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Bluff catching

You may have heard of a hand being a “bluff catcher,” but what does it mean? You may even have heard that you can “turn your hand into a bluff catcher,” but how exactly can you do that? Bluff catching is a topic that brings with it plenty of misapprehensions. I’m going to explain what a bluff catcher is after first looking at what I consider to be one of the biggest ever poker misapprehensions:

Erik Seidel vs Johnny Chan, WSOP 1988

(YouTube link http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=KC_BETBgWxk) (more…)

The most common misconception in poker

There is nothing that many poker players like more than a good debate. You will hear statements in cardrooms everywhere like “it’s never right to slow play aces,” and “I would never put all my money in with ace-king, it’s just ace high.” These kind of statements will cause a lot of debate, but are in some part true. (more…)

So, I’ve crept into the second day here at the first leg of the EPT in Barcelona. I only have 14,500 in chips, but am excited to be returning with some kind of shot today. Not too much time to write unfortuantely, as I felt straight asleep yesterday after eight hours tough play! Here are some of the key and most interesting hands of the day (more…)

Hand Decision Point

Let’s put you in a tough situation:-

In the early stages of a tournament, we are playing a stack of 8,000. We are happy to look down at , and raise to 350 in early position. We have caller on the button. We put him on a good hand, but within a wide range at this early stage. The flop is a decent looking , and we bet out for 600. The caller now raises to 1,800. A call here would leave us with 5,850. It is time to think… (more…)