Archive for October, 2008

PLO Pre-Flop Problems

Thursday, October 23rd, 2008

My hand is and I am in the cutoff seat (1 behind the button and therefore 2nd last to act after the flop).
The table is 6 handed.  Under the gun folds and the guy in 2nd position raises pot (to $0.35).  I call, the button calls, the small blind calls.  Now […]

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A Good Day

Saturday, October 18th, 2008

Ok. So I said I’d update on how yesterday’s sessions went. Had good fun playing yesterday. No stress, no long hours, no tilt and easy pickings. I started the day with a short session …

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What is HORSE poker and how to play?

Friday, October 17th, 2008

I was playing HORSE again and was about to write a bit about how it went, when I realised it is entirely possible to be reading this blog and not have a clue what HORSE is.  So here goes.  HORSE is a mixed game format of poker where 5 games are played in rotation. 
Each game […]

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Lols at HORSE

Wednesday, October 15th, 2008

Well. The other night I got my first chance in a while to sit down and play some poker. It was getting late and I wasn’t in the mood for actually risking money and ending up in some tilt slide at 4am, so I decided to check out the mixed game Sit n Go’s. I ended up playing some HORSE and had a lot of fun …

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Some Pot Limit Omaha Action

Friday, October 3rd, 2008

I played a quick session last night at the micros on Full Tilt.  There are a couple of half interesting hands here from the $0.05 - $0.10 game.
Pot Limit Omaha Hi
Stack Sizes
Seat 1: Seat: 1 ($7.10)
Seat 2: Seat: 2 ($11.55)
Seat 3: Chips->Middle ($9.35)
Seat 4: Seat: 4 ($23.20)
Seat 5: Seat: 5 ($18.60)
Seat 6: Seat: 6 ($16.60)
Seat: […]

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Assessing Your Opponents

Wednesday, October 1st, 2008

I’ve noticed recently that I have an awful habit of registering whether my opponents are good or bad without gathering any truly useful information. I watch some guy call when he shouldn’t or bet when he shouldn’t and do so repeatedly and all I register is “idiot”. This isn’t a good idea…

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