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Do you look around the table and not see the sucker?rnrnDoes it take a cold day in hell for your hand to hold up in a race?rnrnWell this is Hell’s Cold Day. A blog for and about practical poker.
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Write Your Representatives in Under a Minute!
Online poker legality has a new hope: the Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection and Enforcement Act–but it needs your help. Writing to the people that matter is an awesome way to start. The Poker Player’s Alliance have a dead ...
Errors in thinking = Errors at the ATM
Human beings (us) are the smartest creatures on the planet, I don’t care what you dolphin lover’s have to say. We have logic. (good for poker) We have reasoning. (good for poker) We have emotion. (ummm…) Unfortunately our rational minds are oft...
HellsColdDay Presents: The 6 Trials of Poker Trial 1: Playing Blind.
In Greek Mythology, the demigod Hercules endured 12 labors as penance for killing his wife, kids and otherwise not succeeding as a “family man.” These tests of strength and endurance made him a more fit “hero” in future storie...
Liar’s Poker
Liar’s Poker comes in a couple of different flavors. The first may be more comfortable as it is a tradition card game and the later is not. The game begins with each player starting with two quarters. Everyone is then dealt two cards down. The ...
Poker Camaraderie
In one of my first posts I referred to you all as “happy, shiny poker people.” I’d like to put some emphasis on that. Don’t be “grumpy, narcissistic poker curmudgeons.” Firstly, people won’t want to play with...
Thought on Tells
When playing poker face to face you should use different skills than you would to win on-line. Physical tells can give you insight into your opponent’s hand. Here are some things to look for: Shaking hands or a flush face usually come from the...
Poker+Twitter=?
Twitter (n.) is a growing social networking site that works more like a microblog. You write posts (tweets) 140 characters or less which are viewed by the internet at large, and more specifically, your “followers.” Followers are people wh...
The Secret Life of Pocket Pairs
Low pocket pairs can be difficult hands to play. On one hand, you want to bet them heavy to buy the blinds or to limit your opponents (hopefully to one) in order to get the best odds to win. However, if you do get that caller he probably has two over...
Friendly Fire
Like most, I started playing poker with friends. We gathered around the table every Monday night, broke out our cheap plastic chips, and started passing coin around the table. It was a lot of fun.Poker is a social game. If you are an This socia...
Confidence vs. Arrogance
All poker players sit at the poker table with the intention to win. Good poker players sit down with the expectation to win. Bad poker players sit without considering the possibility of losing You always want to find the table in which you have the a...
Pick of July: Learn Poker From The Joes Podcast
This month I’m going with a podcast to which I have recently started listening. Restarted actually, I gave them a chance early on and lost interest, but I can give a full recommendation now to Learn Poker From The Joes. For starters, a podcast ...
Lucky Number 45
To my happy shiny poker people, I have moved and will not have a reliable internet connection until next weekend. Stop. Regular posts will resume on the 12th of July. Stop. Until then, link to me so I can get above the folks at the Betting for Value ...
Short-stackers
Today’s topic sprouts from the seed planted from my previously mentioned play at the Seneca Falls casino. My relatively weak bet post-flop was a bad play, I should have gone all-in. I know that, your feedback shows my readers know that, but I s...
He who hesitates
The more you play poker, the more comfortable you become playing hands. You will probably start playing hands the same way every time they are dealt. This isn’t good. You aren’t mixing up your play, but then you don’t want to mix up...
Good cards comes to those who can’t wait.
I don’t know if the cosmos are messing with me, but every time I go all-in with the expectation—nay, the intension—to lose, I flop a flush, or catch a full boat, or complete the nut straight on the river. Do the poker gods find humour in mi...
Learning From Our Nonmistakes.
Allow me to set the scene. I’m playing on-line hold’em and make it to the last four players, the final three place in the money. Throughout the game I was dealt below average cards, picking up one legitimate pot and a couple bluffs. My ch...
Design Your Own Poker Game!
Sometimes it is fun to break out of the monotony of standard games and stretch your creative muscles by customizing poker. This exercise is limited to causal play with friends, but when possible it can be a lot of fun. The first step to making your o...
Poker Limericks!
Playing poker with Grundy can be tough Having luck in often not enough He thinks that it’s funny That he takes all my money Then he turns over his cards, it’s a bluff! When they made Joe they broke the mold Or at least that is what I was ...
Sit-n-GoGo
Sit-n-goes are my favorite game structure for on-line poker. Tournament wins feel more rewarding to me than cash games, and I often don’t have the time to invest in large multi-table games. I often don’t want to invest money in cash games...
A Question of Morality, a Question of Karma
I realize that I am too nice of a guy, and knowing is half the battle. I also know a fair share of players that shouldn’t participate in games of risk because they don’t fit either one of my parameters for safe gambling. They are neither ...
Go ahead and look that gift horse in the mouth.
So I’m playing a little on-line poker after a long day at work, minding my own business, when something catches my eye in the chat window. No, it’s not someone baiting a bet with profanity hidden in glyphs…well, it is, but in additi...
Are pockets pairs as good (or as bad) as you think?
Up against an overpair? Well we knew that was bad, but looks like you can still expect to get lucky just under one in four hands. Check out the chart below and see if anything surprises you....
The probability of face cards hitting
Another entry from the Sasseman Files, this time in the form of useful probabilities. Find out just how likely it is that your over-cards will hit....
From the Sasseman Files
Poker journalist and friend David Sasseman has turned me on to a few useful statistics to post next to my online gambling machine (computer.) Allow me to share: Those pocket rockets only have a one in three chance of holding up to a full table, so g...
Find Your Poker Theme
My iPod is an emotion outlet for me. At the tables, music can bring me to the light or turn me to the dark side. When my luck is down, I turn up the blues. When I’m on a roll, it’s “Eye of the Tiger” time. I listen to music to...
Be true to yourself
Beginners can fall victim to self deception if they are not careful. I’ve seen it a few times now. Some new player has a good game and automatically chalks it all up to skill, regardless of how much luck was involved. Let’s face it, luck ...
My Poker Beginnings, Part V: From Live to Virtual
I was going along playing cards at home and abroad with my merry band of rounder buddies. My own personal “Tilt Boys.” Time went by and some of the guys I traveled with moved away, the poker scene in Athens started to declined, and I got ...
Ron Paul is Poker’s Candidate
If you want on-line poker legal again, if that is your issue, then vote for Ron Paul. Personally, I don’t think anyone should vote on just one issue. There are much more important things going on in the world then whether or not you can gamble ...
