Cloutier. I've been having that 'veil lifted from your eyes' kind of feeling, going through each hand, one at a time, analyzing the possibilities. Now that I've had a modicum of proper teaching and I've begun to claim more pots, I've been re-reading the James McManus classic Positively Fifth Street and more fully understanding his 2000 World Series of Poker play versus T J.
I'm only now getting completely up-to-date on the all of the differences between tight-aggressive and loose-aggressive and how either or both might be appropriate depending on the players you're facing and the cards you're dealt.
I'm grateful to James 'Split Suit' Sweeney at Red Chip Poker for introducing me to skilled Hold Em play. Entire schools of how-to-approach the tables have taken root - even if I've only recently discovered the party. This is not news to players who've been at it since they first watched Matt Damon in Rounders in the late 90's - or to on-line addicts who've been applying software to research the play of opponents. Not that much different than the stock trading that I do. I mean that I've started winning more often than I lose and that when I win it's for larger amounts than the losses when I don’t win. What's a mathematically-inclined risk taker to do?Īfter years of losing at poker or barely playing even, I've discovered that I can win at Texas Hold Em poker - if I play a certain way and keep away from the high stakes tables.
