There are a bunch of poker room rules and procedures that don't make any sense from a rational point of view. The ones I'm thinking of are those that are designed to preserve the order in which cards are or were "supposed" to come.
Saturday, April 09, 2011
Random is random
Posted by Rakewell at 5:56 PM 5 comments
Labels: card player magazine, jones, randomness, rules
Spading
I just learned a new poker word, which doesn't happen very often these days. The process of spreading a new deck out on the table face up in order to prove that all 52 cards are there is called "spading" the deck.
Posted by Rakewell at 5:52 PM 6 comments
Labels: words
Poker gems, #414
Bob Ciaffone, in Card Player magazine column, November 5, 2004.
Posted by Rakewell at 5:36 PM 2 comments
Labels: card player magazine, ciaffone, gems, rules
Guess the casino, #822
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Answer: Golden Nugget
Posted by Rakewell at 1:31 PM 0 comments
Labels: guess
Friday, April 08, 2011
Game, set, but no match
In the current issue of Card Player magazine, Steve Zolotow has a column about the difference in hold'em between a set (pair in your hand matching a card on the board) and trips (one in your hand matching a pair on the board). I would have thought that anybody who has played for more than a minimal amount of time would already understand why there is no contest between them, though Zolotow says that "many inexperienced players fail to realize how much difference there is between trips and a set."
Posted by Rakewell at 6:53 PM 3 comments
Labels: card player magazine, math, zolotow
Guess the casino, #821
Posted by Rakewell at 10:44 AM 0 comments
Labels: guess
Thursday, April 07, 2011
Location, location, location
I have written a few times about playing against bullies and maniacs--for example, here and here. I inevitably talk about the importance of position. (Dang it. There was another long-ago post, I'm sure, about how I was faring badly seated to the right of a maniac at the Flamingo, until a seat opened on his left, I moved, and the tide turned. But now I can't find it, no matter what search strategy I use.)
Posted by Rakewell at 11:19 PM 4 comments
Labels: brunson, card player magazine, cooke, position, shamus, strategy
HORSE and razz tournaments
Posted by Rakewell at 4:14 PM 0 comments
Labels: HORSE, online poker, razz
Good news
This blog has been officially deemed an "essential" service, and will continue publishing even in the event of a federal government shutdown.
Posted by Rakewell at 3:08 PM 4 comments
Labels: about this blog, news
Guess the casino, #820
Posted by Rakewell at 10:42 AM 0 comments
Labels: guess
Wednesday, April 06, 2011
Guess the casino, #819
Posted by Rakewell at 10:39 AM 0 comments
Labels: guess
Tuesday, April 05, 2011
Poker gems, #413
Richard P. Feynman, in 1974 commencement address at Caltech, as quoted in Feynman, The Pleasure of Finding Things Out, page 212.
Posted by Rakewell at 7:55 PM 1 comments
Labels: gems
Guess the casino, #818
Posted by Rakewell at 10:36 AM 0 comments
Labels: guess
Duh, winning!
Posted by Rakewell at 2:58 AM 4 comments
Labels: chips, deuce-four, hooters, jackpots, my results, reader encounters, remarkable hands
Monday, April 04, 2011
NoahSD
I like Noah Stephens-Davidowitz more every time he posts. Here's his latest on how repentant former poker cheaters can rehabilitate themselves: http://www.nsdpoker.com/2011/04/cheater-challenge/
Posted by Rakewell at 3:14 PM 3 comments
Labels: cheating, other blogs
Mixing it up
Posted by Rakewell at 1:35 PM 4 comments
Labels: imperial palace, mixed games, my results
Guess the casino, #817
Posted by Rakewell at 10:33 AM 0 comments
Labels: guess
Sunday, April 03, 2011
Guess the casino, #816
Posted by Rakewell at 10:30 AM 0 comments
Labels: guess