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Heads Up – When To Bet Out of Position
Being in position gives you a huge advantage in heads-up play, but does that mean you should always be letting your opponent take the pot when you’re out of position? Ofcourse not. Without a doubt, you are in a much better situation to steal the pot when your on the button however that privilege often comes due to [...]
Heads Up – Know Your Opponent
As you know, the key to winning Heads Up poker is by adjusting your play depending on your opponent. At low-stake games this can be very simple due to the games being heavily populated with players who act solely on their own cards. These players will continue if they hit their hand and fold otherwise, [...]
Brandon Adams – Hand Coordination.
Hand coordination is the relative strength of your hand compared to your opponents’ hand, and it’s probably the single biggest factor determining whether you have a good or bad session playing poker. If it’s working in your favor, whenever you flop a monster, one of your opponents will also make a big hand, just not [...]
Jon Turner – Making the Sneaky Check.
At every stage of a Multi-Table Tournament, your stack size relative to the blinds should be crucial to how you approach different hands and situations. You may start a tournament with anywhere from 50 to 500 big blinds, but by the final table, the average stack is often between 25 and 40 big blinds. When [...]
Andy Bloch – Semi Bluffing.
The semi-bluff is one of the most powerful weapons in any poker player’s arsenal. If there’s a decent chance you can steal a pot by semi-bluffing, you should usually take it. But, as with any play you make at the table, the semi-bluff is always most effective when you use it at the correct time [...]
Michael Gracz – The Rebuy Tournament Strategy.
Going into any rebuy tournament, you should know before the first cards are dealt how much money you’re willing to invest. Whether you’re playing with a single bullet (not planning to rebuy at all), enough money to rebuy 50 times, or somewhere in between, you should have a number in your mind. You need to [...]
Allen Cunningham – Stealing the Blinds.
The middle stages of a poker tournament can be a tortuous and tedious experience for even the most seasoned pro. The long trek toward the money, combined with a variety of potentially tricky scenarios you may face along the way, make it difficult to come up with one sure-fire strategy to help you through. That [...]
Kenny Tran – Overcards in Early Position.
Recently, Andy Bloch wrote about the perils and pitfalls of playing big cards – A-K, A-Q, etc. – when they don’t connect with the flop. Like Andy, I think learning to play these kinds of hands well, adds an important weapon to any player’s arsenal. Of course, like any weapon, you have to approach these [...]
Allen Cunningham – Early Tournament Strategies.
Many players’ first exposure to poker comes from watching WSOP and WPT tournaments on TV, and I think that’s great. It’s entertaining and you’ll see some interesting plays, but viewers have to understand that they shouldn’t model their games based on the action they see on TV. Why? The answer is simple – what you’re [...]
Jon Turner – Playing AK Out of Position.
Ace-King may be one of the strongest starting hands in poker, but you’ve got to play it right in each position to make it pay – especially in the early stages of a tournament. Being in early position adds another challenge to the situation. But if you’re betting consistently and keeping an eye on your [...]
