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Category Archives: Poker and Money Managment
A Couple of Back-to-Back No Limit Hands
So I’ve been running poorly and am down a bit in a $200 buy-in NL game. I’ve been there for hours. The people there know I’m only playing the good hands. I pick up Ah Kd with $270 in from … Continue reading
The Mathematics of a Lowball Sidebet
This month I have gone ahead and gone along with the other Lowball players wishes and played the “gidgets and gadgets” of Lowball sidebets. I figure it doesn’t cost me anything, it’s good for my image, and it pays to … Continue reading
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Reflections on My Brief Career at Hollywood Park
Calls from Human Resources are never good. Every time they say they need you to come over right now it means you’ve lost your job. I got this call last Wednesday as I was waiting to clock in. Oh, well; … Continue reading
First Day on the Job: An Interesting Hand
So yesterday, Monday September 12th, was my first day on my new job at Hollywood Park Casino. I haven’t left my old employer, Normandie Casino, but as the start of the year they announced they were cutting my pay. Then … Continue reading
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Tagged Hollywood Park Casino, NL Hold'em, Normandie Casino, Pocket Kings
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Probabilities for Fun and Profit
So it gets around after a time that I’m pretty good with probabilities. Strangely, the management at the casino I work at has asked me to start giving them “the answers” to various problems that their management just hasn’t been … Continue reading
Defending the Big Blind and Preflop Hand Selection
I’ve been criticized in my limit play for calling a single raise out of the Big Blind with hands such as A6 offsuit. Poker players are prestigious as Jennifer Harmon in Super System 2 say that you should not call … Continue reading
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An Indispensable Book on Poker
My friend (and blog reader) Taylor called me yesterday to ask me questions about what constituted an out and when he would know that he was getting odds to draw. I started to explain the “rule of two” (where you … Continue reading
Rough Day at the New NL Table
For a time, my employer was trying to get a yellow chip limit Hold’em game going, so I ended up getting paid to play $15-30 Limit Hold’em with a kill. I loved this because I had already logged over 1000 … Continue reading