Ignorance is bliss, stupidity is wonderful! The next person who tells me they want to think about having an empty pub or a thriving pub then I shall scream from the highest point my phrase of the year ‘Ignorance is bliss, stupidity is wonderful’! Why do you have to think about the reason for not […]
STRATEGY
Whats Inside A Poker Player’s Head?
Poker is easy! Once you know the hands – that’s it! Unlike chess there are no complicated processes to do to fully understand the game, once you know that two pair beats a pair and so on you pretty much know how to play poker. The real skill in playing poker is the ability to […]
Art for art sake…
Yesterday I wrote a piece about a report written by Kyle Siler about poker called School of The Bleeding Obvious. In it I basically slammed the report called Social and Psychological Challenges of Poker for being a long tract saying in an email correspondence ‘…that being tight/aggressive and not playing too many hands is the […]
School of The Bleeding Obvious
There is a august forum called ‘Journal of Gambling Studies’ which publish stuff on gambling and the its psychological effects on people and society. It maybe a worth while thing to read and is probably a great thing to partake in. However, you do have to wonder why would anyone spend so much time to […]
New Year Shenanigans
Lets play up a little and enjoy a moment of triumph that we managed to survive another year and head towards 2010 with a least a glimmer that time has seen us not yet sold down the river. A year of getting your pocket aces cracked and your full houses beaten by a better full house […]
Things to do when playing live poker.
Got these gems from some of my online buddies and its all about making yourself the center of attention and hopefully getting the players to play the way you want them to play. REMEMBER! If in doubt Raise, if the cards look pretty Raise, if you want to play the hand Raise, failing that fold. […]