Kenny Smith
Promotions are to your advantage
By Kenny Smith Cardroom promotions are one of the most valuable tools at a player’s disposal. If used correctly and often enough they can help to either add to one’s...
In Omaha, play with the nuts!
By Kenny Smith Omaha continues to be one of my favorite community-card poker games. It is a game that is flooded with action—pots average 12 to 20 big bets at...
Poker clichés will always endure
By Kenny Smith Say what you want to, but some of y’all who read this know that you have either said or heard this stuff at a poker table at one time or another,...
Entertainment clutter
By Kenny Smith I was thumbing through a multitude of posts within the poker groups I associate with on social media and I came across a question asking poker players...
It ain’t a friendly game — it’s war!
By Kenny Smith I saw my friend Joe get highly steamed after he folded what would have been the winning hand while playing $4/8 Omaha. The pot had over 11 big bets in it...
Some basics of bankroll management
By Kenny Smith This is a topic that just about every poker player has heard of, and a majority know what it is. They also know it’s something that they should be...
My poker journey
By Kenny Smith A couple of weeks ago while playing $4/8 Omaha Hi-Lo I showed down Ah-2c-3h-Kd, making a nut flush and a nut low while scooping a pot for 33 big bets. The...
Game selection is important
By Kenny Smith I’ve written on the topic of how loose games can be some of the most profitable to play in. Games that have a lot of action with players who misplay...
Good sports make more likely winners
By Kenny Smith Vincent is a gentleman that I would call an intermediate recreational player. When he sits down at the table, he plays to win. He plays the appropriate...
Don’t quit just because you’re ahead
By Kenny Smith Have you ever had a huge winning session only to lose it all later that day in the same game? Maybe you bought in for $500 in a $2/5 no-limit game, you...