A Way to Approximate Odds by Clonie Gowen provides a very easy way to calculate the odds of hitting a hand in Texas Hold ‘Em.
Category Archives Poker
Legality of Home Poker in Texas
Legality of Home Poker in Texas - from a great Poker site, by a fellow Austinite: love and casino war poker blog
How To Extend Your Stay & Play At A Casino
How To Extend Your Stay & Play At A Casino - “a few tips to extend your next gambling vacation or casino day trip”
Poker Plugins
Three plugins for WordPress that convert simple shorthand into a visual representation of the cards or hand being discussed:
I haven’t installed any of them yet, but I really like the idea!
The Hold’em House
The Hold’em House, has put together a series of free Texas Hold ‘Em tournaments in the Austin area at local pubs. Sounds like a fun time. Hopefully I’ll find some time to head on down to one in the near…
Poker Chip Tricks
The skill with which you manipulate your poker chips can affect your table rep in a short time. Long time players have spent a lot of time playing with their chips as they wait for other players, or conversely, use…
Hold ‘Em Tips
Jeff Croft provides some great Hold ‘Em Tips for Beginners, which for the most part mesh quite well with what I have learned from the book Doyle Brunson’s Super System. Check out Jeff’s post if, like me, you are picking up the…
University of Alberta Computer Poker Research Group
A very interesting project found via Slashdot: U of A Computer Poker Research Group. An excerpt from their FAQ:
Q: What are you doing, and why?
A: The goal of the University of Alberta Computer Poker Research Group is to create a…
World Poker Tour Fan Site
Andy Bloch happened upon my previous post titled World Poker Tour and was kind enough to point out that my statement that the show did not follow a set schedule was wrong. I had picked up on this a while back,…
World Poker Tour
A couple of weeks back I saw a commercial for the World Poker Tour and scribbled a little note inside my cranium that I should watch it when the season started.
Apparently I need to use better markers when noting something in…