I came across this poker article, on reciprocality. The premise is this: In the world of reciprocality, it’s not what you do that matters most, and it’s not what they do. It’s both. Reciprocality is any difference between you and your opponents that affects your bottom line. Reciprocality says that when you and your opponents ...

And I’m on the verge of coming back to all of this,  I think. It’s been an interesting, and difficult, few years of my life – the army, then going to college, all intersp …

A while ago, I was having dinner with a friend. She jokingly mentioned that my biography should be titled “Beating the System” or something along those lines, because of all the stuff I’ve managed to get away with.And in retrospect, she could be right. I’ve gotten away with a lot of things. Given the stuff ...

Those of you who know me would know that I’ve been playing music for a long time. I’ve never given myself a shot at it, though, basically because I’ve always felt I wouldn’t be good enough.Now, that’s about to change. I’ve finally decided to step out and go after this dream that I’ve had for ...

I’ve compiled a short (just 7-pages) e-book, an introduction to the mathematics of poker. It’s basically covers how to calculate your expected value in a certain spot – starting with explaining what EV is, all ...

I was playing a live game on Friday night, and someone commented that I rely too much on the “preflop raise, then c-bet flop” strategy. It’s a strategy that I picked up from Daniel Negreanu’s ...

As some of you may already know, I play guitar and keyboard, and am very much a music person. Most of you probably don’t know, though, that I do some songwriting as well. And well, I just wrote a song over the past week, a message to myself which I feel fits in well with ...

Have you ever wondered how well a suited connector does against a pocket pair? Or how likely a set on the flop is likely to hold up against an open ended straight flush draw? Or ...

I’m sure that all of you have poker books that you want to read. I mean, no matter how good we are, we can always improve, right?So, in 2 week’s time, I’m giving away a ...

Since my last post, I’ve had some discussions on the 2+2 forums about that hand. And so I thought I’d take a closer look at the hand. I realized I should be considering the odds on the flop, and not the equity across the whole hand.Quick recap. I had AQ offsuit, raised from the SB, ...