeared at CNBC.com) I have played one million hands of live poker, most of them during my 17 years as a full-time grinder. The strategic and metaphorical commonalities between poker and trading are many,
For a beginning player, it’s good to talk about betting strategy at the table because there is much valuable information to be learned from the experienced players who are willing to divulge their thinking. Eventually though, as a player gains experience, the negative EV of divulging will exceed the small gains in knowledge that come
I looked up “tapping the glass” online and the first two definitions I saw were both good. From Pokerdictionary.net: “In poker, the saying ‘Tap the glass’ refers to telling weaker players at the table about their bad play, to vent, and to educate them in the process.” And from Flopturnriver.com: “Tapping the Glass is a
