I Know What You Are Holding

Posted by wynn on Apr 2, 2010 in Great Reads, Table Talk | 0 comments

“I know what you are holding,” I tell my opponent who has to act behind me. “Da fak you know wat I hod,” he tells me in Mandarin translated into English. We are heads-up to the flop after he raised from $2 to $20 preflop. I was in the big blind with K-10 h. The hand just felt right, so I called with a marginal hand out of position. The...

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Obsessed

Posted by wynn on Mar 6, 2010 in Buy-in, Donkeys, Great Reads | 2 comments

A good friend of mine emailed me information on a hand he was in and asked how I would have played it. He is a very solid player and could easily promote himself to the Rounder category of card player. (He does not need the money and plays mostly for fun) Here is what he wrote: I have my $300 buy-in in front of me. The table is wild with bluffs and big bets. The...

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Danger Zone

Posted by wynn on Jan 13, 2010 in Bad Beats, Donkeys, Great Reads, Laydowns, Table Talk | 0 comments

I was in a $1 – $2 – $100 spread limit Texas Hold’Em game the other night. Table 9, seat 9. A friend of mine was at table 5. One of my key strengths is my ability to read other players’ hands blind. My accuracy is well over 90%. This has made me and saved me a boatload of money at the poker table. There was a big hand at my table and a...

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