I’ve been reading Philip Newall’s book The Intelligent Poker Player (published by TwoPlusTwo). His book is about game theory optimal strategy, and is especially applicable to short-handed and heads-up limit Hold’em. I plan on writing a review of it soon, but in the meantime I’ll just say that I recommend it. Not only does he talk about strategy, he also has really good advice on playing poker for ...
Best strategy for playing a limit game with a kill
Continuing from my last post, I've got another big, basic strategy mistake I see even a lot of good players make in the $15-30 fixed limit game I play in. The mistake is this: they don't adjust their strategy to the fact that it's a kill game. For those of you unfamiliar with what a kill is, here's how it works; if a player wins two pots in a row, the next hand become double the stakes (in this ...