Heads-up tips
Top British poker pro Marc Goodwin gets to the bottom of some of the game’s trickiest concepts What’s the single most important thing to do when you&rsqu...
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Three’s a crowd
Getting down to three-handed play is an achievement, but to go further you must adopt a unique strategy In most poker tournaments the payout structures are ver...
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Continuation Betting
Marc ‘Mr Cool’ Goodwin on some of the game’s trickiest concepts: How and why should you continuation bet? What is a continuation bet? A continuation bet is a b...
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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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Big daddy
Having a big stack in a tournament is one of poker’s great pleasures Ahhh, to be a big stack – the daddy of the table. The blinds are rising? Good, because I’m...
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Dead man’s hands
Get the knowledge – beat the field The lesson is, greed is liable to get your fingers burnt How many ‘What happened next?’ type situat...
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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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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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