Day: January 25, 2014

Poker

Is it possible to learn aggression in poker?

What is aggression? Can it be learned? Is it a personality trait? Is aggression the most successful strategy? Kyle Siler of Cornell University, published Social and Psychological Challenges of Poker in the Journal of Gambling Studies. It’s an important piece on the nature of aggression in poker for a number of reasons: First, a reputable […]

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Poker

River logic in a checked PLO pot

I was playing recently in a $5-$10 PLO game at the Horseshoe in Hammond Indiana and had an interesting river situation. We were deep-stacked and five-handed with lots of history between solid players. PREFLOP: I had in the big blind and everyone limped in except the under-the-gun player. I took my option and raised to […]

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