Sklansky's Internet Magazine

kencleary

It seems that twoplustwo are now publishing a poker magazine online only. Only had a brief run through it but there seems to be some good stuff in there:
http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue1/

I particularly like the section on low limit internet play. People on this board have talked before about going all-in in any cash game regardless of stack sizes with KK or AA. I must say this is a tactic i've used a fair bit myself to some success - had KK called with J 4, had AA called with 88 etc on VC. David Siller gives some of the reasoning behind this play:

"Poor players often seem to interpret big bets or raises as a personal insult to their poker ego, and find all kinds of excuses to call. They generally do not want to lay down hands and are immediately suspicious of large bets, causing them to call far too much. This propensity of low-stakes players to call bets that are far out of line with the pot size often makes traditional "value betting" inferior to over-betting when you have an edge. Here are some examples in which over-betting has worked especially well for me:

# The ultimate incarnation of the "poker ego" play is what my friend Adam Rothman introduced to me as the "move of honor." The move is simply open pushing with aces or kings pre-flop, regardless of the previous action. While this may sound absurd, the rate that someone will call you is surprisingly high, and the potential payoff is huge. When you can get an edge as big as 4-to-1 pre-flop for all your money, it is a crime not to take it."

So there you have it! From personal experience when people have paid me off on this hand its either been very early since I sat down and people assume I'm an idiot and will happily call with any decent hand or else if im re-raising somebody else they assume I have something like 1010/JJ and am protecting it, and again will call with poor hands. That said I have no idea what the guy who called my all-in with J 4 was thinking. Whats worse is the fu*ker won the hand by hitting two pair :mad:

bohsman

One good trick Ive learned is betting the exact amount the other player has when youre ahead to get him to call