Blind spot
How do you play in the blinds? Why does everyone say that the blinds are losing positions? It’s a mathematical fact based on tens of millions of hands th...
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Daylight Robbery
The ability to steal pots is a crucial part of every cash game player’s repertoire All to often we find ourselves at a table grinding away, waiting for playabl...
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Post-flop goals
Post-flop play is easily the most demanding area of no-limit hold’em because there are so many aspects to consider A lot of betting after the flop with ...
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Rich Pickings
Choosing the right game can be the difference between cashing big and going bust As a rule you should be looking for players that will enter the pot wit...
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Pocket Kings
Raising pre-flop with Kings is the preferred strategy, but there are times when you should just call There are not many feelings at the poker table that beat l...
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Total bluffing
In high-stakes cash games, it is not enough to rely on continuation bets as your main source of bluffs Bluffing is perhaps the most famous and most misundersto...
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Smart aggression
There’s a new breed of player in town and you’ve got two choices – join the party or know how to defend yourself Only Phil Hellmuth had fewer chips and ...
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Short Stuff
Playing the short stack in tournaments is a simple, yet skilled, art. We show you how to pick the right spots… Nobody wants to be the short stack. It’s like be...
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Size matters
In just one hand in any given tournament, the balance of power at a table can change markedly Of the many things consider before entering a pot, stack sizes ar...
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Setting up
Flopping or facing a set is far more common in pot-limit hold’em than in no-limit Previously we looked at pot- limit versus no-limit and their differing nuance...
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