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Poker Articles

If you want to keep up with all the strategy articles I've written, then look no further! Sort by topic, publication date, or alphabetical order. Some articles are available here in full. For others, check out the abstracts, and use the citations to obtain the articles in full.

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Poker Helper, Nov 2007

The lipstick camera profoundly influenced the world of poker. People watching poker on television can see the drama unfold before them with an information set that’s 100% complete. Well, at least it’s 100% complete with respect to the hole cards everyone is holding – the information set regarding the very important (but often over-looked) metagame is far from complete. If you’re used to watching poker on television, it’s easy to be trapped into thinking that poker is a game of match-ups happening between specific hands. It’s tempting to watch a guy call all-in preflop with QQ against a guy with AA and say “he’s only twenty percent to win; that was a horrible call.”

When you’re actually engaged in battle, it’s usually impossible to know precisely what your opponents are holding (and reciprocally, it’s often impossible for your opponents to know precisely what you’re holding). It’s also usually impossible to know precisely what your opponents will do (just as, reciprocally, it’s often impossible for your opponents to know precisely what you’ll do). Really, poker is a game of distributions: hand distributions and action distributions...

Read the rest online at Poker Helper.