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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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The rules of the road. Learn how to play various forms of poker.
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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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chardrian’s Guide to Live Small Stakes Limit Hold’em (part 12)
Betting for value is critical in any small-stakes, live Limit Hold’em cash game. We’ll look at an example hand, changing a few variables around, to see under what circumstances we have a clear bet for value. It’s important to keep making correct bets and raises without being results-oriented.
When the Game is Good……
When things are good at the table, you are winning money hand-over-fist! The key to keeping this rush or lucky streak going is to keep playing for as long as possible! Don’t set an end-time or pre-set a certain amount of winnings that will trigger the end of your session – just keep grinding!
NLHE Foundations Supplement A: How to Use This Course
Introduction As part of the free NLHE Foundations Course, I've been providing a "hold my hand" approach to different types of analysis that you can do to learn about poker. If you want to take part, go to the link above, post in the thread, and I'll put you on a PMs...
Value Betting Dilemma
First, two hands.... $5/$10 No Limit Holdem 6 players Stacks: UTG fakker11 ($1594.00) UTG+1 GIVEmeSOME99 ($815.00) CO traheho ($1062.00) BTN Bttech86 ($1000.00) SB Hero ($1095.00) BB zero2lose ($2772.75) Pre-flop: ($15, 6 players) Hero is SB 4 folds, Hero...
Hand of the Week 3A (KQs in the BB)
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Hyper’s 6-Max Limit Hold’em Guide Part 2
Hyper put together a sequel to his initial guide on 6 max/short handed play. Click here to read version 1 of his 6 Max Limit Holdem Guide. Short-Handed Limit Holdem Guide v.2.0 Hyper’s Limit Guide, Specializing in Shorthanded Play: Version 2.0 This guide is an...
NLHE Foundations #04: Putting Opponents on Pre-Flop Ranges (Part 1)
Introduction This is part four in the NLHE Foundations Series. I've designed this series to give players a clear path from the beginner to intermediate levels in no-limit hold'em. There's a lot more to this series than these posts because there's private content and...
chardrian’s True Value of AK
AK is, without a doubt, an excellent hand. It is ahead or flipping against every hand except AA and KK. Nevertheless, you should exercise caution with AK if there are multiple raises in front of you. If there are folds, limpers or a single raise in front of you, you should absolutely play it.
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.
No Limit Texas Hold’em Rules
No Limit Texas Hold’em is probably the most popular form of poker today. There are four streets of play and five community cards before showdown. In contradistinction to Limit Hold’em, players can bet any amount of chips in their stack.
Drunk Aggressive Multi-Tabling with Funny Commentary ($200nl 6-Max by ville18)
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PokerStars Sit And Gos – Single Table
Click here to read our PokerStars Review. Sit & Go Tournaments on PokerStars are arguably one of the most popular pursuits for the online poker player in today's environment. Their appeal is simple, they are called Sit & Go's because once you enter and...
ISF Theorem
Amazingly, when I was high yesterday from some horrible weed, I came to a breakthrough thought in my poker game. I called sauce up and explained to him what I just realized and he had no idea why it was so amazing. It took me awhile, but then I realized that the...
OFC Beginners Guide: Introduction
An introduction to Open Face Chinese Poker for beginner’s looking to play. This is the start of a multi-part guide which will (hopefully) take you from a completely new player, to understanding the basics and get you on your way to becoming a winning player.
PokerStars Sit And Gos – 8 Game
Click here to read our PokerStars Review. PokerStars recently introduced a new mixed-game, 8-game, to their games. 8-game combines eight different poker games in a 6max format, testing a player’s ability in a wide variety of games. 8-game can be played in both a...