The importance of antes
Top British pro Marc Goodwin explains how to deal with stack-killing antes What are antes? Like blinds, antes are forced bets, only this time every player (inc...
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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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Short-stack dilemmas
Getting very short-stacked in a tournament is never a good situation, but there are ways out BURST THE BUBBLE? Your expert opinion is needed please. On our pok...
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Jackass!
Get yourself in the saddle and wait for the poker donkeys at the starting line Stone-cold bluffing is about the worst thing you can do against this type...
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