Posts Tagged ‘Tournaments’
How to Maximize Your Winnings Versus Multiple Limpers
You are playing in a darn good game if you’re often facing multiple limps. To help you maximize your winnings in these juicy games, I am going to shed light on how you should adjust your preflop strategy when more than one player has limped in front of you. Table of Contents: Raising Over Multiple…
Read MoreWhat an Elite Player Thinks During a Big Final Table (Analysis)
Many tournament players love to talk about their bust out hands. They might play dozens of interesting hands over a 10-hour span, yet that final one is usually all you’ll hear about. We’ve all done it, but this really misses the bigger picture. What separates […]
Read More4 Quick Hands That Will Help You Conquer Tournaments
Tournament poker can be the most glorious form of the game, or the most brutal. When variance is on your side and you win one, it feels like you’re the best player on the planet. On the other hand, when you are running bad and busting tournament after tournament, it feels like you can’t do…
Read More8 Quick MTT Tips to Help You Top the Leaderboard
The tournament grind is tough. You can go months without a solid score, all the while watching other players succeed around you. Tournaments are nonetheless a high-value format because of the soft competition. So, if you don’t mind the variance, or if you enjoy the format more than cash games, then by all means play…
Read MoreBluff-Raising the River with $38,381 on the Line (Analysis)
You’re about to improve your final table skills with Nick Petrangelo’s third and final free strategy video before the release of his new course High Stakes MTT Sessions. Nick starts the video with a short walkthrough of the course, then moves on to a […]
Read MoreSuper High Rollers BATTLE on the Money Bubble (Analysis)
As promised, Nick Petrangelo is back to help you improve your tournament skills. The focus of this hand review video is blind versus blind strategy, but some money bubble-related concepts come up as well. Enjoy! Ready for video #3 covering a big final […]
Read MoreAdvance Your Multiway Skills with Nick Petrangelo (Free Video)
High stakes tournament BOSS Nick Petrangelo is here to bolster your multiway pot game. He’s also got a special announcement about a new project he’s been working on. Watch below! […]
Read MoreThe Truth About ICM (According to Nick Petrangelo)
High stakes tournament crusher Nick Petrangelo views the Independent Chip Model (ICM) differently than most tournament players. Nick shares his views in his ICM Unmasked course. Here’s a quote from the introduction video: I think that people have gotten really carried away with the concept of ICM and it being very rigid…but I think there…
Read MoreBig Blind Defense Strategy 101: Tournaments vs Cash Games
Did you know that it is basically impossible to win money from the big blind in the long run? The big blind has to pay a full blind without looking at their cards (a massive disadvantage) and will be out of position against most opponents postflop. It’s an unforgiving position with many opportunities for mistakes.…
Read MoreHow to Find a Live Poker Tournament
Poker tournaments are still the most popular way to play poker. You have many tools at your disposal when you’re looking for information on live poker tournaments in your area. Whether you’re looking for a local tournament, on vacation, or searching for opportunity to travel and live the poker dream, here are some of the…
Read MoreWhen a WSOP Champ Called All-in with Ten-High (Analysis)
With 5 players left in the 2019 EPT Monte Carlo Main Event, Ryan Riess and Manig Loeser played a hand that shocked poker fans around the world. Here’s what the stacks looked like before the hand was dealt: Riess started the hand as by far the shortest […]
Read MoreWhy Are Most Poker Players Wimpy Bluffers?
(Photo: PartyPoker) In part 1 of this article series, I told you about the Honesty Principle. The Honesty Principle: As a whole, the poker community bluffs much less than it should. In part 2, you read about the poker artificial intelligence Libratus and its uncanny ability to bluff at balanced frequencies. It should be fairly…
Read MoreWhen a Poker A.I. Went Crazy with Five-Three Suited (Analysis)
In part 1 of this article series, we talked about the fact that the vast majority of poker players do not bluff often enough. As a result, their betting actions generally represent “honesty” (value hands) rather than “dishonesty” (bluffs). This led me to introduce what I call the Honesty Principle. The Honesty Principle: As a…
Read MoreWhy Do Random & Silly Bluffs Work?
Have you ever wondered why pure bluffs work when they do? By pure, I mean situations where the player who is betting has absolutely nothing (not even a draw) while the player who ends up folding has something decent, say at least a pair. Let’s consider the following situation in a live $5/$10 cash game…
Read More3 Tips for Winning with Gutshot Straight Draws
If you’ve ever been unsure of what to do with a gutshot straight draw, you’ve found the right article. Today you’ll learn 3 tips that will help you decide when to bet and when to check so you can start earning more money when you hold this type of draw. But first… What is a…
Read MoreThe Only Two Valid Reasons to Bet in Poker (Every Other Reason is Wrong)
Why do we bet? This question has fascinated the best poker players for decades now. The legendary David Sklansky probably had the biggest contribution to the unraveling of the reasons behind fundamentally sound betting. Until recent years, the consensus was that there are two reasons to bet: To get value with our strong hands from…
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