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Strategy: bluff-catching

December 02, 2008 By: trickyrock Category: Poker Strategy, Stuart Rutter No Comments →

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…)

Into Day two at EPT Barcelona

September 12, 2008 By: trickyrock Category: 32Red Poker, Poker Blog, Stuart Rutter No Comments →

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

July 31, 2008 By: trickyrock Category: Poker Strategy 2 Comments →

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 King of Spades - Hand Decision PointKing of Hearts - Hand Decision Point, 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 Queen of Hearts - Hand Decision PointSix of Clubs - Hand Decision PointFive of Spades - Hand Decision Point, 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…)

Ask Stuart “TrickyRock” Rutter

July 14, 2008 By: trickyrock Category: Stuart Rutter 16 Comments →

Hi guys,

Welcome to our poker blog! I’m really excited about this new venture, and think that it could become a really big hit across the growing world of online poker, and online poker forums.

Remember that the blog is completely for you- the players. What makes it exciting is all the opportunities for interaction. You can reply to polls, ask questions, but most importantly of all, offer criticism. Yes, being able to offer and take criticism is the key step to becoming a better poker player. Admitting that you were wrong can hurt; most players prefer to put their misplayed hands to the back of their mind, and dwell instead on the hands where they got unlucky. (more…)

Meet Poker Manager Isabel

July 07, 2008 By: Isabel_32Red Category: Isabel Van Zuilen No Comments →

Hi, my name is Isabel :)

I’m Poker Manager at 32Red since June 2007 and on the side I love to play poker! I play on- as well as offline since about five years. I was born and raised in Amsterdam where I used to work as a croupier and during that period my interest in poker grew. Nowadays you can find me regularly in the Gibraltar Casino where I play tournaments as well as cash games.

If you have any comments, questions or suggestions about our site or about poker in general please feel free to contact me on: isabel[at]32red.com.

Have fun exploring our new blog!

Isabel

Dom Does Vegas and the WSOP - Part I

July 07, 2008 By: Dominique_32Red Category: Dominque Tremblay, Poker Blog 2 Comments →

DominiqueFrom Freeroll to the WSOP, Dom recounts his first day at the biggest poker event in the world…

Hi everyone,

I made it throught day 1. 47850 chips after a full day of play. Could have been more but was playing really tight and didnt take any risks. I was all-in once with a caller early in the tourney. I was on Ace king and the board gave me 2 pair. He was small stack and when I went all-in he called me straight away. I got real scare but he turned a flush draw and the turn and river held and gave me the 12500 pot. (more…)

Bluffing the Continuation Bet - Part 2

June 14, 2008 By: trickyrock Category: Poker Strategy No Comments →

Bluffing the Continuation Bet - Part 2

In the part one, we began to look at the valuable move of playing back at a continuation bettor. We have looked at how best to bluff, at the best type of flops to choose, and will now look at the right type of bluffing hands to play with:

It is the late stages of a poker tournament, you have the biggest stack at the table, and are looking to put other players under pressure. A mid position player raises, and bets 4,000 on a Ten of Diamonds - Bluffing the Continuation BetThree of Spades - Bluffing on the Continuation BetTwo of Clubs - Bluffing the Continuation Bet flop. This leaves him with 12,000 behind, and the pot stands at 9,000. You have a marginal hand, and are planning to pull the all-in move to put your opponent to a decision. What type of marginal hand would you like to have? (more…)

Bluffing the Continuation Bet - Part 1

June 02, 2008 By: trickyrock Category: Poker Strategy 2 Comments →

Bluffing the Continuation Bet - Part 1

A player has raised in mid position, and you make the call from the small blind with 10 of Diamonds - Bluffing the Continuation BetNine of Diamonds - Bluffing the Continuation Bet. The flop misses you completely, coming Queen of Hearts - Bluffing the Continuation BetSeven of Clubs - Bluffing the Continuation BetThree of Diamonds - Bluffing the Continuation Bet. You check, and your opponent bets two thirds of the pot. You have no idea what he has, but you do know that he tends to make a continuation bet on the flop with a massive range of hands. (more…)

The Value Bet

May 26, 2008 By: trickyrock Category: Poker Strategy No Comments →

The Art of a Value Bet

As a good player, you know that it is crucial to try to squeeze the most out of your value bets when you hold the winning hand. Chips are lost not only every time you lose a pot, but every time you win a pot and do not get the maximum value out of your hand.  (more…)

Flop Texture

May 07, 2008 By: trickyrock Category: Poker Strategy No Comments →

The Texture of The Flop - The all-Important Piece of Information

“I had Ace of Hearts - Flop TextureTen of Hearts - Flop Texture, the flop came Jack of Diamonds - Flop Texture10 of Diamonds - Flop TextureNine of Spades - Flop Texture, and I bet the pot. My opponent went all in. I was stuck, I had no idea what he had…”

It should come as no great surprise that our opponent went all-in here. Why?
The texture of the flop is so good. There are so many hands that our opponent could have which have hit a good piece of this flop, and with which he could go all-in. (more…)

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