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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Duel personality
No-limit heads-up requires the mastery of all the classic elements of poker For players craving action and the ultimate test of their skills, heads-up poker ha...
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Pocket money
Beating cash games at lower limits requires a combination of patience and controlled aggression ABC players leave themselves wide open for a strong play...
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Robot wars
If you want to consistently win at sit&gos, then stop playing poker and start ‘pushbotting’ If you play a lot of online poker you will have come across a ...
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Floating a bet
The ‘float’ is a great strategy to employ against tight, solid players You must have position to utilise the float play, as you cannot float out of posi...
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Nice timing
Good timing is one of the important skills for a poker player to have, says Marc Goodwin You must have come across the situation when you are about to raise an...
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Short-stack shoves
It’s a perennial dilemma: you need to push soon, but do you do it now or wait a few more hands? FOOLS RUSH IN I was recently playing in a $100 tournament w...
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Post-flop punishment
Karl Mahrenholz tackles what to do post-flop, whether or not you strike it lucky… TJ Cloutier famously once used the phrase ‘no set, no bet’....
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Speech play
Knowing when to utilise speech play is an important part of a poker player’s game How much information do people generally give away when speaking at the...
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Six pack
You can’t just sit around and wait for good hands if you want to come out ahead in six-max cash games Phil Shaw Six-max no-limit hold’em has becom...
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