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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Six appeal
Six-max cash games are all the rage right now, but you need to adapt to the aggression Let’s face it – nobody plays poker to fold hand after hand for hours on ...
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PLO tournaments part II
In the second part of his two-part series, Karl Mahrenholz reveals some of the nuances of pot-limit Omaha tournament play I’ve previously looked at some ...
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Twiggy thin value
As you rise up the limits in cash games you need to work harder to find value Most poker players understand the difference between value-betting and bluffing, ...
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