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Free E-book: Intro to the Math of Poker
April 3, 2010 – 10:41 am | 7 Comments

I’ve compiled a short (just 7-pages) e-book, an introduction to the mathematics of poker. It’s basically covers how to calculate your expected value in a certain spot – starting with explaining what EV is, all …

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Article Archive for 23 November 2009

Pre-Flop Shoves
November 23, 2009 – 10:09 am | 3 Comments

I thought the first thing I should look at are pre-flop shoves, purely for ease of calculation. There seems to be a common idea that when you’re short stacked, you should shove with any two …

Welcome to Counting The Odds
November 23, 2009 – 8:41 am | 2 Comments
Welcome to Counting The Odds

Hi, I’m Derrick Kwa and as you can see, this is my new blog, Counting The Odds.
A bit about me. I’m a 18, coming 19, year old from Singapore. I’m a huge math geek who …