http://twoplustwo.com/magazine Two Plus Two Online Poker Strategy Magazine http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue101/ http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue101/ Publisher Notes from Mason http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue101/matthew-janda-applications-no-limit-hold-em.php http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue101/matthew-janda-applications-no-limit-hold-em.php An excerpt from the book Applications of No-Limit Hold'em by Matthew Janda covering preflop betting and betting frequencies. http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue101/marco-valerio-poker-community-versus-poker-public.php http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue101/marco-valerio-poker-community-versus-poker-public.php Marco Valerio discusses the two plus two poker community in the context of other communities (such as Zynga) and the general public at large. http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue101/zachary-elwood-behavioral-graphs-poker-tells.php http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue101/zachary-elwood-behavioral-graphs-poker-tells.php Zachary Elwood discusses behavioral graphs and their use in visualizing and understanding poker tells. http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue101/andrew-brokos-grey-monday.php http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue101/andrew-brokos-grey-monday.php Andrew Brokos discusses his play at the 2013 Borgata Open and ruminates on the Boston bombing and its relationship to his attitudes about poker. http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue101/newall-hutchings-heads-up-poker-small-blind.php http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue101/newall-hutchings-heads-up-poker-small-blind.php Daniel Hutchings and Phil Newall conclude their series on preflop recommendations for non-standard heads-up structures in limit hold 'em. http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue101/christopher-george-no-limit-single-draw-poker.php http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue101/christopher-george-no-limit-single-draw-poker.php Ghristopher George discusses the game of no-limit 2-7 draw poker, the purest form of poker according to some experts. http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue101/david-smith-high-draw-poker-calling-before-draw.php http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue101/david-smith-high-draw-poker-calling-before-draw.php David Smith discusses the creation of a chart to help improve your chances in draw high poker. http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue101/frank-jerome-omaha-8-Better.php http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue101/frank-jerome-omaha-8-Better.php Frank Jerome continues his poker strategy discussion of flops in Omaha 8 or Better http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue101/bryan-clark-las-vegas-poker-spring-2013.php http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue101/bryan-clark-las-vegas-poker-spring-2013.php Bryan Clark surveys Las Vegas poker rooms both on and off the strip. http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue101/aaron-byrd-path-wealth.php http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue101/aaron-byrd-path-wealth.php Andrew byrd and Felipe Garcia continue their series on investing by looking at short-term vs. long-term investments and strategy of investing in the stockmarket for long-term payoff. http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue101/nick-willet-baseball-trading-vehicle.php http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue101/nick-willet-baseball-trading-vehicle.php Nick Willet reviews the book Trading Bases and discusses the relationship of sports betting and investing through the eyes of Joe Peta. http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue101/david-sklansky-common-math-errors.php http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue101/david-sklansky-common-math-errors.php David Sklansky discusses common math errors in probability calculations and a trick for calculating certain probabilities in poker. http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue100/ http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue100/ April 2013 notes. http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue100/marco-valerio-post-black-friday.php http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue100/marco-valerio-post-black-friday.php In this article by Marco Valerio he summarizes the impact of Black Friday on poker in the USA, describes the current status of online poker legislation and provides an outlook for the future of the online poker community. http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue100/andrew-brokos-idealistic-extremes.php http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue100/andrew-brokos-idealistic-extremes.php Andrew Brokos explores the concept of visualizing how the ideal winning poker player plays and behaves as a tool for becoming a better player. http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue100/christopher-george-open-face-chinese.php http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue100/christopher-george-open-face-chinese.php Christopher George discusses open-faced Chinese poker strategy. http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue100/phillip-newall-adaptations-small-blind.php http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue100/phillip-newall-adaptations-small-blind.php Daniel Hutchings and Phil Newall continue discussing using a bot to help develop unexploitable preflop strategies in Texas Hold'em. http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue100/nick-christenson-two-book-reviews.php http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue100/nick-christenson-two-book-reviews.php Nick Christenson poker book reviews of The Poker Tournament Formula by Arnold Snyder and Final Table by Jonathan Duhamel http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue100/frank-jerome-omaha-8-Better.php http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue100/frank-jerome-omaha-8-Better.php Frank Jerome continues his poker strategy discussion of flops in Omaha 8 or Better http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue100/ray-zee-future-in-poker.php http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue100/ray-zee-future-in-poker.php Ray Zee discusses the changing live poker scene and how to adjust. http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue100/aaron-byrd-winning-formula.php http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue100/aaron-byrd-winning-formula.php In making the decision to buy stock, Aaron Byrd and Felipe Garcia look at return on equity, specifically the DuPont equation which provides an insightful way of looking at ROE by examining the three levers—profit margin, asset turnover, and equity multiplier—in achieving high