It's been somewhat amusing, they've been showing poker on late-night five (one of the TV channels). I think it's the WorldPoker.com euro championship.
Was it the one at the Aviation Club du France? If so, I watched that one the other day. Funny how a million euros doesn't look like all that much money, when it's stacked at 500 euro notes.
Lots of psychology happening and it's been somewhat interesting to see that all-out has (mostly) ended up with the initial all-outer having to leave the table.
Well, keep in mind that they're not showing all of the hands by any stretch of the imagination. They're televising maybe 20% of them, because there are a lot of single-raise-everyone-folds hands. So, they televise the most dramatic all-ins, the more interesting hands, and the toughest calls.
Limit hold'em is all about the math. No-limit hold-em is some math, and a whole lot of psychological warfare, laid out as:
- What your chances are. - What you think your opponent has. - What you want your opponent to think you have.
In is necessary, but not sufficient, to understand the math in no-limit hold-em.
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Date: 2004-10-27 02:29 pm (UTC)Was it the one at the Aviation Club du France? If so, I watched that one the other day. Funny how a million euros doesn't look like all that much money, when it's stacked at 500 euro notes.
Lots of psychology happening and it's been somewhat interesting to see that all-out has (mostly) ended up with the initial all-outer having to leave the table.
Well, keep in mind that they're not showing all of the hands by any stretch of the imagination. They're televising maybe 20% of them, because there are a lot of single-raise-everyone-folds hands. So, they televise the most dramatic all-ins, the more interesting hands, and the toughest calls.
Limit hold'em is all about the math. No-limit hold-em is some math, and a whole lot of psychological warfare, laid out as:
- What your chances are.
- What you think your opponent has.
- What you want your opponent to think you have.
In is necessary, but not sufficient, to understand the math in no-limit hold-em.