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February 2016 – ROY COOKE POKER
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For all your poker needs. Applying Your Range Reads. The point being, when there are other alternatives to being effectively all-in, thinking about how the hand will likely play with differing strategy lines will often create better options that just determining your equity based on a run out. For example, maybe you’ll size your bets lower to keep more of your opponent’s range in his calling range. Perhaps you’ll bluff the river small since a lot of his range is whiffed draws. Yeah, it’s complicated....
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Poker Tips – ROY COOKE POKER
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For all your poker needs. Equity and Implied Odds. Many players calculate the equity of their hand at the current moment, compare it to the size of the pot, and base their decision solely on that calculation. Those decisions are correct if there is no future betting. But when there is future betting or even the potential for future. The good news is that, when your hand has potential for future value, your hand has value beyond its current equity. The greater the effective stack sizes, the greater th...
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July 2016 – ROY COOKE POKER
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For all your poker needs. As the Poker Table Turns. At the poker table they can change abruptly. A loose-aggressive player goes broke and is replaced by a solid pro. A normally solid player beserko tilts after losing a big pot. You’ve nurtured a tight, nitty image for hours, but you just got caught bluffing. The texture of the game and/or your opponents’ perception of your table image has just changed dramatically and with it, the value of many plays. Did a big pot just get played? You bet they will!
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For all your poker needs. The Mental Game-Being Aware of your Surroundings. Winning at poker requires a deep awareness and understanding of the current situation and your opponents. Sometimes, the nuances that you pick up or miss can make a huge difference in a major decision. So you need to constantly be aware of the conditions of the game you’re in, and the constant changes that continuously occur. Here are 10 basic things to look for, take note of, and continuously update your knowledge of:. Do that, ...
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Shut Up! – ROY COOKE POKER
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For all your poker needs. Recently, I played in a live WSOP $2-5 game mixed with young pros and weak recreational players. After every hand the pros all swapped strategies about the potential ranges of their opponents and what was the best play. In doing so, they openly criticized their recreational opponents’ play. Yeah, I’m the wrong guy to say this. I publish articles about poker strategy all the time. But I’m no longer playing for a living, and I avoid strategy discussions at the table. T...Players n...
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As the Poker Table Turns – ROY COOKE POKER
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For all your poker needs. As the Poker Table Turns. At the poker table they can change abruptly. A loose-aggressive player goes broke and is replaced by a solid pro. A normally solid player beserko tilts after losing a big pot. You’ve nurtured a tight, nitty image for hours, but you just got caught bluffing. The texture of the game and/or your opponents’ perception of your table image has just changed dramatically and with it, the value of many plays. Did a big pot just get played? You bet they will!
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Defending Against Floating – ROY COOKE POKER
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For all your poker needs. You raise pre-flop with a moderately strong hand in middle position, say AJ. You’re called by the button, whose range is wide. The flop comes down Ts-7s-2h, and you continuation bet, hoping to end the hand right there. He calls, a play he is likely to make with a wide range of hands, many of which he doesn’t want to get a lot of chips in with. There’s a lot of value in this play! Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window). Share on Facebook (Opens in new window). You are co...
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Understanding Equity and EV – ROY COOKE POKER
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For all your poker needs. Understanding Equity and EV. Many people don’t know the exact difference between equity and EV. In fact, some people use the terms as if they were identical. Equity is the percentage chance that a hand will win after all the cards are dealt. The percentage chance includes splits and is utilized when comparing your holding against opponent’s hand(s) or range(s). Additionally, all gambling equations should be quantified in terms of EV/expectation. We’re taught to quantify thin...
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April 2016 – ROY COOKE POKER
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For all your poker needs. When Your Image Sucks! Poker’s great when you’re running well. Your stacking chips, your confidence is high, the cards are coming as planned, your opponents are intimidated, tilted, and they’re not playing their best. The chips just roll on in, just like you dreamed they would. At some point, my opponents will become aware that I’ve changed my strategy. At that point I will open up my bluffs and semi-bluffs, though not in an overtly strong way. It’s, once again, adjustin...Keep ...
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