Back home, when I was much younger, classic Rummy was the game of choice. We played two variants, the 10-card and the 7-card variant. The 7-card variant was a much shorter game where you were dealt 7 cards and were expected to form 2 sets, one of 4 and one of 3. The 10-card version, which was the principal game played, players were dealt 10 cards and they were expected to form three sets, of 3, 3 and 4. The play for these traditional versions was simple. You shuffled a standard deck of cards sans Jokers, dealt out the cards to each player face...
Sunday, 27 January 2013
Thursday, 24 January 2013
Giving out free information in Holdem
Posted on 07:13 by Unknown
Technorati Tags: information leaks,tells,handling boredom,Texas Holdem,ABC poker In poker there is no crime worse than giving free information regarding the strength of one’s hand to opponents at the table. I have fallen foul of this grievous contravention a number of times and in spite of my better judgement, I know I will fall foul yet again. The reason for it I think can be pinned out squarely on boredom or on being too tired to play, hence not playing my “A” game. This leads me to another important concept when considering the problem of leaking...
Friday, 4 January 2013
Happy New Year
Posted on 03:01 by Unknown
So here we are at the beginning of yet another year. Many take this annual happening as an opportunity to plan the year ahead, I'm not talking about resolutions, those have a tendency to day by the wayside as the year progresses.Cardoholics Anonymous will hail the new year with more articles related to some of the more popular trick-taking games but there will also be ample focus on Rummy-type games in particular Gin Rummy, Kalooki and Canasta. Poker will also feature as we will go into some depth into strategies aimed at improving game-play and...
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