27 Mar 09 Calling an All In With Ace Rag
Earlier this week I was playing a tournament online and had pushed my stack of $22,000 with AQs. The blinds were at $1,000/$2,000 with a $300 ante which was high enough that I couldn’t just raise with my stack, and I was hoping to double up if I got called. Sure enough I was insta called by the big blind who had $30,000. I considered that I was against a pocket pair, AJ, AK, or KQ. No, I was happily surprised when I was called by A3 off (more…)
24 Mar 09 Calling A Clock
Sometimes I imagine a poker world where each player is hooked up to a set of electrodes and if they don’t make a decision within a specific time period “ZAP!” they are forced to fold or make a decision by a refreshing stream of electrodes. Since we don’t live in my perfect world and there are no time regulations in live games, what constitutes adequate time for live action? There is definitely a fine line when calling a clock on someone (more…)
