Block party
The blocking bet should be a staple move for every cash game player A blocking bet is a bet you place out on the river, when you are first to act. The purpose ...
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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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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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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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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 nuances...
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Blind spot
We’ve banded together a select group of pot-limit Omaha specialists to tackle some tricky situations SCENARIO 1 You’re playing in a four-handed $5/&#...
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