Future updates

[Nima]

Near future updates:

- Poker tells page
- Poker/Gambling addiction
- Poker and pscychology
- Counting odds
- Omaha Basics (Simple rules on how the game is played)
- Probabilities in poker
- Live poker cheats and how to spot them
- Texas holdem strategy tips


Let me know if you want anything added to this list and which one you'd like to see added first.

Cheers,
Nima

[Matt]

Personally, I would like see a page dedicated to new forms of poker such as Triple Draw and Badugi. Both of these games are forms of lowball draw played with a limit betting structure much like Hold'em or Omaha--i.e., four rounds of betting, one after the deal and after each draw, with the limit doubling after the second betting round. Both of these games are extremely complicated, especially Badugi.

This would be a difficult page to construct for at least three reasons:

1. There isn't much published strategy advice for these games, although there is a section on Triple Draw, written by Daniel Negreanu, in Super/System II. I know very little about these games, so I wouldn't have much to write about them.

2. These games are mostly spread at high limits in brick & mortar casinos. As far as I know, the only online site that offers Triple Draw is Ultimate Bet.

3. There probably isn't much interest in Triple Draw or Badugi. I could be wrong, but most people (myself included) seem interested primarily in Hold'em and Omaha. I'll start a poll in another forum to see if anybody wants to know more about these games.

I voted for Probabilities in Poker, as this would be the most useful for Hold'em players. Everyone seems to know that a pocket pair vs. overcards is basically a coin-flip before the flop, but there are other important probabilities that everyone should know--e.g., that a small pocket pair (such as deuces) is "only" a 4-1 underdog against a larger pocket pair. Players also need to know how misleading these probabilities can be. These probabilities are mostly useful for all-in situations because they assume that both players will see all five cards. Obviously, if your pocket deuces don't improve on the flop, you no longer have a 20% chance of winning; you will usually only have a 10% chance of tripping up by the river which still might not win the hand for you (for example, your third deuce may make someone else a flush). You will often have to fold your hand after the flop. Things get much more complicated if there are more than two players in the hand. Players also need to know the odds of hitting their hand on the next card--e.g., a two-outer is about a 22-1 underdog (at best) against a better hand.

I would be happy to contribute to this page, but I will be very busy once school starts. If anyone else wants to collaborate on this page (or on others) then things would go a lot more quickly and smoothly.

Good luck,
Matt

[Nima]

Matt,

Sounds like a good idea. We can work on the probability page. Let's divide into sections and I'll work on it too.

However for me it would have be starting from next week as this week I dont have time at all.


Cheers,
Nima

[Matt]

I'll try to work on the Probabilities page soon. Other members are also welcome to help out. We would appreciate it.