Poker Strategy
5 Skills That Will Boost Your Live Poker Earnings
Listen up, live poker players! You might technically be playing the same game as your online counterparts, but live poker is a very different animal, and it requires a very particular set of skills for success. I’ve picked out 5 live poker-specific skills to share with you today. Some of these capitalize on common mistakes…
Read More4 Skills That Will Help You Win More Money From the Blinds
Your strategy from the blinds will have a huge impact on your winnings. It’s an indisputable fact that you will lose in the long-term from the blinds. After all, you are forced to commit money to the pot regardless of the hand you’re dealt. When you add in the blinds’ positional disadvantage and account for…
Read MoreBecoming a Pro Poker Player: 7 Things to Consider First
If you love playing poker and are any good at it, you’ve probably dreamed about ditching your current job and taking it up full-time. It’s a tempting proposition, after all. Who doesn’t want do what they love for a living? Be warned, though: poker is a demanding job that’s not for everyone. If you are…
Read MoreHow to Bluff with Flush Draws Like a 3-Time Bracelet Winner
Not all flush draws are the same. This may seem like an obvious point, but it is one that draws attention to a more fundamental concept: different flush draw spots demand different strategies. We’re about to take a look at 3 example hands in which our Hero holds a flush draw. Each of these were…
Read MoreThis Misclick Made Me Bubble the WSOP Main Event
The year was 2010. It was my second time in Las Vegas, and my first World Series of Poker. I arrived pretty early in the series, planning to play a short stint of events over a couple of weeks. I felt great. I had absolutely crushed online in the months leading up to the series,…
Read MoreTournament Poker Quiz — How Much Do You Actually Know About MTT Strategy?
The following 8 questions will test your knowledge of tournament poker strategy, math, and more. Good luck and don’t forget to share your score at the end! Can You Build Big Stacks in Poker Tournaments? […]
Read MoreI Flopped A Massive Draw While Short Stacked… Now What?
I’ve been playing live poker tournaments for about 9 years, and I’ve written down countless interesting hands along the way. Hands from 2009 to 2011 — when big events were unbelievably soft — tend to be the most interesting. In this article series, we’ll take a close look at few of these hands so we…
Read More5 Not-So-Easy River Spots Explained By A Game Theory Expert
Discussing hands with friends is a great way to get better at poker. Now, imagine if one of your friends was top 6-max player and game theory expert Fried Meulders. Discussing hands with him would be an incredible way to get better at poker. Fried is a successful regular in the ultra-tough Zoom cash games…
Read MoreA 5-Step Plan For Growing Your Bankroll (And Staying Happy While Doing It)
There is a lot of content online that will help you increase your poker earnings. You can learn how to be smart about losing sessions, for example, or tips for improving at live poker. Yet, there isn’t much advice out there on how to use your poker earnings. Most content aims to teach you how to…
Read More6 Essential Tips for Dealing with Downswings in Poker Tournaments
Downswings hurt no matter what poker format you play. But downswings in poker tournaments are the stuff of nightmares because variance increases as more players enter a tournament. Avid players of large field tournaments will experience incredible highs–like winning a WSOP bracelet–and devastating lows–like losing for months on end. If you are running bad in…
Read MoreWhy The Very Best Poker Players Make Decisions At Random (Mixed Strategy)
The many randomized elements of poker are a big part of what makes the game so strategically complex. We can never know with 100% certainty what cards our opponents have, nor what cards are going to be dealt on the flop, turn and river. So why on earth would anyone want to add more randomized…
Read MorePushing & Pulling: How to Utilize A Crucial Preflop Tactic in PLO
Preflop play in Pot Limit Omaha can be daunting. There are 270,725 hands to wade through, and the all-in equities of said hands run very closely together. A♠A♦K♠K♦ is arguably the best starting hand in PLO. Let’s take a look at its equity against T♠8♣4♣2♥: This garbage hand musters over 34% equity against an absolute…
Read MoreThe Ultimate Guide to Preflop Multiway Pots (And Squeezing)
Multiway pots are extremely complex. As more players enter the pot, the size of the game-tree increases. This makes finding the best play a more complicated task than it usually is. Many players, including top pros, frequently make mistakes multiway pots. We’ll break down 8 multiway pot examples in this article. These examples help demonstrate…
Read MoreRiver Bets: How to Decide Which Hands to Call Down Vs Triple Barrel
It’s rarely fun to face a triple barrel — bets on the flop, turn and river. Small mistakes are magnified when the pot gets big, and pots are on average the biggest on the river. The results of one river decision can make or break a session. Against good players with relatively balanced […]
Read MorePot Limit Omaha Starting Hands: 3 Things That You Must Consider
Pot Limit Omaha is a very dynamic game — especially compared to No Limit Hold’em. There are 1,326 possible starting hand combinations in NLH, which might sound like a lot, until you read that PLO has a mind-boggling 270,725 starting hand combinations. NLH players get to work with easy-to-view range matrices like this: There are…
Read MoreThis Is Why You Should Use Small Bet Sizes
When I finished writing Applications of No Limit Hold’ em a bit over 4 years ago, my favorite concept to talk about was overbetting. In many ways, it’s still is my favorite topic. That’s because once the theory behind overbetting is laid out, the situations where overbetting is correct are usually […]
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