Trigger Happy
Pre-flop stealing happened from the button, but when that became too obvious, players did it from the cut-off Raising from the cut-off had a lot to reco...
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Exploiting weaknesses
Whether you’re playing in low or high-stakes cash games, there are always chinks in your opponents’ armour Some of the best cash games players approach the gam...
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Live games
Don’t be afraid of intimidating live games, a manageable level of stress will actually improve performance Don’t be put off playing a live game simply b...
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Under the gun
Poker is all about tough decisions. We analyse a difficult situation and ask: what would you do? I was now likely to be playing a big pot against a toug...
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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 to consider before entering a pot, stack sizes...
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Putting players on hands
Each month top British poker pro Marc ‘Mr Cool’ Goodwin gets to the bottom of some of the game’s trickiest concepts How can you put an early position raiser on...
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Blind defence
It’s a painful reality that your blinds will often be at the mercy of better-positioned opponents in short-handed cash games One of the incontestable truths ab...
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Poker clinic
Run your poker problems past resident InsidePoker expert Willie Tann HOW DID I STACK UP? Here is a hand that I am not sure if I played correctly recently. It w...
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Taking it slow
The success of a slow-play is all about knowing your opponent’s tendencies and waiting for the right moment When choosing to slow-play big hands, you ha...
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Three times table
In the first of a series on poker truisms, we ask why the standard pre-flop raise is three times the big blind Large raises in late position can be a si...
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