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Strategy with Kristy: Randal Flowers Discusses Bluffing Preflop

admin — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 01:54:05 +0000

Strategy with Kristy: Randal Flowers Discusses Bluffing Preflop
November 10 2011, Kristy Arnett Related Articles Strategy with Kristy Podcast: Amanda Musumeci Discusses WSOP Main Event Strategy with Kristy Podcast: Ben Wilinofsky Discusses Short-Stack Strategy Strategy with Kristy: Andrew Seidman Discusses His Book, Easy Game Share It Tags Poker Strategy, PokerNews Podcast, PokerNews Strategy, Randal Flowers, Tournament Strategy Print Randal Flowers, 23, has accumulated more than $2.7 million in tournament winnings, including two World Poker Tour titles. For this edition of Strategy with Kristy, brought to you by South Point, Flowers sits down with Kristy Arnett to discuss bluffing preflop. Here is a snippet from the interview: How do you balance the need to steal with the fact that these days many players know that you’re stealing? If I have a very aggressive player or two to my left and I’m in late position, and there’s an obvious weak [player in the] big blind, I don’t know how often I’m going to open very light. I’m anticipating getting flatted, and people messing with me after the flop because they know I don’t have that great of a range. A lot of times, the general strategy should change to fold. Play tighter if there are good aggressive players behind you. But, if no one is really messing with you, you can sneak in a raise with a pretty weak hand. With what kind of range are you willing to go for blind steals? Well, live is way different than online, and I haven’t played online in so long that I guess my strict math fundamentals aren’t as good as they should be. When you play live, people look at their hands before they’re supposed to, so I could be in the hijack and know the guy on the button is already holding his cards that he wants to fold. So then, I’m really in the cutoff. You should play way, way more hands in live poker, in my opinion. What raise size do you prefer? I vary my raise sizing more than most, but generally, I think 2.5 times the big blind is fine. What really matters is, if it’s really early in the tournament, and you’re very deep, I would recommend raising 3 times. Maybe midway through the tournament, when there still aren’t antes and the average stack is around 50 big blinds, I think under 2.5 times is probably better because you’re risking 250 to win 150 if the blinds are 50/100. With no antes, if you get three-bet, it puts you in a tough spot. You’re never really getting a good price so depending on stack sizes, I think you can risk less. Podcast Powered By Podbean Tune in every Thursday for new episodes of Strategy with Kristy, brought to you by South Point. Feel free to send in questions, ideas or suggestions for the podcast to kristy@pokernews.com. Also remember to follow PokerNews on Twitter for up-to-the-minute news. Follow Kristy Arnett on Twitter — @KristyArnett Comments

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admin — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 05:36:13 +0000

BackBet at CelebPoker
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Strategy with Kristy Podcast Part 2 with Tommy Angelo

admin — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 12:52:37 +0000

Strategy with Kristy Podcast Part 2 with Tommy Angelo
September 08 2011, Kristy Arnett Related Articles Strategy with Kristy Podcast Part 1 with Tommy Angelo Strategy with Kristy Podcast Part 2 with Andrew Seidman The Strategy with Kristy Podcast Premiere Episode Share It Tags Poker Strategy, PokerNews Strategy, PokerNews Podcast Print Tommy Angelo is a well-respected poker player, writer and coach. He’s best known for penning, Elements of Poker, which addresses the mental side of poker. In Part 1 of his interview for the Strategy with Kristy podcast, he discussed how to begin improving your poker mindset, and also addressed the common hurdles players face during the process. For Part 2, Angelo talks about how to deal with lack of confidence, gives advice for online players transitioning to live poker, and covers mediation techniques. Here is a snippet from the interview: Another tactic you use with your students is meditation. I think that word is a little scary for most poker players. [Laughs] Very scary. Is it because it’s so unknown? What is it about meditation that frightens players? Well, actually you hit on the classic right there. What we fear is the unknown. The reason people have fears and misconceptions built up about meditation is simply from lack of knowledge, lack of understanding. The way I go about it in poker coaching is that I try to draw on practices that I think a person can do in their current state. So for most people, the act of doing a formal sitting meditation takes multiple exposures over a long period of time before someone can even get to the point where they are non-resistant enough to even try that. That’s rarely where I start with my clients. It’s usually a case of getting them to do the act of sitting up, making yourself still, and calmly being aware of your own mind and body. Observe your own thoughts. That’s called mindfulness.That practice is something anyone can do and anyone who does that at the poker table, I believe, is going to make more money than if they didn’t. I look at what the smoothest possible slope of entry is when I’m introducing these kinds of concepts. I find out what anxieties they have about it, or what fears and misconceptions. And then I say, ‘If you just do this simple thing, I think you’ll make more money.’ It’s very, very easy to prove or disprove this because all you have to do is try it for a while, and come back and tell me what happened. Podcast Powered By Podbean Tune in every Thursday for new episodes of Strategy with Kristy and feel free to send in questions, ideas or suggestions for the podcast to kristy@pokernews.com. Also remember, follow us on Twitter for up-to-the-minute news. Follow Kristy Arnett on Twitter — @KristyArnett Comments

South African King of Poker

admin — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 15:36:53 +0000

South African King of Poker
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admin — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 00:36:04 +0000

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Turning Poker into a Full-time Occupation

admin — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 22:54:15 +0000

Turning Poker into a Full-time Occupation
Turning Poker into a Full-time Occupation If you are good at it, you can turn poker into a full-time career. The fact that more and more people are joining the professional poker circuit means that playing poker can be a viable source of income for the person who has the right combination of luck, strategy [...]

Tips To Get Better At Online Poker

admin — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 10:36:21 +0000

Tips To Get Better At Online Poker
Online poker is strange: A person can pick up the rules in a matter of minutes and still not understand the game. Gamblers can lose a lot of money before they truly wrap their minds around poker and find their zone. Most players give up specifically because what looks so easy on the surface is [...]

New Guiness World Record For PokerStars

admin — Fri, 20 May 2011 07:18:25 +0000

New Guiness World Record For PokerStars
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admin — Mon, 16 May 2011 16:54:42 +0000

New William Hill Poker Bonus Offers
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admin — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 11:54:33 +0000

PartyPoker Can Make You a Lifer
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