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Entries from June 2007

What would you do?

June 30th, 2007 · 1 Comment

what-would-you-do

Here’s what happened to me tonight at my regular home game, so I ask you, what would you do?
Here’s the scenario. You’re in a home game with 7 total players… down to the final three. You’re sitting on the chip lead by about 500 and you’ve pretty much been playing tight solid poker […]

Tags: David · Tournament Play · Home Games

Playing at a casino again

June 13th, 2007 · 1 Comment

playing-at-a-casino-again

Today I visited Harrah’s here in New Orleans… as amazing as this sounds, this is the first time I’ve ever played there. I went with my friend Mark (a sometimes writer for this site) to play in the weekly tournament. Unfortunately, because of the recent WSOP, the tournament doesn’t start up until next […]

Tags: David · Late Position

Recent stuff

June 3rd, 2007 · No Comments

recent-stuff

I’ve taken some serious time off since my horrible betting and lost pot at the Beau Rivage. I decided I needed to go back and do some reading and studying. I picked up two very nice books.
The first No Limit Hold’em Theory and Practice by David Sklansky & Ed Miller is pretty good. […]

Tags: David · Poker Talk