Getting the Balance Right

A few people have approached me recently to ask about the importance of aggression in poker and how crucial is it. Well it is very important and I am not going to contradict the messages that are in the books and everywhere else.
But blind aggression can be a terrible weakness and especially against good players [...]

These Online Guys Can Really Play

Since the explosion of online poker, there have been many “old” pro’s who have made snide remarks at us online players. Many talk about how it “aint real poker” or “they would get their ass kicked in a real game with top players”.
Maybe some would…..but many prove their metal and I also would like to [...]

Its getting tougher

You bet your life that online poker is getting tougher, I recently viewed a statistic that said that only 9% were making it pay over the long term whatever “long term” means.
But I have spoken to a few people recently who even doubt the validity of that figure and think that it is nearer 5% [...]

Forum fondness

I must take this opportunity to comment on the overall effectiveness of joining a very good poker forum when it comes to improving your game. I joined the Hendon Mob forum in early Feb this year and it has improved my game quite a bit.
There are some very knowledgable people on that site and it [...]

The Books did the business….for once!

Don’t get me wrong here because you can get an awful lot of knowledge from any book and poker is no different. But in order to reach the top in any field then simply reading from books is not going to cut it.
But…..those two books that are mentioned in a previous blog have really got [...]

The Art of Bluffing

Getting ready for some serious poker this weekend, dont care if it is limit or NL but my head is right (I think) and it is time to put the peddle to the metal by way of number of playing hours…..watch this space.
 Onto bluffing then, so what makes a good bluff? Well I see too [...]

Back to basics

Well it is never too late to go over old ground and I am certainly no egotist when it comes to admitting that I have made a right hash of things. Lately my discipline has been an absolute crock of dung and I have been busting a gut over the last 96 hours trying to find [...]

A time to reflect

Well after Saturdays debacle, it was time to have a real good think about where I stand with my poker. Years ago when I first turned full-time, I played limit hold’em at a rate of between 50-60 hours a week online. This really starts to get to you after a while and was a major [...]

CRUSHING ONLINE SINGLE TABLE TOURNAMENTS

With the advent of the internet, certain types of poker have become ever more popular. No Limit and Limit poker has increased in popularity and also tournament poker as it is this form of the game that is so heavily marketed. But one of the most popular forms of tournament poker at this present time [...]

Is it ever really under control

Well, I just feel that I have to tell all what happened today and it aint good. I have lost big chunks before and I have tilted before but I have never started a session on tilt and tilted all the way through it.
Without going into finer details, I have been having a few family [...]