Author Archives: Jason Schlachter

The Biggest Advantage Amateurs Have Over Professionals

Posted on July 3, 2013 by Jason Schlachter

The biggest advantage that amateurs can have over professionals is behaving randomly.  If amateurs do something randomly or without any reason, it can be difficult or impossible  for professionals(and other opponents) to deduce what range of hands he hold.  For … Continue reading →

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Inducing Mistakes

Posted on May 14, 2013 by Jason Schlachter

I went to Borgata for the weekend to get in some hours and played two hands that illustrated the principle of inducing big mistakes from your opponent. The first one was the first hand I had played at the table. … Continue reading →

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Man Loses $2600 at Carnival Game

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Jason Schlachter

This couldn’t go without being posted.  Are they going to outlaw carnivals now?  http://www.geekosystem.com/life-savings-to-carnival-game/

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Bet Sizing Live vs. Online

Posted on April 24, 2013 by Jason Schlachter

I have been listening to a few poker podcasts lately that talk about betsizing on later streets that I believe have the wrong idea.  The basic premise is that in live poker you want your opponent(or you, if he covers … Continue reading →

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A Response to Criticisms of My Last Blog

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Jason Schlachter

I received a lot of encouragement of my last blog as well as some criticism.  After posting it to 2+2 here, I was surprised at the amount of people who were extremely critical, as I thought that a poker forum would … Continue reading →

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