Is my poker game exploitable? Definitely. Can you trick me into folding hands that are better than yours? For sure. Can you finagle me into paying off your flopped full house? Absolutely you can. Can I grind out a painless living anyway? Yep. Exploit (from Dictionary.com) to utilize, especially for profit to use selfishly for one’s own ends Dictionaries sure do
What to expect This drill will force you to examine all of your preflop folds. You alone will need to provide reasoning – however whimsical or sound – in support of your choices. This tough task will reveal to you which plays you make that you think you should never make. That’s powerful information
“The waiting is the hardest part.” – Tom Petty Anyone who conducts the Waiting for Straighters experiment at NLHE or PLO will find themselves doing a lot of waiting. Hole Card River is a game within a game for Omaha players. It’s a way to pass time and make money. Think of it as a game with
Have you ever played a hand so badly that you just can’t let it go? During the session you keep thinking about it. The next day you keep thinking about it. You want it to go away, but it won’t. It’s like a festering infection that won’t scab over. It’s like those trick birthday cake
What does it mean to have a balanced range? It means that no matter what the flop is, you remain dangerous because you could have hit that flop. When your opponents see that you will open with, say, 7-5 suited, they have to include everything in between 7-5 suited and pocket aces in your range,
If the objective was to cash in on the equity of your starting hands more often than you do now by seeing more rivers than you do now, what would you change? If the objective was to win steady money at poker for life while experiencing the least possible amount of variance and stress, how
Waiting for Straighters is also available in ebook and audiobook (Amazon, Audible, iTunes) Introduction Introduction This article is about preflop play at no-limit holdem and pot-limit Omaha. It’s about basing some of your preflop decisions on whether or not you have a straighter. At holdem, a straighter is a hand that can flop a
“Tommy!” I was carrying some racked chips to the cashier in the Pavilion room at the World Series of Poker. I stopped and turned to see the man coming toward me from three tables away. I knew the face. I knew the voice. But I had no idea who it was. This happens fairly
(Charlie Archie is a fictional character from Painless Poker. This is a conversation we had that is not in the book.) “Where do they come up with these crazy rules for live poker?” said Charlie Archer. “Online is so much better. So much simpler.” “And no one knocks over your drink,” I said. “So, tell
