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OOP Update Plus Fireworks

Of late I’ve been throwing my voice so much that it seems almost disappointing to speak directly. I’d really rather be making fun of the outrageous characters and stories of poker or explicating its most difficult moments: it’s a lot of the fun I allow myself. Still, concrete things do happen here – in fact,…

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An Immodest Proposal

It’s an auspicious moment to restart the blog. Quietly, though, under cover of scandals in our “field” (Lord help me if I say “community”). For one, nobody really writes about poker anymore. The great blogs are dead. Short Stacked Shamus hasn’t penned a non-promo in years. My friend Fernando likes to keep his so obscure…

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The Void and the Man, Part I

I limp behind. Isolating, never mind opening, like cbetting, is overrated these days. No one folds. Everyone loves you splashing it in there, trying to define your hand, hoping something good will happen. It’s a minefield. They call 12x opens, they flat behind with aces. As poker knowledge grows and the pernicious influence of the…

2016 Midpoint

I wrote up some plans, goals, and observations in the post-holiday dark.  Then I updated it in March: How was I doing a little past sunrise? Now, a July update: How am I doing (a little past) Midyear? …is the year I read poker books again…. what will Applications change? March: I’m taking it seriously and reading it slowly.  I also…