Poker Strategy

In what may seem to be a part II of my latest strategy article called “Making Improvements,” I wanted to briefly touch on a few random topics that have been brought to my attention within the past few weeks. As both the live and online games continue to get tougher, we’re in need of finding [...]

While I’ve played the game of poker for many years, even for me it’s sometimes tough to put the game into perspective. Because of poker’s ever-evolving characteristics, the game has progressed to new heights over the past five years that quite honestly very few could’ve predicted. Because of these changes, poker’s longevity has become a [...]

Raising in poker is one of the most crucial aspects of the game. Without raising, it becomes literally impossible to win because you’re depending on your opponents to raise. But what if you’re in a game where the rules aren’t so clear, such as a home poker game? Players in home poker games tend to [...]

Despite poker being a complex game, even for the most talented players finding a balance between poker and life can be intricate. Because of the time many of us spend engulfed in poker recreationally, or worst yet our careers, it can come with the neglect of other important areas. While for each and every one [...]

How to extract max value from a poker hand was a question that was presented to me by a stranger who was aware of my unusual poker vocation. Considering me an insightful, and furthermore a winning poker player, he came to me with a broad inquiry – How do I get the most value from [...]

Your Thursday tip of the Day: Variance Battling variance throughout your poker career is always an uphill battle that you must overcome.  Everyone is aware the money variance that is involved in poker, but what about your skill variance in the games you play?  This applies to almost everyone in the poker community. What is [...]

Everyone wants to get into the deep game and win big.  Everyone also has their own way of playing pocket aces in this game.  Watching professionals play pocket aces in large cash games is a work of art.  They play the hand perfectly to their table image of that session which is the most important [...]

At the Dream Team Poker event, players get one last tournament to chance to win a little extra cash before leaving the WSOP.  I got to my table to see some of the top online professionals at my table.  Across the table, I see Jimmy “GabboBoy” Fricke, runner up at the Aussie Millions.  To my [...]

I was playing in a low stakes Full Tilt Poker sit and go the other day when I got myself into a situation when my poker strategy instincts were telling me that I was beat.  However, I ignored my instincts and proceeded to get myself into trouble, losing most of my stack and getting eliminated [...]

I’ve written about the no-point rule before, showing how it can be successfully applied in situations where there is a high danger of losing a lot of chips even though the player may have the best hand. Recently, I encountered a situation in which a player pushed her chips in when it would have been [...]