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Beginner Poker
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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.
Poker Rules
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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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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.
While Waiting Poker Tells
Pick the Opener One thing you should always be looking out for is when players are waiting for you to act. Their body language and posture are very important. You always need to be looking out for players who might be strong before you bet into them. When are you...
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...
Reversing the Initiative in a Hand
Reversing the initiative in a hand (when is this appropriate and why is it valuable) First I think it’s important to define what initiative is, and how it varies. Player A open raises preflop, and Player B calls in position. Player A has the initiative. In order...
PokerStars Sit And Gos – Double or Nothing
Click here to read our PokerStars Review. PokerStars recently introduced a new format in their offerings of Sit & Go tournaments. These “double or nothing” tournaments, as the name implies, only result in two outcomes. You either make the money and win...
The General Theory Behind Inducing Bluffs in Poker
Most people don’t understand the relationship between inducing bluffs and value betting in the game of poker.
Can You Trust Online Poker?
Let’s face it, poker is played by humans for money and sometimes very substantial sums of money. This is the case be it live or online. Unfortunately, my understanding of human nature tells me that there are too many people out there who will stop at nothing to...
Moving from $.50/1 to $1/2
The play here isn’t too much different. After playing 10,000-15,000 hands of .5/1, you should be more than bankrolled to play at the $1/2 limit. document.write(BwinPokerA);document.write(BwinPokerB); players are a mixture of loose/tight players but they all play...
Texas Holdem Rules
Before playing any type of poker, you need to know the rules of the game. Texas Hold’em is the most popular type of poker, so you should learn its rules first. There are four rounds of betting and three common betting structures that you need to be aware of.
Tight Aggressive Strategy 4-Tabling Cash Games ($50nl 6-Max by euphoricism)
Tight Aggressive Strategy 4-Tabling Cash Games ($50nl 6-Max by euphoricism) by carlcarlsoniv | Dec 9, 2018 | Poker Videos LinkEmbedCopy and paste this HTML code into your webpage to embed. Here Euphoricism 4 tables $50 nl. He explains that when playing smaller stakes...