returns. http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue100/nick-willet-analyzing-news.php http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue100/nick-willet-analyzing-news.php Nick Willet dicusses how the constant instream of media news can affect personal investing. http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue100/mason-malmuth-classic-article.php http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue100/mason-malmuth-classic-article.php In this classic article, Mason Malmuth provides examples of how a tight image can help you win large pots in limit hold em poker and seven card stud poker. http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue99/ http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue99/ March 2013 notes. http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue99/draft-king-advertisement.php http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue99/draft-king-advertisement.php Steven Suarez from DraftKings on the fantasy sports $150K NBA Bank Shot Tournament. http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue99/christopher-george-open-faced-chinese-poker.php http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue99/christopher-george-open-faced-chinese-poker.php Christopher George discusses the newly popular game of open-faced Chinese poker. http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue99/dan-abrams-coming-again-in-razz.php http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue99/dan-abrams-coming-again-in-razz.php Dan Abrams refutes the oft-cited axiom in razz that you should automatically call on 4th street in a heads-up pot if at least two bets when in on 3rd street. http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue99/phillip-newall-blind-vs-blind.php http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue99/phillip-newall-blind-vs-blind.php Daniel Hutchings and Phil Newall discuss using a bot to help develop unexploitable preflop strategies in Texas Hold'em. http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue99/nathan-solon-slaughter-or-milk.php http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue99/nathan-solon-slaughter-or-milk.php Nathan Solon discusses times when it is appropriate to attack an opponents weakness and when it is appropriate to expand your range of hands to attack them slightly more often in certain situations. http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue99/andrew-brokos-folly-against-rocks.php http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue99/andrew-brokos-folly-against-rocks.php Andrew Brokos discusses why it is difficult to read hands held by rocks when betting in marginal situations. http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue99/frank-jerome-omaha-8-Better.php http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue99/frank-jerome-omaha-8-Better.php Frank Jerome continues his poker strategy discussion of flops in Omaha 8 or Better. http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue99/david-sklansky-bluff-catching.php http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue99/david-sklansky-bluff-catching.php David Sklansky discusses why you should very often bluff or raise bluff on the flop in pot limit or no limit hold 'em if stacks are deep and it is very likely that the other guy's hand isn't great. http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue99/aaron-byrd-wallstreet.php http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue99/aaron-byrd-wallstreet.php Aaron Byrd and Felipe Garcia look at the track record of investment advisors in the context of several stocks. They suggest ignoring the advice of these advisors. http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue99/nick-willet-similar-strategies.php http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue99/nick-willet-similar-strategies.php Nick Willet looks at applying horse race betting strategies and concepts to option investing. http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue99/mason-malmuth-classic-article.php http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue99/mason-malmuth-classic-article.php In this classic article, Mason Malmuth looks back at the poker boom and the way it was not too many years ago. http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue98/ http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue98/ February 2013 notes. http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue98/phillip-newall-game-theory.php http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue98/phillip-newall-game-theory.php Book Excerpt: Why Everyone Should Know Some Game Theory - by Phillip Newall http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue98/phillip-newall-strategic-straitjacket.php http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue98/phillip-newall-strategic-straitjacket.php Phillip Newall on how a less tight and more exploitive play can be profitable against bots for the experienced poker player. http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue98/andrew-brokos-button-tax.php http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue98/andrew-brokos-button-tax.php Andrew Brokos looks at how position and unconventional plays in a hand analysis of pot limit poker. http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue98/nick-christenson-two-book-reviews.php http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue98/nick-christenson-two-book-reviews.php Nick Christenson reviews No-limit Holdem Poker by Bob Ciaffone and Pick Up Your Poker Game by Adam Slutsky http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue98/christopher-george-forest-not-trees.php http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue98/christopher-george-forest-not-trees.php Christopher George discusses being open to alternate poker strategies in stud poker. http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue98/frank-jerome-omaha-8-Better.php http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue98/frank-jerome-omaha-8-Better.php Frank Jerome continues his poker strategy discussion of flops in Omaha 8 or Better http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue98/bryan-clark-las-vegas-poker.php http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue98/bryan-clark-las-vegas-poker.php Bryan Clark surveys Las Vegas poker rooms both on and off the strip. http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue98/aaron-byrd-buybacks.php http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue98/aaron-byrd-buybacks.php In making the decision to buy stock, Aaron Byrd and Felipe Garcia look at the capital allocation decisions of the company's management. http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue98/nick-willet-horse-racing-trainer-rider.php http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue98/nick-willet-horse-racing-trainer-rider.php Nick Willet looks at trainers and jockeys in horese racing to see whether percentage metrics can be useful in handicapping horse