Ben Saxton

July 01, 2020 Ben Saxton In poker, you need both art and science to excel. An intuitive “feel player” might dominate for a while, only to lose to others who expose her technical deficiencies; on the other hand, a solver-obsessed theorist who doesn’t trust or hone his intuition lowers the ceiling of his potential. To be the best that we can be, Jason Su writes in Poker with Presence: Unlocking the Final 15%, we need a method of linking the two.

July 01, 2020 Ben Saxton In poker, you need both art and science to excel. An intuitive “feel player” might dominate for a while, only to lose to others who expose her technical deficiencies; on the other hand, a solver-obsessed theorist who doesn’t trust or hone his intuition lowers the ceiling of his potential. To be the best that we can be, Jason Su writes in Playing with Presence: Unlocking the Final 15%, we need a method of linking the two.

WSOP bracelet winner and tournament crusher James Obst, known online as "Andy McLEOD," recently made a surprising announcement: he plans to leave poker in order to play professional tennis and compete in Wimbledon. Obst's announcement arrived after another deep run in the Main Event. On Day 6, after nimbly navigating the 7,874-player field, Obst got all-in preflop with two aces against Michael Dyer's two tens.