Hey illiquid IMO, it's usually a matter of being patient and playing tight and jumping on your good opportunities, letting the fish make their...
Yeah, I know what you mean. It's all about execution, isn't it? Detachment in a certain sense. Let us know how things proceed. I know what you...
Ring games are simply the regular type of table, one at which you sit in with a stake (there is a minimum and maximum amount depending upon the...
Boomer, you will find the loosest games at Party Poker. The problem I have with Party is the blind structure - you can sit down with a max of $25...
Nice job Peter. Let us know how the $20 tables compare to the $10. Do you play ring games at all or SNG single tables exclusively?
Damn.... no kidding. I actually started to question the integrity of the card-generation algorithms this week, as everything that could go...
Nice call RM. It was the main reason I refused to play at PP. Stars has never had this quirk in their policy as far as I know. This will make it...
Hi Mr. S. Good points. Re: #3 above...it is true that a poker hand may be completed by either the actions of the player or by the actions of...
Hey dud Nice results. It's sobering to see your average profit per game, since I was having delusions of grandeur after placing first in a...
lol.... had to laugh when I read this. The fact is - I experience exactly the same thing. When I flop quads I feel no elation whatsoever. I merely...
Hey Peter Nice job. Yeah, if you have 1K to stake, then I see no problem with trying the $50 games. It will be interesting to me how you find...
Part of the reason I decided to play single table tourneys only is that I found my variance to be somewhat more manageable. Others have pointed...
Hi Peter I believe Malmuth and others suggest about 300 big bets to ride out the swings; that would be 'high x 300 = $600'. I don't think,...
SNG is short for Sit n' Go - yes, it is usually a single table or occasionally a two-table tournament. You can 'sit down and go' right away...
Damn.... Rearden, if you wouldn't mind, could you mention a few specific things from the Cloutier book that you feel are questionable for those of...
Axehawk - Rearden is right - Sklansky books are the closest match for your criteria. I went to the reference library once and found some...
Hi archangel, Gordon and others Very nice job. Angel, if you're like me you have one eye on the higher limit tables. Gordon, sounds like...
Nice job. If I may ask, since you came to poker from trading as opposed to the other way around, were/are you involved in very short term/intraday...
In that case, gambling presents no more or less of a problem than alcoholism, drug addiction, overeating and sloth, smoking, etc. No matter what...
Why do you think that gambling is bad? What is it about gambling that is bad?
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