Poker-Mac

So the SNGs don’t seem to be working for me. The losses have stabilized, but I have yet to recoup the ?variance ?bad play that took me from positive to negative. Money wise I made this up by moving to 2-4 ring games which my bankroll ostensibly supports. They’ve been profitable so far. Still plenty of idiots overplaying weak hands, but solid play seems to hold up with less completely ridiculous hands sucking out at showdown. I know that this isn’t supposed to be the case — i.e. if you an’t beat the .25-.50 game, don’t move up to the .50-1.00 game. Nonetheless, I like it at 2-4 right now - and since I’m now superstitious I’ll stay on the 2-4 at Hollywood. Had two losing sessions at 3-6 so I might hold off on another move for awhile. Maybe I can read the 2+2 forums and improve my SNG game ?too aggressive ?too loose.

Here’s the latest SNG Graph.

Have a good end of the week!

From MacWorld Review: (by Peter Cohen)

GamesGrid has released a brand new native Macintosh client for their GamesGrid Poker game. The company promises that the OS X Mac version won’t lag behind its Windows counterpart for features or capabilities.

“There won’t ever be a case where one is improved first and the other lags behind. And this is not some half-hearted port or emulation; the Mac version was developed for the Mac, from the ground up, by Macintosh experts,” said the company.

Great news for us Mac Poker enthusiasts.

Matt Mattros has started a nice series on Game Theory for Cardplayer Magazine:

In previous columns, I introduced some basic terms used by the math weenies of the poker world. These terms included equity, pot odds, probability, range of hands, combinations, and outs. I hope by now that you know what these things mean.

In this column, I’d like to take an introductory look at how game theory applies to poker.

For those who don’t know, game theory is a branch of mathematics that deals with decision-making in situations in which two or more players have competing interests. In a poker game, everyone at the table is competing for everyone else’s chips, so I’d say the players have competing interests.

Read more at Card Player.

C’mon turn over, you can do it, the ignition is dry. Cmon baby…