Head-to-head
Heads-up no-limit hold’em is poker at its purest; the cards have the least bearing and your reading skills need to be spot on What will our pros do in the foll...
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Gender stereotyping
Be careful about living up to classic gender stereotypes, or you may find yourself being played for a fool Under pressure, many men tend to default to a...
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Game theory
Understanding the relationship between game theory, jail time and poker will make you a better player Suppose the police have arrested two people whom they kno...
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Playing the shortstack
Short-stack play can be tough but rewarding, as Shelley Rubenstein found at the WSOP At a final table recently, a well-known pro complimented me on what he ref...
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Breaking rank
You shouldn’t necessarily bet into an empty side pot if it reduces the chances of eliminating an opponent It’s one of the first things you learn when pla...
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Antonio Esfandiari
Magician turned poker pro offers his advice on tournament play Make sure you’re bluffing against players smart enough to fold Born in Iran, and moving t...
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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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Drawing hands
Mr Cool gets to the bottom of some of the game’s trickiest concepts What do you need to think about when playing drawing hands? You have to take a lot of facto...
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Pot-control
If you want to succeed in deep-stack cash games, you must learn how to control the pot The most important distinctions between cash game and tournament poker a...
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