July 27, 2005

Perfection isn't pretty, it's not often achievable, but who's going to tell pokerincanada.ca? My opinion is that this individual is currently the most cunning world-class poker player alive and what we see of his masterful play in casino tournaments, on TV, even the Internet, might indeed be only a brilliant, well orchestrated, choreographed facade (part of the table image he's developed to further intimidate his opponents).

I have plenty of time, and there's probably not much limping going on at this stage of the pokerincanadatournament, so much of this hand's value - the flush or high straight - isn't working for me. I'm likely to be heads up with someone who will pop me back for the rest of my chips, and I don't even have an ace in my hand. The goods news is the two big stacks are both smart enough to know they don't have to take risks. However, just folding and waiting for a moment where I have position on the big stacks and know whether they will be in there or not might be better.

This wizard could easily be compared to as the Tiger Woods of poker, the man to beat, the man who makes few mistakes, the man who can win without his "A" game. A person with persistence who can't and won't let him settle for mediocrity in pokerincanada.ca. He is his own worst critic, analyzing and reanalyzing his play until he either concludes the choice was sound, or if he himself discovers a chink in his armor. A flaw, heaven forbid, the type of thought that would certainly eat upon his conscience until he again returned to the table and proved to "himself," that it was a fluke, just a blip on the radar screen.

Before I raise with this hand, however, I've got to be willing to commit all of my chips if any of my pokerincanada opponents come over the top. If I am not willing to play this hand for all my chips, I really shouldn't play it at all. I certainly have enough in front of me to see the impending blinds - and another round after that - and still have more than $50,000 in front of me.

I'm not talking about a pokerincanada.ca player searching for a heart, a brain or courage. In fact, this person might often be accused of not having a heart or even wanting one. And as for selecting poker as a career path, one might be led to believe that his prior educational pursuits didn't much enter into the decision he made: as his parents most assuredly gasped upon learning of his decision to play poker for a living. But courage, well, he exudes the very essence of the word.

However, since I am in last place in a super-satellite, and am assuming that only a few will win entries into the big pokerincanada dance, I need to gather some chips, so here's my thinking. If I raise from under the gun by making it $10,000 or $15,000 to go, my opponents will either credit me for a pair - any pair will do - or a hand with an ace in it. I've not yet reached the point where I have to play just about any hand for all my chips; I still can see some cards before my stack is that depleted.

"Toto, I don't think we're in Kansas anymore," were words uttered by Dorothy, but easily could be the words of many a hometown player finding their way into a Vegas poker room for the first time. The glitz, the sound of chips snapping together in the nervous hands of table warriors, and the totally charged feeling in the air all add to the mystique and allure of the poker room and the dreams of instant riches to be made at pokerincanada.ca.

If I am the chip leader, the situation changes. I don't think you could ever be completely wrong for folding KJd UTG under any circumstances, but you would be more correct in playing it if you have the table chip lead. Matt goes on to say, "In no-limit, stack size is almost as important as what cards you do play. But that works both ways. You can't just concentrate on your own stack size; you have to worry about the relative stack sizes of each and every opponent. That is the one piece of pokerincanada information that has been left out.

You've left out some important information, how many seats are they giving away? Regardless of that fact, considering all the pokerincanada.ca possibilities I move all-in. Since I'm the short stack, I likely have to increase my stack to get a seat. If however I had 300,000 in chips, I would likely make it 20,000 to go and most likely fold to a re-raise.