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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Low risk, high return
We tackle the problem of playing medium-strength hands out of position in heads-up pot-limit Omaha One of the most difficult situations that arises in heads-up...
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Annie Duke’s top tips
With more than $4 million in tournament winnings, Annie Duke is one of poker’s most respected players and this month the self-confessed ‘maths geek’ is her...
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Poker clinic
Willie Tann consoles a reader who had to lay down pocket Kings in a cash game KING FOR A DAY I was playing in an online no-limit six-handed $3/$6 cash ...
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Top pair strategy
Despite being a common situation, hitting top pair/top kicker rarely leaves a straightforward decision In the nine years I’ve been playing poker, I have ...
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Multi-way pots
Top British pro Marc ‘Mr Cool’ Goodwin gets to the bottom of some of the game’s trickiest concepts. How do multi-way pots differ from heads-up pots? The key di...
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Dime time
Pocket Tens – a more than playable hand, but what does it take to fold them pre-flop? Few of us would complain at being dealt pocket tens, but how heavy ...
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