Heads Up

Glen Chorny won this year's European Poker Tour Grand Final in Monte Carlo, Monaco, which attracted more than 800 players, and he pocketed upward of $3 million. Prior to that, the Canadian player had placed 13th in the 2008 Poker Stars Caribbean Adventure and earned $80,000. At only 22 years old, he has made more than $3.4 million playing tournament poker. He is known to be an aggressive player, but he is also selective with his starting hands. This is especially true when he plays against players who he thinks are better than him.

If you are going to do something like put in a raise before the flop with a hand like K-10, and then fold when a jack-high flop comes down, there is really no point in making a raise with a hand like that at all. You are more likely to miss a flop with a hand like that than you are to hit it. You should be opening only with pretty decent starting hands, especially if you are out of position or you are an amateur player. Something like a K-J minimum starting-hand requirement, if you are out of position, would be a good idea. If you think that you are at a disadvantage against the players you are playing, you really want to tighten up your game. Honestly, there is really no point at all in trying to build up a big pot if you do not think that you are as good a player as your opponent is. There are always going to be players who are better than you are, and if you lose to a player who you think is worse than you are, you should not let it affect your game. It can be frustrating, but that is the reason that I play poker, to play against people who are marginal players. That is where the money is, with the marginal players, and that is why we have the term "fish" [a bad poker player]. This is especially true in cash games, because a lot of times, people just want to jump in for a few hands, lose a bunch of money by seeing a lot of flops, and jump out. And I'm happy to take their money.

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