betting. http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue98/david-sklansky-common-error.php http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue98/david-sklansky-common-error.php David Sklansky makes a case for casinos to keep their poker rooms by anylyzing potential flawed thinking that it would be more profitable to the casino to replace poker rooms with slot machines. http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue97/ http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue97/ January 2013 notes. http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue97/andrew-brokos-common-situations.php http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue97/andrew-brokos-common-situations.php Andrew Brokos provides a framework for thinking about situations where you believe your opponent's range to be somewhat evenly divided between two types of hands against which your own hand has different types of equity. http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue97/phillip-newall-exploiting-sartre.php http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue97/phillip-newall-exploiting-sartre.php Phillip Newall discusses how to exploit the on-line poker bot called Sartre. http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue97/dan-abrams-calculating-chance-opponent-paired-razz.php http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue97/dan-abrams-calculating-chance-opponent-paired-razz.php Dan Abrams discusses how to calculate whether or not an oponent paired in razz. http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue97/david-smith-online-draw-high.php http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue97/david-smith-online-draw-high.php David Smith presents charts which help in making decisions in limit draw high in an online situation. http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue97/christopher-george-ranges.php http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue97/christopher-george-ranges.php Christopher George discusses how to deduce and understand how an opponent will play a certain range of hands at every street in order to make a correct call with a weaker holding. http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue97/frank-jerome-omaha-8-Better.php http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue97/frank-jerome-omaha-8-Better.php Frank Jerome continues his discussion of flops in Omaha 8 or Better http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue97/ray-zee-poker-game.php http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue97/ray-zee-poker-game.php Ray Zee discusses how to work on your poker game and the need to spend time working on your skills. http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue97/aaron-byrd-investment.php http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue97/aaron-byrd-investment.php Aaron Byrd and Felipe Garcia discuss investments and the (non)-relationship between the GDP, the party in power, and the growth in the S&P. http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue97/nick-willet-paradox-racing.php http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue97/nick-willet-paradox-racing.php Nick Willet discusses a paradox in racing, namely that while overall returns are much lower at longer odds, this part of the pool may be less efficient, and thus offer more fertile ground for profits. http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue97/mason-malmuth-classic-article.php http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue97/mason-malmuth-classic-article.php In this classic article, Mason Malmuth give some advice covering image, pot size, limit hold'em poker, playing perfectly, and playing well http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue96/ http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue96/ December 2012 notes. http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue96/zachary-elwood-poker-tell-concepts.php http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue96/zachary-elwood-poker-tell-concepts.php Zachary Ellwood discusses fundemantal poker tell concepts http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue96/phil-newall-poker-losing-meritocracy.php http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue96/phil-newall-poker-losing-meritocracy.php Philip Newall on the fairness of online poker given legislation and different play in different countries. http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue96/andrew-brokos-capping-ranges-live-poker.php http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue96/andrew-brokos-capping-ranges-live-poker.php Andrew Brokos discussing no-limit hold'em and pushing your opponent outside of his comfort zone for a particular hand. http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue96/christopher-george-seven-card-stud-poker.php http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue96/christopher-george-seven-card-stud-poker.php Christopher George on how to play seven card stud poker by explioting other players based upon known information. http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue96/frank-jerome-flops-omaha-8-better-p4.php http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue96/frank-jerome-flops-omaha-8-better-p4.php Frank Jerome contnues a series of articles analyzing the play of flops at Omaha 8 or Better poker http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue96/nick-christenson-two-book-reviews.php http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue96/nick-christenson-two-book-reviews.php Nick Christenson reviews Treat Your Poker Like a Business by Dusty Schmidt and The Signal and the Noise by Nate Silver http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue96/david-sklansky-poker-random-exploitation.php http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue96/david-sklansky-poker-random-exploitation.php David Sklansky discussing using randomness for exploiting your opponent. http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue96/nick-willet-low-volatility-investing.php http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue96/nick-willet-low-volatility-investing.php Nick Willett discusses low volatility investing. http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue96/byrd-garcia-your-investment.php http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue96/byrd-garcia-your-investment.php Aaron Byrd, CFA and Felipe Garcia, CFA discuss investing and diversification. http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue96/mason-malmuth-quick-poker-notes.php http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/issue96/mason-malmuth-quick-poker-notes.php In a classic Mason Malmuth article he discusses when it is appropriate to play on automatic pilot, the value of visual tells, and aggressive play in tournaments vs live games. http://www.twoplustwo.com/poker-fundamentals/limit-texas-holdem/ http://www.twoplustwo.com/poker-fundamentals/limit-texas-holdem/ The fundamentals of Limit Texas Holdem Poker