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Basic strategy concepts to teach new players how to play poker.
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When the value of your chips actually means something.
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Learn how to battle and beat your opponents, mano y mano.
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Strategy articles that help you bet, raise, 3-bet, and cap your bets.
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When two cards just aren’t enough.
Open Face Chinese
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The power of the mind in poker: There is no spade.
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Improve your game by learning how to use the tools of the trade.
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SNG
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For the players who only have two decisions, shove or fold.
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Adjusting to PokerStars Buy-in Levels
Recently the world’s largest poker site, PokerStars, announced the way they were handling the minimum/maximum buy-in amounts at their cash game tables. This mainly affects NL/PL Hold’em as well as Pot-Limit Omaha games as shallow/deep stacks in limit games...
Turbo SnG: Bubble Strategy by JGB (Small Stakes $16)
Turbo SnG: Bubble Strategy by JGB (Small Stakes $16) by carlcarlsoniv | Dec 17, 2018 | Poker Videos LinkEmbedCopy and paste this HTML code into your webpage to embed. In this video, JeffreyGB shows how to employ tight/aggressive play early on in a SNG tournament, and...
Rebuy MTT Poker Strategy & Final Table: 2nd Place, $8 Rebuy
Rebuy MTT Poker Strategy & Final Table: 2nd Place, $8 Rebuy by carlcarlsoniv | Dec 17, 2018 | Featured Poker Videos, Poker Videos Elipsesjeff takes 2nd place in this $8 rebuy MTT and talks through his tactics and analysis. This is a 7 part series, all of which you...
The Basic Concepts that Drive Continuation Betting
When it comes to continuation betting, your table position and the strength of your hole cards are even more important than the flop itself. By carefully considering these two factors in the context of how your opponent plays, you’ll be able to determine when you should make a continuation bet.
Hand of the Week 3B (QJs on the Button)
Hand of the Week 3B (QJs on the Button) by carlcarlsoniv | Dec 14, 2018 | Poker Videos LinkEmbedCopy and paste this HTML code into your webpage to embed. Continuing from Part I, we now look at the hand from the Button’s perspective with QJs. How do you think the...
PokerStars Sit And Gos – Multi Table Turbo
Multi-table turbo SNGs on PokerStars are a faster-paced variant on normal Multi-table SNGs. You won’t have much time to wait around, so it’s important to try to accumulate chips early. When stacks are 10bb or less, be prepared to shove liberally to exploit fold equity.
Finding the Fish, if Only Life Were That Easy!
Actually, I almost didn’t write this article simply because I thought that writing it might be a waste of time. The reason being is that the vast majority of players who read this will probably, through a combination of conceit and egotism, think that I am not...
FTR SNG Strategy: Thin River Value
FTR SNG Strategy: Thin River Value by carlcarlsoniv | Dec 13, 2018 | Poker Videos In a new series dedicated to Sit & Go poker strategy, FTR member, Artur, discusses two hands from his session which have some river decisions. Should he bet, check, call down, or...
Win MTT Poker 03 – Tilt, Patience
Point 9: Thou Shalt Not Steal From the Wounded. Anyone every notice that when you are losing you can’t wait to play again and when you are winning you are just looking for a polite way to hit the door and bank those winnings. That is common to all investment...
The Math of Poker
I have just read a thread in which people said “poker is not all about maths,” “luck is a factor in poker,” “it is not always right to take +$EV decisions.” I am now going to show that everything in poker can be expressed...
Win MTT Poker 12 – Poker Secrets and Tilt
Point 36: A Really Big Secret, ssshhhhhhhhhh There is a whole load of people who play like me on the internet. Tight/aggressive/with a little BS mixed in. And here one thing we almost never do, reraise without the nuts or near nuts. If you are playing with me and see...
9 Hands From an Aggressive PLO Session
Here’s some hands from a session of 400PLO I had tonight. With the exeption of Hand 0 which precedes all the other hands, I’ve mixed up the hands so as to not give away the results by the fluctuations of my stack. I won’t give reads, but this was the...
The Essential Poker Tactics for New Players
We have four tactics here in this week’s column that all players should learn about on a very high level.
Moving from $.25/.50 to $.50/1.00
After making 300 BB at $.25/.5 (or you have $300, both will work), then you should move to $.5/1. You need to play the $.5/1 at document.write(FullTiltA);document.write(FullTiltB); until you have reached $500 in your account, essentially 200 BB over the minimum. If...
Playing Small Pairs in NL Full Ring
There is a tremendous sub-culture of players who see small pocket pairs and get carried away with their profit potential. Personally I play pocket pairs very sparingly in full-ring NLHE games. The modern online poker environment is getting tougher by the month and...