Bluffing a maniac

591022-viktor-isildur1-blomThis summer at the WSOP, I decided to spend a bit of time away from the tournaments playing $10/$20 no-limit at Bellagio. After a few hands at the table, a Spanish kid to my left commented about how he didn’t like that I was writing down my hands in my notebook. It clearly had him rattled. He proceeded to play in a maniacal manner and bluffed off over $5,000 to me over the next hour. He was tilted. To be fair, I showed down decently strong hands, so he probably didn’t think I was outplaying him, but instead was lucky to make some strong hands. (I was actually lucky that he kept trying to bluff me!) …

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All-in or fold with A-K?

BigSlickI recently had the pleasure of traveling to Barcelona for the EPT events. If you ever have a chance to attend, I highly recommend it. Both the city and the poker are amazing. Unfortunately, I did not fare well in my first five events. While I was a bit unlucky to lose the first three, the other two bust-outs would be considered avoidable by some. In each of them, I had to decide whether or not to go all-in with A-K before the flop when I was fairly certain my opponent had a strong hand. I am going to look at one of these situations and explain why I think getting all-in is the best play. …

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In the media

I have been fortunate enough to be featured in the poker (and non-poker media) quite a few times over the last few months. In this blog post, I will share with you a few of these mentions, many of which include lots of free educational poker content. This blog post has been in the works for quite a while, but great things have kept popping up. Sorry that it is so long!

The Cover of CardPlayer Magazine

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Facing a river raise in Deauville

57068316-decb-11e4-_885450cLast year I had the opportunity to travel to Deauville, France for the European Poker Tour series. Even though I had only marginal success, cashing for the minimum in the €10,000 buy-in high roller event, I got to play lots of fun hands. This hand is from a €5,000 buy-in six-handed turbo tournament. My opponent is a loose, aggressive kid who I have been pushing around so far. While I am not sure if he is a stereotypical overly aggressive European kid, I tend to assume that European kids are overly aggressive until they prove otherwise. …

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