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Beating Sit-N-Gos in 2004: A Data-Analysis Lesson from ShoeMoney
Posted on09. Sep, 2009 by Gugel.
Jeremy Schoemaker, aka ShoeMoney, is a brilliant marketer and comes up with some really great out-of-the-box ideas. He wrote a post yesterday about how he was part of the 2004 poker craze and had decided to find a way to “beat the system”. Now ShoeMoney is a really smart dude, but poker isn’t something you master [...]
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Pot Entitlement – It’s Not Over Till It’s Over
Posted on08. Sep, 2009 by Gugel.
In NL hold’em, a very strong hand on the flop can become a marginal hand on the turn or river. But people have a very hard time letting go of a flopped monster. I call this phenomenon, “pot entitlement”. Simply put, they feel they are entitled to win the pot, even when [...]
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What Ayn Rand Can Teach You About Making Your Opponent Tilt
Posted on01. Sep, 2009 by Gugel.
I’m almost done with Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. She’s a really good writer, though the story can get a bit frustrating at times. Anyway, one of the key points in her philosophy is that guilt is a powerful way of controlling people. Make them feel guilty and they’ll do almost anything you want. It works [...]
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Get Gugel’s Secret Hold’Em Manager Heads Up HUD Config
Posted on25. Aug, 2009 by Gugel.
I had a few people ask me about my custom color-coded Hold’Em Manager HUD config. I’ve decided to release it for $9.95.
Update: As of May 1, 2010, 75 people have purchased my HUD!
Sure, you can make a custom heads up HUD yourself. I’ve even told you what stats are particularly important for heads up. But [...]
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10,000 Hours
Posted on10. Aug, 2009 by Gugel.
Back in May, I talked about the three things you need to master to become a great poker player. But the key ingredient to greatness that I didn’t talk about is experience. Beyond just playing lots of hands, experience includes watching training videos, getting coached, or posting in forums. The more you play, the better [...]
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How to Play 4Bet Pots
Posted on26. Jul, 2009 by Gugel.
In this post, we’ll talk about what you should do when you are on the button, you raise, villain 3bets, you 4bet and villain just smooth calls. Here’s an example of what I’m talking about…
$100NL
Preflop: Hero is SB with Kh, As
Hero bets $3, BB raises to $10, Hero raises to $25, BB calls $15
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10% Discount Code for PokerTableRatings.com
Posted on22. Jul, 2009 by Gugel.
Update 4/8/2010: The survey described below is no longer running. For 10% off your hand histories, use the discount code pollen at checkout.
So PokerTableRatings sent me an email today and asked me to fill out a survey. I’m a fan of the site and they’re giving away $30,476 worth of free stuff, so I figured [...]
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Playing Good When You’re Running Bad
Posted on21. Jul, 2009 by Gugel.
Seth Godin had a great post on his blog today. Even though he’s talking about marketing and customer service, his advice applies really well to poker. Let’s say you have a bike race coming up and you obviously want to have the best time you possibly can. The thing is, everyone goes super fast on [...]
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Problems with Hold’Em Manager After Full Tilt’s Update
Posted on08. Jul, 2009 by Gugel.
It looks like the new version of FTP made the HEM HUD stop working. It wouldn’t even display the mucked hole cards of your opponent…
HEM support was on it pretty quick and came out with a beta version that should address most of the issues. It looks like one of the lasting consequences of this [...]
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Mistakes
Posted on07. Jul, 2009 by Gugel.
About a week ago, I made a mistake at $200NL HU vs. Smokin Mokin (a breakeven reg). Here’s the hand in question.
Hero (BB) ($200)
Button ($245)
Preflop: Hero is BB with 8♦, 6♦
Button bets $6, Hero calls $4
Flop: ($12) Q♦, 6♠, 9♦ (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets $8, Hero raises to $30, Button calls
Turn: ($72) J♠ (2 [...]
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