I recount the highs and lows of the 2016 PokerStars Festival New Jersey, including grinding lots of tournaments, streaming on Twitch, and playing the Chad Brown charity tournament. I also share the sights and sounds of the CHOP Charity event. Amie got all-in with the nuts versus Phil Hellmuth! Watch to see how it turns out for her.
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PokerStars Festival New Jersey Video Blog Read More »
This episode is the opposite of last week’s hand. This time I get “set up” with weak trips but manage to conserve most of my stack.
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Weekly Poker Hand #119 Read More »
This 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!) …
I flop the nuts and my opponent makes a huge blunder on the river by overplaying a marginal made hand. Have you ever made this mistake?
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Weekly Poker Hand #118 Read More »
I 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. …
All-in or fold with A-K? Read More »
I attempt a risky double barrel in a 3-bet pot. Would you have made this play?
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Weekly Poker Hand #117 Read More »
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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I pick up A-A versus a loose aggressive kid who loves to check-raise the flop. Would you just call or 3-bet the flop?
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Weekly Poker Hand #116 Read More »
Last 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. …
Facing a river raise in Deauville Read More »
I flop a flush and attempt to get maximum value. Do you think I achieved my goal or should I have played this hand differently?
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Weekly Poker Hand #115 Read More »
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