Size matters
There is no one-size-fits-all when it comes to bet sizing in deep-stack online tournaments With so many deep-stack tournaments now available online, it’s...
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Heads-up tips
Top British poker pro Marc Goodwin gets to the bottom of some of the game’s trickiest concepts What’s the single most important thing to do when you&rsqu...
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Three’s a crowd
Getting down to three-handed play is an achievement, but to go further you must adopt a unique strategy In most poker tournaments the payout structures are ver...
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Continuation Betting
Marc ‘Mr Cool’ Goodwin on some of the game’s trickiest concepts: How and why should you continuation bet? What is a continuation bet? A continuation bet is a b...
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Hunter gatherer
Chip accumulation versus chip preservation – it’s the age-old argument. The question is, can you do both? When I first started playing tournaments, I played as...
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Monster flop
You’re the aggressor, you’re in position and you’ve flopped a monster against just one opponent TERMINOLOGY DOG – Abbreviated form of ‘underdog&rsq...
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Poker clinic
Don’t go sniffing after a losing player’s mucked hands, and don’t be put off by one bad cash game experience CRACKING UP I rarely play cash games, preferring t...
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Free your mind
You might think that giving free cards is a practice best avoided – but there are certain exceptional circumstances In hold’em, aggression is usually rew...
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Mind the gap
The Gap Concept was coined by David Sklansky over five years ago, but it still has much relevance You need a better hand to call a raise than to make a raise. ...
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Middle ground
As you approach the bubble of a sit&go, you may be tempted to creep into the money We have looked at the optimum strategy for the opening stages of a sit&...
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