Posts Tagged ‘basic poker plays’
by Simon Dexter Wednesday, December 5th, 2007
Guys,
I understand that traditional poker theory states that if you’re the first to enter a pot with ten big blinds or fewer, you should push all-in. Now I hear that some experts believe you should be even more prudent depending upon your position, the cards and if there’s a blind increase around the corner. Is this correct?
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by Simon Dexter Friday, November 16th, 2007
Guys,
Playing in one of your online tournaments recently, I found myself on the big blind with pocket queens. The action meandered around the table, five players limping in before it got back to me.
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by Simon Dexter Friday, October 19th, 2007
Although many people had not heard of Annette ‘Annette_15′ Obrestad before she claimed the WSOP Europe event in London in September, she was already a well known figure in the world of online poker.
Her most famous exploit was playing (and winning!) a SNG tournament against 180 players without looking at her hole cards. I thought it would be interesting to look at some of her strategies and it may give an insight into some basic poker plays.
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