Deeper underground
Deep-stacked tournament play can throw up some tough situations that test even the best players SCENARIO ONE You are playing in a live £1,000 no-limit hold’em ...
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Smashing the Jacks-hammer
Pocket Jacks are one of the most notoriously troublesome hands in hold’em, says Marc Goodwin SCENARIO ONE You’re playing in a $2/$5 no-limit hold’em ca...
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Dan Carter
British poker prodigy Dan Carter explains how he built a bankroll and went pro before turning 21! Since giving up his studies at 18 to take a shot at poker, Da...
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Shortstacking superstar
Short-stacking won’t make you popular but can win you big money I’ve previously outlined a very basic strategy for winning money in no-limit hold ’...
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How to kill Vegas
Vegas is awash with low stakes cash games and exploitable players who can be easily exploited If you gave me back the time I’d spent playing cash games in Vega...
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Misadventures with sets
Here’s why set-mining can often be a miscalculated move Set-mining describes a play in no-limit hold’em in which a player smooth-calls a pre-flop raise w...
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Tell-tale poker
You don’t need to ‘see’ a player to be able to read them. Sit-and-go star Jennifear says most online players are a mass of tells When playing...
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Pre-flop Limit Hold’em
Despite its reputation as a simple game, pre-flop play in limit hold’em is a complex and subtle affair While no-limit hold’em is the undisputed king of the pla...
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SNG Mid-stack quiz
When you reach the bubble of a sit&go, you should lose your fear and attack In this SNG quiz we’re looking at situations in which you’ve reached a sit&...
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Creative differences
ABC poker will net you an ABC win rate, but learning to play hands ‘creatively’ could win you far more The reason that most poker books don’t go into playing h...
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