I have now been playing poker online for 2 years. I bought in for $50 vowing to never put any more money in. Well I did break this, not because I went broke, but because I thought I would take advantage of the Pokerstars offer in July where you get a 40% bonus up to [...]
Archive for the ‘variance’ Category
End of August Review
Posted in cash games, online poker, variance, tagged poker on September 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
For those who wait patiently…..
Posted in cash games, online poker, variance, tagged poker on June 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Technically speaking I could put this post under the ‘Variance’ banner. But in reality it is a brag post…..lol. However there are also some discussion points in how my opponent played the hand.
To give some background, I was up 2 buy-ins when this hand happened. I had scooped a few big pots but also had [...]
Understanding Variance in No Limit Holdem – 3
Posted in WSOP, poker news, poker tournaments, variance, tagged poker on June 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Well I am toughing it out at the moment…really struggling. Looking over my post about WCG|Rider is helping because over the last 17,000 hands I have been going nowhere. My bankroll has been fluctuating between $400 and $450 over that time….at least I haven’t had a big downturn. It is just very frustrating when every [...]
Understanding Variance in No Limit Holdem – 2
Posted in cash games, online poker, variance, tagged poker on June 17, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I was looking at my current run at 5c10c NL last night and comparing it to the run I had at the end of last year and earlier this year. The 2 runs were separated by 15,000 hands of 10c25c NL. I have now played over 38,000 hands during this run and I am up [...]
Understanding Variance in No-Limit Holdem – 1
Posted in cash games, online poker, variance, tagged poker on June 14, 2008 | 6 Comments »
I thought that this was an opportune time to start this series on my favorite poker topic: variance. I think that understanding variance is one of the most important aspects of poker that one needs to master to become a winning player. I have put the number “1″ in the title as I expect to [...]
