What goes on in Vegas
What goes on in Vegas generally stays in Vegas. But just for you, dear readers, I will be reporting back on the highlights of my forthcoming trip. Follow the action on Twitter @omahahighlo
Monthly Archives: August 2013
RunItTwice
PokerStars has an excellent option to help reduce the dreaded variance. It is RunItTwice. I have this permanently switched on so any allins with opponents who also have this option enabled are run twice reducing the chance of a bad beat. 8 Game Some of the o8 hands on this site are from the 8… Read More »
We’re Jamming
Another fun hand. Not often you win over 30 big bets in a single hand of Limit poker. The table was full of maniacs, including the guy with Jacks. The hand really demonstrates the limitation of middle pairs and shows why you shouldn’t be jamming with one way hands. Turn and river were rather nice… Read More »
Nut low hands
This hand shows the importance of re-draws and holding two way hands. Needless to say, I enjoyed playing it.
Marginal Hands
Moral of the story: be very careful playing marginal one way hands Alexis’ take Note: 35 is the 3rd nut low on the flop after A3, A5 contrary to Alexis dodgy proclamation (5th nut low)! 🙂 Andy’s take Play through the hand
Playing the River
In these set of hands, I faced some interesting river decisions. How would you have approached these hands?
Facing an aggressive opponent
Here are some hands I played recently on pokerstars. The table was aggressive, and raises and re-raises were common. Here is how I tackled the challenge presented by my aggressive foes.