Interview with Nam Le
There’s a recent interview with poker badass Name Le up at the CardPlayer site this week, definitely worth a read, with focuses on reading players and tournament play.
A little excerpt:
RL: What are the things you consider when you go into a deeper thought process against players who you know well?
NL: First is who the player is. If I’ve got a guy profiled, then I’m thinking “Why’d he bet with an ace-high board,” “Why’d he bet with a king-high board?” “Why did he bet that much?” It’s a lot of “why” questions. If it’s out of his character, or something he wouldn’t normally do, then that’s how I get my information. For instance, if there is a one-card straight on the board and he raises preflop, if it comes 2-3-4-6, and then a 5 makes a straight, I’m thinking, “Why is he betting the river now? If he raised preflop, he can’t have a 5; it doesn’t make sense.” In that instance, I would make changes based off of that information.
Thank you very much for posting the excerpt of the interview of Name Lee.
I do not know a lot about Poker, but I am really interested to know about it. Reading the interview, I guess, the game involves lots of thinking process and require sheer intelligence to be succeeded.