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Hoyt
Corkins is one of the top professional poker players in the
world today. This WSOP bracelet winner has agreed to help Rounder
readers improve their games. Each month you can write in and ask
questions about the nuances of the game and get answers directly
from the Alabama Cowboy's pen. Send your questions to
info@roundermagazine.com
and look for the answers in upcoming issues.
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Hoyt Corkins |
Q: What
level of cash game do you normally play?
Jim in Wisconsin
Hoyt: I like $50 - $100 No Limit
Holdíem. Most of the time I play at the Bellagio, but I also like to play
at the Venetian. You never know when a good game will start up!
Q: How do you deal with someone who is so
lucky it seems they have had a horse shoe surgically implanted in their Ö
Jean in Florida
Hoyt: Leave him alone. Iíve seen
players hit good runs and normally the best thing to do is avoid them.
Stay away from the lucky players and challenge the players who is missing
his draws and loosing pots. In a cash game, if you over 100 times the big
blind, you have time. Be patient and the lucky player will loose his mojo.
In a tourney if you stack is under 20 times the big blind, I might just
have to gamble with a A-10 or better, no matter who is in the hand.
Q: Do you agree with the phrase, if you
think long, you think wrong?
Ronald in South Carolina
Hoyt: Yes ñ for the most part. You
have to think over situations, but always remember most of the time your
fist instinct is the right one. Take your time, figure your odds and
replay the hand in your head, but take your first gut-reaction into
consideration before you act.
Q: Do you have a rule of thumb on how
often you bluff?
Lex in Michigan
Hoyt: No. It depends on the lay of the
table. When the table is tight you can do a lot of bluffing, just be
careful and don't loose all your chips trying to get someone to fold. At
tables where you get a lot of callers in every hand, you have to have
premium starting cards. If I am going to bluff a hand, I want to have at
least an ace in those situations before I bluff - so I know where one of
them is.
Q: What's your favorite thing to do when
you are away from the poker table?
Lisa in New York
Hoyt: Drive my jeep into the
mountains. I just got a new extreme jeep, a rock crawler. You can climb a
mountain in this thing. I low gear it will walk up it, slow, but as long
as you donít tip it over, it will climb almost anything.
Q: What is your favorite part of being a
professional poker player?
Todd in Vermont
Hoyt: Freedom. The freedom to play
when you want to, quit when you want to, take off for a month and just go
ride your jeep in the mountains or just visit with friends. My least
favorite is that it is a performance game. The competition demands you
have to maintain a high level of effort that keeps you on edge for long
period of time.
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