February 11, 2005
Poker Column in the Sports Pages
As poker is mainstreamed and turned into a spectator sport, it had to happen: Steve Rosenbloom, a sportswriter for the Chicago Tribune, now writes a column on poker, syndicated via Tribune Media Services.
I can't quickly find anyplace online that accessibly archives the column, but you can find todays installment at the San Jose Mercury News (requires registration; but BugMeNot is your friend):
At the table, just as in baseball, it's good to throw them a curve
Poker legend Doyle Brunson calls it ``changing gears,'' and it means changing your play to keep opponents guessing. You can change your tight image at the table by playing lesser hands. You can change your pattern of calling bets by aggressively raising. Sometimes you can change in the middle of a hand and pull off a stone-cold bluff.
That's what Gavin Griffin did last year at the final table of the $3,000 pot-limit hold 'em event in the World Series of Poker.
Griffin had used his bully stack to pound Gary Bush and Gabriel Thaler during the nearly three hours they played three-handed, but suddenly, with the blinds at $8,000-$16,000, he limped from the button, prompting Bush to say, ``That's the first time you've done that.''...
(via Zbigniew)
Posted by abostick at February 11, 2005 10:37 PMI realize that it's gramatically correct, but don't you think his editor should disambiguate
"You can change your tight image at the table by playing lesser hands."
The problem being that most people who read the sports pages don't know the difference between lesser and fewer.
Posted by: Andrew at February 12, 2005 09:41 AM"Disambiguate"??? Who do you think you are to throw around a word like that? Paul Phillips?
Posted by: Alan Bostick at February 12, 2005 10:04 AM
