Poker is a strange game. Every part of the game is filled with deception and misdirection. It’s not just the players trying to mess with your mind though. The game itself can get you lost behind smoke and mirrors if you don’t stop and try to see through the illusions.
Poker is not a card game, [...]
At every poker table (if you are good at selecting where you sit down) there is someone who isn’t so good at the game of poker. There is at least one person playing “just for fun”. There is at least one guy who’s just looking for something to do, who doesn’t really care that he’s [...]
After a few months of playing, and reading a few strategy books (and blogs and forums), I’ve noticed that I seem to have my least profitable stretches right after I learn something new about poker strategies. I’ve seen other people on forums say they suffer from the same problem. I’m going to call it “Book [...]
The first image that always comes to my mind when I hear the word “poker”, is a group of tough and dirty cowboys gathered around a table in a filthy saloon, guns at their sides, playing hard and sometimes to the death. I have thousands of these images in my mind, some in color, some [...]