
Do not confuse anger with tilt
A lot of people compare tilt to anger. While anger is a form of tilt, both concepts are complicated, but anger is not tilt. Anger

A lot of people compare tilt to anger. While anger is a form of tilt, both concepts are complicated, but anger is not tilt. Anger

On a recent trip to Las Vegas, I sat at a $1-$2 no-limit hold’em table for a few hours with mostly recreational players and I

There are several traits of my students who show significant improvement after signing up for my course. One that really stands out is, they do

By Scott Long Mike Postle said he never thought he’d play enough events to be in consideration for a player-of-the-year title. But after Postle began

Strong players always look to improve their poker game. Attempting to discard bad habits is something we often think about around New Year’s, and in

After seeing my columns here in Ante Up, many players tend to email me seeking my coaching help. One recent student told me he usually

You open-raise with pocket 10s and get one caller who has position on you. The flop seemingly is perfect for you, 8-7-2 rainbow. You make

The gambler’s fallacy is the belief that the chances of something happening with a fixed probability change as the process is repeated. Basically it says something happens, the thing that happens differs from what is normally expected and therefore it won’t happen again, e.g. flips of a coin, red-black and other games of chance. Poker, […]

Variance is a big part of poker. Luck plays a huge part in the form of bad beats, opponents’ mistakes that work out for them,

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