Category: Guest Blogger
Table talk: Watch your mouth
Kenny SmithNov 15, 2016
By Kenny Smith A typical poker table is filled with conversation all day and night. It isn’t uncommon to hear players talk about the sporting event on the television...
Poker and friends at the Instagram Special Part II
Mark BassalyOct 11, 2016
By Mark Bassaly As the title reads it was one hell of a game at the second edition of Live at The Bike’s Instagram Special Part II. What is Live at The Bike and...
Take a Risk
Kyle KitagawaAug 23, 2016
Many of you probably never knew that I was on the high school debate team at El Cerrito High School from 2000-2003. I competed on a national circuit level and did a...
Instagram Special live game
Kyle KitagawaMay 11, 2016
By Kyle Kitagawa If you don’t already follow me on Instagram, I go by @Cali_Kidddd, and I am quite active on the social media platform when it comes to sharing my...
Coping with losing streaks
Kenny SmithMay 11, 2016
By Kenny Smith It can be extremely frustrating when you go for weeks without netting a win in cash games. I’ve known of players who have gone three, four, sometimes as...
#2 How Would You Play the Hand?
Kyle KitagawaApr 05, 2016
This is from a hand that I recently played in a soft 1/3 NL game at Stones Gambling Hall in Citrus Heights, CA. On this particular Friday night, they had 14 cash games...
#1 How Would You Play the Hand?
Kyle KitagawaMar 25, 2016
This is a hand that I played in a juicy 1/3 No Limit Holdem game held at The Limelight Cardroom in downtown Sacramento where things got tricky playing A♣K♣ from...
The fabulous folly of two pair
Kenny SmithMar 10, 2016
By Kenny Smith I think two pair is the one hand I see that most often traps the player holding it. It’s a made hand that in some cases can be a monster, but I also see...
Pineapple Open Face Chinese is THE BEST
Kyle KitagawaMar 06, 2016
Last month I only played two tournaments. Neither of them were Holdem’ events. I’m so bored with Holdem’ right now that I can’t even focus...
Managing Tilt and Understanding Variance; “Smashing Stuff”
Kyle KitagawaFeb 15, 2016
For years, I had no idea how to control my emotions from poker. The swings in poker can be brutal, and often times what separates a winning player from a losing player...
