Two Plus Two Online Poker Strategy Magazine Publisher Note
Our next book, Cardrooms: Everything Bad and How to Make Them Better: An Analysis of Those Areas Where Poker Rooms Need Improvement by Mason Malmuth (that’s me) plus a special section on Some New Poker Games to Try by David Sklansky is now available. The purpose of the book is more ...
Exploiting Loose Passive Players in Soft Tournaments
When playing in soft tournaments, your job is to watch your opponents to figure out what mistakes they are making and then exploit them. This is so important that I actively root for bad cards in the first 10-20 hands so that I can fold and give all my attention to this information gathering process. If your opponents are bad enough more ...
Applying the Kelly Criterion to Cashing In and Cashing Out
In this article, I’m going to analyze how to maximize your expected growth (EG) when you have spots where you’re given the option to cash out and when you find spots where you want to cash in. We’re going to be dealing with big numbers here, so while these spots are rare, they can make such a big difference in your overall bankroll that knowing how to navigate them correctly is very valuable. As I have in previous articles, I’ll be applying the technique of Theoretical Kelly Optimization (TKO) to show you the mathematically correct answer. more...
