Category Archives: Live Poker

The Final Word on Variance, Winrates, Small Edges and Loose Aggressive Players

In this post, I want to explain how variance, your winrate, pushing small edges and being a loose aggressive player come together to affect your winrate and your game. There are two definitions of variance.  The first is the statistical definition of … Continue reading

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What I Have Been Reading Lately

Sorry I haven’t been so great at updating my reading list from the last few months.  Here is everything I have read, and I will add them to the book review section.  As always, comments or suggestions are welcome. Non-Fiction … Continue reading

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The Biggest Advantage Amateurs Have Over Professionals

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

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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Bet Sizing Live vs. Online

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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