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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Win deep-stacks
Marc ‘Mr Cool’ Goodwin gets to the bottom of some of the game’s trickiest concepts. What’s your plan for the early stages of a deep-stack? At the recent Manche...
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Poker clinic
Willie Tann explains how to beat the micro-limit games and reminds one reader that sometimes the cards just don’t fall your way… MICRO MACHINE I have bee...
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Know your foe
The secret to playing winning poker isn’t just the cards, but the faces and in the actions of the people at the table The most commonly asked poker quest...
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Short stacking
Short-stacked tournament play is not simply a case of shoving all-in whenever you see an Ace If you limp or make a standard raise, you give your opponen...
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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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