Thursday, May 11, 2006

Exams done, bring on summer...Poker Theory

I have finally finishes exams and can now concentrate on finding a summer job for Engineering experience as well as playing poker. After looking over the past couple months, I don;t think I have really changed much of my game. So I have begun to re-think some poker theory and hopefully add a new level to my game.

So far, I have thought of some poker theory and will try to see what I can do to improve it so that it can be used in other aspect of MTTs. Here are some:

Preflop:
UTG Steal: Theory behind it is UTG raises are from big hands like AK AQ, TT->AA and maybe middle pairs. The UTG Steal is to raise almost any two, more off connectors and play them like big hands. More off to take down pot preflop from a TIGHT table.

Limp Reraise - limping big hands to get action and taking down pot preflop. Wise to do on a short stack

Position re-steal: When an agressive player or more often a late position player opens the pot, you use the Gap Concept where he will have a wide range of hands (junks->premium), but by making the position re-steal you force him to play the more premium hands. If S/he calls you will have position post flop to get a read and hopefully take down the pot.

Stop and Go: A good hand that you would like to push, but opponent doesn't have proper fold equity (ie 2.5-3:1 to fold his hand). The plan is to make the opponent play a three card board instead of seeing all 5.

Flop:
Floating (the flop): When it is unlikely your opponent has strong holding, "floating the flop" is to make a call with the intention of bluffing on a later street to pick up the pot

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