KKing David's poker blog
It’s Thursday night home game poker. This is the lowest stakes, loosest, loudest game I regularly play. No rake, no dealer, same group of friends yucking it up every week. … Continue reading Running Bad Gets Totally Confirmed
In anticipation of next month’s NCAA basketball March Madness, I bring you this edition of Min-Raise Madness. Min-Raise, of course, is shorthand for raising the minimum possible amount in a … Continue reading Min-Raise Madness
Over the last few years, I’ve developed a strong preference for cash game poker over tournament poker. When asked why I don’t like tournaments, the quick answer is “because they … Continue reading Ending Abruptly
Last night, on the 5th hand of an online poker session, I get the coveted pocket aces. As a good poker blogger, I must tell you that I have 82 … Continue reading I Played That Right, Didn’t I?
I play a fair amount of online poker on the Ignition platform, almost entirely cash games. So far this year I’ve been a winner, but not at a rate I’m … Continue reading Online Analysis, Part 1 – pre-flop 3-bets
NOTE: This entry was originally posted on a different site on January 3, 2017 and has been slightly edited prior to re-posting here. My previous blog entry explored turning a … Continue reading Facing a Shove on the River With Just One Pair
You know that poker hand you dream about? When you’ve been running so bad you resort to writing terrible poetry, but laying in bed or driving around in the car … Continue reading When Dreams Come True
Towards the end of a frustrating poker session last night, I finally got dealt pocket aces. Until then, double A batteries seem to have been present more than normal at … Continue reading Aces, Aces Everywhere
Last night I was at a low-stakes, private poker game marked by some very loose play. There was frequent straddling as much as 13 BB’s, along with very light pre-flop … Continue reading Stuck in No Man’s Land
Ralph E. Wolf and Sam Sheepdog are characters in a series of classic Looney Tunes cartoons that I enjoyed many, many years ago. Ralph (apparently named after a Warner Bros. employee – … Continue reading Ralph Wolf and Sam Sheepdog
This was a really weird situation at a $1/1 cash game last night. Effective stacks are about $110. I have QQ in middle position and raise to $6, which is … Continue reading Do-Over
According to Wikipedia, “Déjà vu is the phenomenon of having the strong sensation that an event or experience currently being experienced has been experienced in the past, which is often not the case.” … Continue reading Deja Vu
