Archive for December 1st, 2009

Happy Thanksgiving! I know I’m a few days late, but I do want to thank all of my readers, especially those of you who read and comment regularly. I generally enjoy blogging and am pretty sure that reviewing my thought processes publicly is helpful to my bottom line as well. Still, for an egomaniac like me, it’s very rewarding to know that I am not just writing into the void but that there are people who enjoy reading what I have to say, who find it helpful, and who take the time to offer their own thoughts, questions, and disagreements.

My latest article for 2+2 Magazine, Relative Hand Strength, is a small token of my appreciation. In my opinion, the subject matter is among the most advanced that I’ve ever made widely available for free (i.e. to folks who are not students of mine or members of Poker Savvy Plus). It’s a concept that even some high-stakes players don’t fully grasp, yet something that even small stakes players would do well to consider at the table:

“You won’t always be able to calculate your equity with such precision, but there are three key points to take away from this example that will help you with real-time decision-making. The first is that there is a lot of value in dominating the portion of your opponent’s range that is “drawing”….  Read the complete post...