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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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Grundy’s Poker Cliff Notes…don’t exisit.
I was recently asked if there was a definitive guide to how to play every situation in hold’em. There’s not. It ain’t blackjack. I know some people pride themselves in knowing the hi...
How Important Is Math?
It’s guest writer time again! Introducing KC from Grand Slam Poker Source. As I mentioned in a previous post, I recently wrote an article there myself. I recommend that you check out his site al...
Legitimizing Poker
In his book, Ace on the River, Barry Greenstein says that if he won $10,000 one day and lost $5,000 the next, he considered himself making $5,000. He went on to say how his wife saw it as a $5,000 los...
The Chicken is Dead
The following is a guest post from the blog Becoming Poker, check it out for a lot of great poker content as well as my latest post.–Grundy Today one of our chickens died of rather unfortunate ...
Poker: Sport or Game?
I’ve been wondering to myself whether or not poker should be called a sport. I can see both sides of the argument, but I’ll leave it up to you. This is what I have so far: Why poker might ...
Website Pick of January: CardsChat
The best way to stay motivated, learn and grow in life is to be part of a community. The same is true for sports, the same is true for poker. Interacting with like-minded people makes your passion mor...
Don’t Peek
Poker tip of the day: Don’t look at your hole cards until you have to. I can’t call this a rookie mistake, it is more of a rookie habit. It is an important habit to kick for two reasons. O...
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 “...
The Poker Gods giveth, the Poker Gods taketh away
No one can deny that luck is an important factor in every player’s success from day to day. A daily player who assessed his profits for the year, can accurately chalk up his winnings to skill, b...
Playing Big Slick
I often hear complaints about often people lose big pots with AK. These cases are not always straight bad luck, truth is big slick is probably the most misplayed hand in poker. First off, it is not a ...
Hell’s Cold Day on MySpace/Facebook
Hey poker people, I’ve made a profile for this blog on MySpace. Why? I don’t know why…yet. But if you use MySpace, friend me. MyHellsColdDaySpace In addition, if you are a Facebook u...
Cheating was the case, and they blamed me.
I’ve been accused of cheating once in my life, and even I was almost convinced. Allow me to set the scenario. I’m playing hold’em at a ten person table at a local bar. I was travelin...
Not All Pros Are Created Equal
Are you a poker pro? Do you know one? I’m not asking if you know Phil Ivey or Howard Lederer. In my opinion, those guys are extremely successful poker professionals, but you really don’t h...