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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Ideas about modelling opponent’s play, and how to best do that with mathematical tools.
Analyses of past hands (my own or otherwise), using math as much as possible to determine how well the hand was played.
Thoughts about the mental/psychological side of poker – dealing with tilt, etc.
Other information – book reviews, contests, announcements, or random spew.
This post has been in the works for a while now, it’s just taken me longer than I expected to run the calculations on PokerStove. What is it I’ve done? A preflop odds chart.
WestonPoker has …
Since my last post, I’ve had some discussions on the 2+2 forums about that hand. And so I thought I’d take a closer look at the hand. I realized I should be considering the odds …
I’ve been down over the Christmas weekend with a really bad fever, hitting 39.1 deg C at one point. Even then, I tried playing a couple of sessions, but soon realized it was a really …
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 …
When analyzing the last hand, I realized that I need a model to predict whether my opponent (given a certain hand) will fold. Basically a way for me to say “if he has X-X cards, …
I was playing a live game on Friday night, and someone commented that I rely too much on the “preflop raise, then c-bet flop” strategy. It’s a strategy that I picked up from Daniel Negreanu’s …
