When the game is passive and many pots are being played five-, six-, or seven-handed for the price of the big blind, overlimping often handicaps you. It forces you to play primarily “make a hand” poker, and therefore it deprives you of many of your potential edges. Try raising instead.
Ed Miller – 08/2008
Categories: Poker Strategy
Tagged: aggressivity, Miller
As far as being a female poker player, it just complicates dating a little more. I have a really hectic schedule. I don’t have a typical 9 to 5 where I can meet a guy in a more normal setting. Most of the guys I meet are indirectly involved with poker somehow or some piece [...]
Categories: Poker Players
Poker isn’t gambling. It’s a hobby, an activity, a game. It’s not about luck – it’s about logic, decision-making, math. We all should be able to play poker on the Web if we want to, and I believe that making it illegal strips us of our rights.
Joe Cada – 11/2009 – in Time
Categories: Gambling Legislation
If you think that a caller is weak, you can always try the effect of firing a second bullet. Fearless players will even fire a third bullet on the river. I’m not a big fan of firing multiple bullets with nothing. My experience has been that after the first bullet misses, players fire the second [...]
Categories: Poker Strategy
Tagged: aggressivity, Zolotow