As promised, in this, and upcoming blogs, I am going to delve into the analysis of specific hands. Today's blog will cover a "classic" Stud hand, specifically when to play the split underpair, with an unrelated kicker, against a raising or re-raising higher door card on 3rd street. Whenever I analyze these types of hands, I am assuming that your cards (your pair and your kicker) are completely "live," i.e., where no others of those ranks can be seen at that point in the hand. When I refer to an "unrelated kicker", I mean that this card is unlikely to
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Stud: Hand strategy
by Adam "STUDSTOOD" Roberts This past year, I have been blogging on many different topics and aspects of overall poker play, including bankroll requirements (both per session and for the long term), game selection (based on limit of game, type of game- especially with regards to your own ability), money...more
Stud: Pieced out
by Adam "STUDSTOOD" Roberts Another topic I want to cover for tournaments is getting staked or "pieced out." Being that tournaments have such a high short term luck factor, many players prefer not using their own money for buy-ins. This is all well and good, but if you are one...more
Stud: The tournament life
by Adam STUDSTOOD Roberts Now that the annual WSOP has begun, I am going to continue on with tournament strategy. Although having a "game plan" is usually harder to do in tournaments than cash games, I think you should have one. Among the items to think about is which events...more
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World Champion Peter Eastgate's guide to winning the WSOP
With our satellites for this summer's World Series of Poker in full swing (see here for details), those already bagging one of PokerStars' brilliant main event packages might be looking for a little advice on how to play the "Big One". Handy, then, that on Team PokerStars Pro we have...more
SCOOP: ElkY gives some free advice
In a little more than 24 hours from now PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker will kick off with its first event. The competition and field sizes are bound to be as tough as any we've seen in a long time. It's not like top professionals to go around seeding...more
Poker strategy: Vicky Coren's guide to changing gears
Team PokerStars Pro Vicky Coren enjoyed a great run at this month's PokerStars Caribbean Adventure main event, finishing 30th for $40,000. With life tournament winnings of more than $1.2 million, including $941,513 for the EPT London title in 2006, she's an ideal person to write about the importance of changing...more
