Last summer I got interested in the concept of auto-fold ranges, and wrote about it here. The basic idea – … More
Tag: pocket queens
Size Matters
Here’s two hands where I had QQ in early position, but played very differently based on the relative stack sizes. … More
What Are They Thinking?
I’m going to reconstruct this hand as well as I remember it, from a private $1/2 game earlier this week. … More
Bombs Away
So-called “bomb” pots have been popularized recently by poker vloggers Andrew Neeme, Brad Owen and others, and streaming programs such as … More
Queen Sheba’s Revenge?
Pocket Queens are killing me lately. Last Tuesday, QQ < AA all-in pre-flop. Then Friday, QQ < KK all-in pre-flop. … More
Queens
When should you play pocket queens like they are the prey-flop nuts? When should you not? But first, I digress… … More
The Butterfly Effect
The Butterfly Effect, a phrase coined by American mathematician Edward Lorenz (an early pioneer in the field of chaos theory) … More
Math, Combinatorics and Frequencies
NOTE: This entry was originally posted on a different site on June 16, 2016 and has been slightly edited prior … More
An Embarrassingly Bad Call
I didn’t want to write this post, but I’ve been thinking about this hand for several days and need to … More
Bad Beat –> Happy Tilt. Oh my!
This post involves our friend “Myles” from the previous post, where I made a massive over-bet all-in river shove. Read … More