Bluffing in Limit Hold'em: Mission Impossible?

"No one can bluff in limit hold'em." How many times have you heard that? Do you believe it? While there may be a few limit hold'em games in which bluffing is too unlikely to work to even try, in general, bluffing can still increase your profits and separate you from the field....

Friday Dec 12, 2008

published 26 days ago in
Card Player Magazine Volume 21, Number 24

The Penalty for Predictability

As I write this, I am cruising on the high seas. More specifically, I am on the Pacific Ocean, returning from Hawaii on a two-week Card Player Cruises poker vacation. Poker cruises have many wonderful features. The aspect that I want to emphasize here is that you play against the same players day...

Tuesday Nov 25, 2008

published about 1 month ago in
Card Player Magazine Volume 21, Number 23

A 'Telling' Tell

One of the reasons I prefer live play is that I can read and use tells. It is simply easier to play against people I can see. Once in a while, however, I get to make an inference from an unusual tell. I had such an experience in a Bellagio $30-$60 limit hold'em game. I was in the cutoff with...

Friday Nov 14, 2008

published about 1 month ago in
Card Player Magazine Volume 21, Number 22

Electronic Poker Tables

Recently, a Las Vegas cardroom began a grand experiment in using electronic poker tables. It removed all 12 of its live-action tables and replaced them with electronic versions. This has major implications for casino management, dealers, chip runners, and other industry-related people, but how...

Friday Oct 31, 2008

published 2 months ago in
Card Player Magazine Volume 21, Number 21

Common No-Limit Hold'em Errors Made by Limit Players - Part IV

We conclude this series by examining the two final errors on the chart below: • Failure to control pot size • Excessive value-betting on the river I want to emphasize that this list does not reflect the only errors that limit players make when making the transition to no-limit. I...

Friday Oct 17, 2008

published 2 months ago in
Card Player Magazine Volume 21, Number 20

Common No-Limit Hold'em Errors Made by Limit Players - Part III

Last issue, we continued exploring some of the errors that limit hold'em cash-game players make when they start playing no-limit hold'em. Because the games appear to be so similar, but have major strategic differences, these errors tend to be systemic. Several of the most common errors...

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