Big money time
How to navigate a path from the bubble to the final table and close out a tournament While reaching the final table is an achievement, trying to get the...
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Killing the action
How the check-raise with a big hand on a heavily textured board can be your best friend Opponents who have raised before the flop in a heads-up pot are ...
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Pot-limit hold’em
Ex pro Julian Thew gives us his top tips for mastering Pot-limit hold’em PLAYING STYLE Both LAG and TAG styles will work, but be aware that employing a l...
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Action stations
If no-limit hold’em is the Cadillac of poker, then PLO might well be the turbo-charged smoking Lamborghini The high-stakes tables on Full Tilt Poker are consta...
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Sit-and-go strategy
The middle stages of a sit-and-go can be problematic, when you’re caught between trying to build your stack and preserve it In the middle game you...
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Seven-card stud
Before hold’em took over, the game of choice was seven-card stud Seven-card stud has been described by Phil Ivey (who began his career playing stud in the card...
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Getting paid
Anyone can flop a big hand, but it takes skill to reap the most profit from it By betting on the turn, I’ve made the pot big enough that it will be hard...
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Streets ahead
Playing the turn and river is where it gets expensive in limit Omaha 8-or-better There’s rarely a justification to slow-play or check-raise in Omaha 8-o...
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Get shorty
Serial short-stackers are the bane of a regular cash-game player’s life Poker is constantly evolving. Players are always developing new strategies, and from ti...
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Pocket Queens
Pocket Queens can be tricky to play post-flop, so you must try and stay in control of the hand SCENARIO ONE As a general rule when playing online, don’t...
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