Poker Grump

All the things I hate about the game I love

Monday, December 21, 2015

This one is about how a small sample size of observations can badly distort your view of an opponent's playing style, and thus lead you into a bad decision.

http://www.pokernews.com/strategy/call-or-fold-a-dilemma-caused-by-small-sample-size-23694.htm

Rakewell: It's a little hard to say this, because I'm not used to it yet, but I suppose that I'm a professional poker player. I moved to Vegas intending to get a job as a poker dealer, but while waiting to get hired, I spent the days playing poker instead of dealing it, and soon found that I was able to keep the bills paid. So I've just kept on doing it. I play Hold'em exclusively, usually no-limit, and most commonly $1-2 or $1-3, with occasional forays into $2-5 territory. I play tournaments on-line once in a while, but for some reason that I haven't entirely figured out, I'm much more successful playing at casinos than on the Internet, and much better at cash games than tournaments. You can contact me via email: it's rakewell1 at yahoo dotdotdot com.

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