BARGE is the most fun you can have while playing poker.
BARGE is the Big
August
Rec.Gambling Excursion, targeted for the
week leading up to the first Saturday in August, in Las Vegas, Nevada. BARGE
is also an online community of poker enthusiasts associated with that event.
Our event features several poker tournaments, mixed cash games, a few very
peculiarcashgames,
as well as a wide variety of
other activities including dinners, karaoke, a golf outing, a sushi
outing, a fun run, room escapes, shows, shopping, and even more gambling. Activities vary from
year to year, based on whatever people choose to organize.
We keep in touch via
email, Facebook, Twitter,
and
other events
run by our community.
The
BARGE event
began in 1991 as a meet-up of the
rec.gambling newsgroup, and membership has grown significantly over the years.
Members come from all professions and ages. Our members include over 20 WSOP
bracelet winners as well as other major tournaments (WPT, WSOP
Circuit). Although many of our members have backgrounds in technology, science,
and the law, we welcome people to join regardless of their professional
backgrounds or poker accomplishments.
Since 2011, we also have our winter event, EMBARGO.
Members of our community also host a variety of other events
all over the US.
Why Join Us?
We're a diverse community of
fun-loving people. We all enjoy the game of poker. We have several WSOP
bracelet winners among us, and we have novice players. We host
tournaments and unusual live games during our events. No one is pressured to play above
their bankroll. We openly exchange ideas, and many of our members have greatly
enhanced their poker skills via BARGE.
But the most important reason to join
is: it's the most fun you will ever have playing poker! BARGE is what poker
should be!
Keep in Touch
Our mailing lists are a great way to get
to know our community and ask questions about our events.
Play More
No matter where you are, you can still play with us: We play daily, just
for fun, on craftpoker.com.
ATLARGE 2017 Results
Results for ATLARGE 2017.
QB's 2017 EMBARGO Trip Report
My sixth EMBARGO. “You’re going down, buddy.”
EMBARGO 2017 Results
Complete results for EMBARGO 2017.
Strategizing Moves Ahead
Great chess players are legendary for their ability to think many moves ahead. But in poker, forward thinking is undervalued by most players. How a hand will play out is the most important component of your decisions. Current odds are chiefly immaterial, implied odds are how you should calculate your probabilities. And to be able to closely estimate your implied odds, you must read your opponents’ hands, their tendencies, and predict how they will play differing scenarios.
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Playing the ABC Loose-Passive
ABC loose-passive’s are the easiest opponent’s to play, and you generally have the largest edge against them. Most lowstakes players are ABC loose-passive. Aspiring to see many flops, they habitually limp. Their propensity to call pre-flop raises varies, but they call pre-flop raises much more than your average opponent. On the flop they tend to be fit or fold. Meaning, if they hit the flop, they continue, if not, they’ll fold. The good news is they’re easily exploitable.
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Understanding Equity and EV
Many people don’t know the exact difference between equity and EV. In fact, some people use the terms as if they were identical.
Equity is the percentage chance that a hand will win after all the cards are dealt. The percentage chance includes splits and is utilized when comparing your holding against opponent’s hand(s) or range(s).
The term is used in different ways, with or without more cards to come. Without cards to come and your opponent’s hand unknown, your equity is calculated against his likely range. But with cards to come, when all the cards are known, your equity is calculated by your chances after the river card is dealt. In other words, your percentage chances on a runout. But with cards to come and your opponents hand unknown, your equity is the percentage chance against his feasible range.
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A Better You!
Much is written about poker psychology; mostly it’s about analyzing how your opponents react. But seldom discussed and of much greater importance is your own psychology. Being real and in tune with yourself has huge value, and those that aren’t never correct their leaks as they’re unaware they even exist.
People in denial can endlessly delude themselves. They constantly look for ways to blame something for their bad results. Stop kidding yourself. One can always find an angle from which the fault of losing lies elsewhere. It’s important to realize that if you’re consistently losing, the fault is not luck, the dealer, the deck, the seat or whatever else you may blame. The problem is YOU. You’ve got leaks!
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Equity and Implied Odds
Many players calculate the equity of their hand at the current moment, compare it to the size of the pot, and base their decision solely on that calculation. Those decisions are correct if there is no future betting.
But when there is future betting or even the potential for future betting, the equation isn’t correct. That’s because the “implied odds” of the future betting affects the price the future pot is laying you. That future betting can either increase or decrease the value of your hand.
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