I left my last article talking about how to manage your stack when you have a stack of 10 big blinds. In this article I am going to share with you the type of hands I would recommend shoving when choosing a hand to make a move with. I am going to discuss situations in [...]
When poker tournaments are in the late the stages there are many different kinds of stack sizes that players could have. You’ll have the chip leader, middle stacks and you’ll have those small stacks clinging on for dear life. In this article I am going to discuss the small stack play and how to use [...]
We all have different reasons on why we play the game of poker but for the majority of us it’s the rush that cards can bring, perhaps the hopes of winning a WSOP bracelet, or simply for the money. Cashing in tournaments isn’t the easiest thing in the world to do so when you do [...]
Cash games and tournaments are two horses of a very different color. Despite that fact that no-limit hold’em is the most popular variant in each style, there are a multitude of strategy adjustments that must be made when switching from one to another.
It is rare to find a cash game player who completely resists the [...]
In live poker games, you only get to play about 30 hands per hour. At this rate, it can take a while to build an understanding of your opponents. Thankfully, there are some general stereotyping guidelines you can follow to have an understanding of how your opponents will play even if you just sat down [...]
Poker is a high stakes game – there’s no doubt about that. However, when you allow yourself to be caught up in the rush of emotions of bluffs and bad calls, you’re playing with what’s called a tilt. Maintaining a calm, cool composure when you’re playing poker can be difficult, but it’s this rational thought [...]
As you already know, poker is a game of skill, luck and bluffing. However, there are very few people who can get away with bluffing without revealing themselves to their opponents in some small way – whether it’s a twitching of the lip, an increase in eye movement, or some other physical mannerism. By learning [...]
One method many online poker players have adopted in recent years is called “short stacking”. This is an approach one can take in no-limit hold’em cash games. Online poker rooms have a minimum and a maximum buy-in for their no-limit games. Usually, the minimum buy-in is 20-40 big blinds and the maximum buy-in is 100-200 [...]
Harrah’s has really improved the World Series of Poker main event this year. While the Main Event has always had pretty good structure, allowing for a lot of play, they have made it simply amazing this year. The blinds move up very slowly, allowing for more play and skilled players to increase their advantage over [...]
If you’ve ever read any poker book before you will undoubtedly have read about how it’s better to bide your time and play only premium hands. For a long time I subscribed to that school of thought but I came to realize that the theory is flawed, particularly in a No Limit Hold ‘Em tournament. [...]