Card games: language and informationThis article discusses the overlaps in terminology — the player ‘lingo’ — between two card games: poker and bridge. Why discuss this? Well…Mar 24Mar 24
Poker: limping in early position and other lousy strategiesEvery player who sits down to a game of poker executes their chosen strategy, like a kid with a lemonade stand. Some strategies (like some…Dec 27, 20241Dec 27, 20241
Poker: they always get there on the riverI was playing a game of online poker recently with friends, for low stakes. A few of the players were strongly of the view that the online…Dec 6, 20241Dec 6, 20241
Poker: a Flush beats a StraightWhen our monthly poker game first started out, my buddy RF would lean over conspiratorially and ask, “so does a flush beat a straight, or…Jun 8, 20241Jun 8, 20241
Poker coincidencesIn the play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead by Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern flip a coin repeatedly for money:Apr 4, 2024Apr 4, 2024
Old school vs new school and the fundamental theorem of pokerDaniel Negreanu, a top professional poker player since the 1990s, has a youtube series where he breaks down poker hands according to how…Feb 14, 20241Feb 14, 20241
Poker — a starting hand ranking algorithmOne of the first things that a beginner chess player learns is the value of the pieces: pawn = 1, knight = 3, bishop = 3, rook = 5 and…Dec 24, 2023Dec 24, 2023
Poker, a game of luck or skill?Is poker a game of luck or skill? Obviously, the answer lies on a continuum, as everything in life involves some luck and some skill. This…Nov 18, 2023Nov 18, 2023
