Play the Player

Posted by wynn on Jun 22, 2010 in Bluffs, Great Reads, Table Talk | 1 comment

Everyone always talks about “playing the player”. What they are really doing is determining a range of hands their opponent is playing and trying to be one starting hand better than that. The best example of this that comes to mind is someone I used to play with in Black Hawk. She would always say “I am playing the player” anytime she...

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Play the Player

Posted by wynn on Jan 20, 2010 in Donkeys, Great Reads, Table Talk | 1 comment

I hear talk all the time about playing the player. Where many fall short is they think they can take a marginal hand and outplay weaker players that are calling stations. It won’t work. You need to have the stone cold nuts against these types of players. That said, it is HOW you play the nuts against the players that makes the difference. I was in two...

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Cooler #9

Posted by wynn on Dec 30, 2009 in Great Reads, Table Talk | 0 comments

I can’t remember the last time I was at the poker table when a player with the stone cold nuts did NOT bet someone off a hand. Just last night, a player with the nut straight flush went all-in on the river and drove out two players that would have either called or raised a value bet. Hell, his chips were flying into the pot before the last card hit the...

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