The worst article ever?

[Royal Flush]

How on earth does he write for poker pages.

http://www.pokerpages.com/articles/archives/samuel57.htm

[ariston]

I was expecting a link to one of my articles here lol. Agree probably the bottom of the barrel here although I agree it is tricky to try and come up with interesting adrticles month after month

[AndrewT]

3. Conclusion
No real conclusion here.

Brilliant. Sign him up.

[Royal Flush]

My fave is him raising JJ to 400 rather than 450 so when he is re-raised its cheaper when he passes! What planet do these people live on.

[Royal Flush]

I loved his play of AK 5 handed aswell, limp because he thinks the UTG player has a big hand. Then take off when the flop comes KQJ, when every big hand has him beat, lol

[ifm]

"Do not get into the habit of playing rag aces. Suited makes only a slight difference."

"It's a rag ace but once in a while I play them especially as the field size reduces."

At least explain the reasoning!!

[thetank]

 I agree it is tricky to try and come up with interesting adrticles month after month

It is tough, so I won't be too harsh either.

I wonder what he had for breakfast, guess I'll have to wait till next month.

In his defence, I think he knows he's lacking a little brevity this month. When the well is dry, there's not much else you can do.

[ariston]

for this months article I am going to describe what happened to me on the way to the casino.....first I reversed the car off the drive etc etc etc

[Royal Flush]

"Do not get into the habit of playing rag aces. Suited makes only a slight difference."

"It's a rag ace but once in a while I play them especially as the field size reduces."

At least explain the reasoning!!

And he just limps it aswell, lol, power poker.

[fergus8]

3. Conclusion
No real conclusion here.

Brilliant. Sign him up.

haha this copied ready to paste b4 i saw ur post

3. Conclusion
No real conclusion here.

[tantrum]

ditto, and

esp 'Remember the cardinal rule in poker is despite trials and tribulation to play your best game. That is all you can do.'

I am sure the book deal is on its way.

Thanks Flushy for a link.

[Balloo]

My fave is him raising JJ to 400 rather than 450 so when he is re-raised its cheaper when he passes! What planet do these people live on.

Not everyone plays as well as you do Jim

[Simon Galloway2]

My fave is him raising JJ to 400 rather than 450 so when he is re-raised its cheaper when he passes! What planet do these people live on.

I'm not even going to begin to offer a defence.  But he nearly made a fair point, but worded it badly and the opportunity slipped away...  If a 400 raise gets the same job done as a 900 raise, then it does make sense to raise to 400, and it does make sense to think about what you might be doing if reraised before making the raise in the first place --- but all obvious stuff.

If you want to read a decent hand for hand analysis heads up, Harrington II has a chapter on Ivey-v-d'Agostino which is a bit more like it.

[Royal Flush]

My fave is him raising JJ to 400 rather than 450 so when he is re-raised its cheaper when he passes! What planet do these people live on.

I'm not even going to begin to offer a defence.  But he nearly made a fair point, but worded it badly and the opportunity slipped away...  If a 400 raise gets the same job done as a 900 raise, then it does make sense to raise to 400, and it does make sense to think about what you might be doing if reraised before making the raise in the first place --- but all obvious stuff.

If you want to read a decent hand for hand analysis heads up, Harrington II has a chapter on Ivey-v-d'Agostino which is a bit more like it.

Come on 400 or 450 hardly a massive diffrence! If you start raising 400 with hands u pass and 450 with hands you call you will be found out pretty sharpish!

[Simon Galloway2]

Like I said, no defence here! 

I was just saying he nearly strayed on to some useful material for some.... but didn't.

 In my example of 400 or 900, you can still sometimes call, sometimes fold sometimes reraise from 400, the point is finding out what the right number is for each player.  If 400 is the right number, than the extra 500 gives you no upside, and plenty of downside when fired back at.

But to split hairs between 400 and 450 would be pointless, and yes, 400 for a fold, 450 for action is a bad formula, but that is something different.