27Jan

Terms Used in Poker Games

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Category: Casino Poker

I play “tournament Texas holdem” against “tough” competition and play the largest tournament. I’ve played 21 times. My record is 4 final tables, 5 times in the money and won the tournament 2 times. I thought I was doing pretty well. But, I then went to pokerpages.com and took Tom McEvoy’s test and only got 7 questions right out of 20. Pretty much the same with his tournament test also. I was disappointed. It seems to me that I am playing tighter than he says I should. I’m confused. I guess I should enter one of the weekly tournaments at the Trop in A.C. and see how I do. Can anyone comment on how well the TTM software represents real tournament action? I’ve never played in a tournament before, so I am clueless.

Answer 1:
I got 15, but I don’t consider myself an especially good player. It does seem as if I share this McEvoy guy’s “strategy”, considering the comments received once the test is finished.

Answer 2:

I’ve never played Turbo Texas Hold ‘Em, but I’ve played the World Series of Poker game and other computer poker games that are supposed to represent reasonably tough competition. It’s been my experience that computer poker games are very easy to master, and I would guess that even the best computer game (whether it’s TTH or anything else) would not be nearly as difficult to beat as your average 10-20 game. McEvoy’s quiz is only a quiz. I could probably form a much better judgment about your game watching you play for 15 minutes than from a score on a quiz. That said, I do think that 7 out of 20 is somewhat low. You worry that you’re playing too tight. Possible, but highly unlikely. Very few poker players play too tight. Many of the situations in McEvoy’s quiz call for a raise or re-raise–perhaps you’re playing too passive? Just a thought.

Answer 3:

The Wilson tournament game is very easy, especially on no limit. The computer players play too tight late in the tourney and you can rob them blind. The Masque game is quite a bit tougher but I agree that no computer game is very strong.

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