A Donkey’s Tale

Posted by wynn on May 3, 2010 in Bad Beats, Donkeys, Table Talk | 2 comments

“I either have to raise or fold. I can’t call,” I tell my opponent who bet out $85 on the flop into a $30 pot heads-up. We have played before. He is a tough player that usually plays the “Big Game” and is a notorious bluffer. He stares back at me. “You either flopped a set of deuces or you have nothing but air,” I tell...

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Tells

Posted by wynn on Mar 16, 2010 in Great Reads, Rounders | 0 comments

[This post is part of my series on Mike McDermott quotes from the movie Rounders] “They wear their tells like signs around their necks. Facial ticks. Nervous fingers. A hand over their mouth. The way a cigarette is smoked. Little unconscious gestures that reveal the cards in their hands. We catch everything. If a fish acts strong, he’s bluffing. If he...

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Reload

Posted by wynn on Feb 9, 2010 in Bluffs, Great Reads, Table Talk | 0 comments

I will be back in tournament action today and cash games later this week … I think. Here is a story of how I outplayed a young gun in a cash game several weeks ago: I am in seat 9. Seats 8 and 10 were open. This young gun sits down in seat 10, presumably so he can raise me. I am in the big blind with K-K. He raises under the gun with a hand like A-Q or...

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Position Matters

Posted by wynn on Jan 18, 2010 in Bluffs, Great Reads | 0 comments

I play 80% of  my hands from late position. I prefer to act last. However, there is value in acting first against certain players in certain situations. People talk about playing the player. There is more to it than playing the betting tendencies of your opponent. To me, playing the player is a combination of reading their hand blind along with their betting...

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