http://www.rounders-inc.com Sammy Wynn's Poker Blog Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:21:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [This post is part of my series on Mike McDermott quotes from the movie Rounders] “You don’t hear much about guys who take their shot and miss. But I’ll tell you what happens to them. They end up humping crappy jobs on graveyard shifts trying to figure out how they came ... http://www.rounders-inc.com/2010/03/11/outs/wynn/ [This post is part of my series on Mike McDermott quotes from the movie Rounders] "The key to the game is playing the man, not the cards. A brilliant player can get a strong hand cracked, go on tilt, and lose his mind along with every single chip in front of ... http://www.rounders-inc.com/2010/03/10/tilt/wynn/ [This post is part of my series on Mike McDermott quotes from the movie Rounders] "Guys around here will tell you, you play for a living; it's like any other job. You don't gamble. You grind it out. Your goal is to win one big bet an hour. That's it. Get your ... http://www.rounders-inc.com/2010/03/09/grinder/wynn/ [This post is part of my series on Mike McDermott quotes from the movie Rounders] "Listen. Here's the thing. If you can't spot the sucker in your first half hour at the table, then you are the sucker." Easy games. Tough games. Home games. Casino games. Crooked games. Straight games. Every game ... http://www.rounders-inc.com/2010/03/08/sucker/wynn/ Whenever I play, the topic of great poker movies always comes up at the table. More often than not, we start imitating characters from Rounders. Like Teddy KGB's "Check. Check. Check." Inevitably, I make a comment about how Matt Damon's narration tells you everything you need to know to play profitable poker. This ... http://www.rounders-inc.com/2010/03/07/rounders-quotes/wynn/ A good friend of mine emailed me information on a hand he was in and asked how I would have played it. He is a very solid player and could easily promote himself to the Rounder category of card player. (He does not need the money and plays mostly for fun) Here ... http://www.rounders-inc.com/2010/03/06/obsessed/wynn/ Here is my short list of spotting a donkey at the table: Plays more than 8 hands an hour; Sees every flop at any cost; Can't laydown big pairs like A-A, K-K, Q-Q, or J-J when the correct move is fold; Always calls and never raises; Doubles or triples up (or better) but always leaves ... http://www.rounders-inc.com/2010/03/05/are-you-a-donkey/wynn/ What a brutal session! My first hand was A-A. It held up for a $100 profit. Then, it was all downhill from there. Missed flops and forced blinds took me down to even. Then up another hundo. Back down to even. Up a couple hundo. Then down to the felt. It was a terrible session for me. A ... http://www.rounders-inc.com/2010/03/04/donkey-brutality/wynn/ Holding pocket tens can be a tough hand to play. Here are two hands I was in the other night. Each time I had 9-9 up against inexperienced players, each with 10-10. In the first hand, I am out of position, but raise big to represent something like Q-Q or J-J. I get ... http://www.rounders-inc.com/2010/03/03/tens/wynn/ I had an overall good day of poker yesterday in both tournament and cash play. My bankroll was up overall. But, I came up short in the tournament. I had not lost a hand until the final table. With the overwhelming chip lead but still out of the money, I am in the ... http://www.rounders-inc.com/2010/03/02/up-short/wynn/