General Poker Strategy
Was playing in this $2/4 Omaha H/L game for about 20 minutes with out winning a hand and was $35 down. I wasn’t really worried because I nocticed alot of bad play so I knew the money would be coming my way. And it did all in one hand. Stage #1859196565: Omaha Hi/Lo Normal $2/$4 [...]
Played in the $60 buy in ( with optional re buy of $20) muti table Texas hold’em tourney at the local casino. Haven’t played in this tournament in months. Something else always seemed to be going on. It started with forty players on four tables, the blinds at 25/50 and 3,000 in starting chips. If [...]
Played in the morning $25 texas hold’em single table shootout at the casino. Hadn’t caught a hand in the early stages. The table was playing pretty fast and loose. I was dealt the eight nine suited in spades in the cut off, four people limped in so i also limped, hoping to see a favorable [...]
Just sat down at this table and here is the second hand I was dealt. I know leftclick his hyper aggressive and will raise with most anything. He is also not afraid to gamble for alot of money, especially since he has alot on the table ( top buy in is $50) so he must [...]
By: Lou Kreiger Recommended Starting Hands If you follow this list of suggested starting hands, you’ll seldom get into trouble, or find yourself involved in a hand where you’ll be confused about whether you ought to continue playing or fold your hand. Ace-ace combinations: Any hand containing a pair of aces is a terrific starting [...]
Just got to this table so I have no reads on anybody. Dealt pocket queens and facing a pretty good size raise. I think this is a pretty good spot to get all my money in , clear the field and hopefully get heads up with the raiser. Not all that concerned with what he [...]
Here I am at a low limit deep stack PLO table. Lim68 has been very aggresive and I have caught him bluffing a couple times (as well as the rest of the table). I believe he is very frustated at this point and maybe tilting. When I checked on the turn, it was to induce a bluff, [...]
At this stage of the tournament I need to get some chips pretty quick. The blinds are rising fast and with the ante kicking in makes me desperate for a all in type of situation. I don’t normally like to go all in pre flop with pocket jacks, especially to call off all my chips [...]
Here is a funny little video that shows the frustation of playing pocket jacks: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kP9CBtSW0kA

