Endgame Poker Strategy
Endgame Strategy pt. 3
In the yellow zone, we’ll begin becoming more aggressive in our starting hands selection, lowering slightly our standards for raises and calls. In this zone, we’ll begin to focus more on higher cards (playing KJs, or A10s from the early positions) and we’ll be less likely to play our fours or fives early.
Endgame Poker Tournament Strategy pt. 2…
The higher your M, the more likely you are (and correctly so) to want to grind it out and run down the clock in a more conservative fashion. The lower the M, the more you’re wanting to pick off the sidelines for 10-15 yards, and or try the long bomb. Harrington describes his breakdown of M into different “zones.”
Endgame Poker Tourney Play, part 1…
Dan Harrington lists his “theory of inflection points” as the single most important aspect of a playa’s poker game. During the football season, I had offered commentary regarding Schottenheimer as a coach, and getting too conservative at the wrong times with his play calling. Harrington and I are obviously on the same page, as he discusses how when playing football, providing there is lots of time left in the game, and the score is close, the teams have the entire playbook to work with. However, when a team is down by a few TD’s and the clock is winding down, the offensive coordinator really only has a few options available to him.