All Things Poker

I hate pucker. I don’t mind playing tight, but I hate playing scared. When I think back to my old way of playing poker (I haven’t played seriously in about a year), I “remember” that I used to be somewhat aggressive. But I also realize that I might be remembering what I wanted my play to [...]

My self confidence had returned. I was primed and ready to get my money in the middle. Early on in the evening I noticed a player who had about $600 in front of him. He was playing almost every hand and calling almost every flop and turn bet. If the board got scary or the [...]

Session 7 started off pretty well. I was still riding the “self kudos” from the last session and I was hopeful and even expecting to win. Within 2 hours I was up $150 and feeling good. However at this time I think I had lost some focus and I was operating on auto-pilot. Unfortunately this [...]

Despite session 5′s losses, session 4 showed me that if I could be disciplined enough with the proper focus, I could make the correct decisions and stop some major gaps in my game. So I entered the poker room with a calm confidence. within minutes of sitting down at seat 7 I could tell that [...]