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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.
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The power of the mind in poker: There is no spade.
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The rules of the road. Learn how to play various forms of poker.
Poker Tools
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Improve your game by learning how to use the tools of the trade.
Poker Videos
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Watch and learn from the best in the world.
SNG
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For the players who only have two decisions, shove or fold.
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Pot Equity Edge (LHE)
In Limit Hold’em, you’ll often have a pot equity edge, even with less than 50% equity, if there are many players in the hand. If you can get them to keep putting chips in the pot, you should probably raise with such an edge. If some of them will fold, though, you should probably just call.
chardrian’s Analysis of a $26 Freezeout on Full Tilt
Sometimes, it’s valuable to go over your completed poker tournaments with a hand-history viewer to analyze spots that you are unsure about and identify errors in play. You can use a replayer that automatically cuts out hands that you folded preflop so that you can focus on the important hands.
Hyper’s 6-Max Limit Hold’em Guide
Just as a counterargument to the 1bb an hour on the main page, it is true that in limit you cannot make as much as NL. However, I find the advantages of limit make in a viable choice over NL for many people. For one, limit is all about making the decision with the...
Hand of the Week 4A (6 Max, 88 in HJ)
Hand of the Week 4A (6 Max, 88 in HJ) by carlcarlsoniv | Feb 8, 2019 | Poker Videos LinkEmbedCopy and paste this HTML code into your webpage to embed. In the next hand of the week series, Courtney looks at a 6 Max hand from 2 players. First, we start with 88 in HJ....
Playing Long Sessions
By learning how to play longer sessions at the poker tables more effectively, you can increase the amount of money you win. By carefully choosing the right tables and using lobby filters to your advantage, you can keep yourself in good +EV situations for extended periods of time.
ISF – Forming Ranges
Something I like to do, and what I always advocate people who seek poker help from me, is to break down the elements of poker so we can understand concepts behind them and further apply them. I feel like most of the problems with people stuck at low and midstakes is...
Chardrian’s Guide to Small Stakes Live Limit Poker (Part 9)
In live, low-stakes Limit Hold’em games, you’ll want to pay careful attention to the size of the pot. Postflop, you’ll need to know what pot odds you’re facing whenever you’re considering making a call. Be sure to know how much equity you need to call a given bet size.
Brodie’s Brick and Mortar Guide for Online Players
Brodie discusses games, seats and opposition in the brick and mortar poker setting. DaNutsInYoEye suggested that someone write up a brief guide to playing poker in B&M venues. I do a fair amount of B&M playing, so I thought I’d start it out as sort of a...
Omaha Beginner Strategy for Hold’em Players (2 Tabling $25 PLO by bigspenda)
Omaha Beginner Strategy for Hold’em Players (2 Tabling $25 PLO by bigspenda) by carlcarlsoniv | Feb 7, 2019 | Poker Videos LinkEmbedCopy and paste this HTML code into your webpage to embed. Here Spenda plays two $25 Pot-Limit Omaha tables. This is a great...
Texas Holdem Expected Value Hand Charts – 4 Players
Below is a table of Texas Holdem starting hands, ordered by their Expected Value (EV) in a 4 player holdem game. These statistics were produced by using millions of hand histories to compute the following results. Position Cards SB BB 3 D AA 1.99 1.97 1.92 2.10 KK...
Playing the Small Blind in an MTT Part 2
In Part 1 of this series, we looked at how to calculate your expected value (EV) for pushing all in from the small blind against the big blind. In Part 2, we’ll take a look at what to do with very short stacks. There are a few factors that compliment the EV...
Playing Blinds in SNGs
Playing from the blinds in a SNG tournament is tricky. You’ll often be getting very favorable pot odds and thus be inclined to play many hands. But you should remember that you’ll be out of position without the initiative. In early levels, it’s far better to stay out of trouble by playing tight.
HuD & Poker Stove Strategy ($200nl 6-max with JGB)
HuD & Poker Stove Strategy ($200nl 6-max with JGB) by carlcarlsoniv | Feb 6, 2019 | Poker Videos LinkEmbedCopy and paste this HTML code into your webpage to embed. On top of typical tight aggressive play, JGB includes discussion on his PokerAce layout, and a...
Michael1123’s Multi-Table Tournament Strategy
Michael1123 has been a member of FTR since June of 2004 and has over 1,700 posts in our poker forum. Michael1123 is a successful and accomplished tournament player. Michael1123 had a fantastic run at the 2005 WSOP Main Event, which you can read all about here. Below...
6 Max Starting Hands
Group 1: any two cards Group 2: any two cards you found in your wallet (Blockbuster, Visa, library card) Har har! Not really. But yes, the starting requirements are a lot looser and a lot more vague than in a full ring game. I don’t consult a chart – a lot...