By Zack Bartholomew, Big Slick Poker Academy Instructor We all know what a continuation bet is. Raise preflop, and then bet the flop. Even amateur
Allen “Chainsaw” Kessler is a 40-something poker pro (he won’t admit his exact age) who has played around the world for nearly a dozen years.
What is aggression? Can it be learned? Is it a personality trait? Is aggression the most successful strategy? Kyle Siler of Cornell University, published Social
By Matthew Gregoire My articles always include a correlation between poker and real life. During 2013, I moved to Miami from Las Vegas. On the
Once upon a time, I played full-time poker for a living. One day I wrote a letter to Pima Community College in Tucson, Ariz., and suggested a poker course. At the interview, I was shocked to learn the college intended to pay me. I thought I was volunteering. (We call that a labor of love.) […]
By Sean Hansen Hello, Ante Up Nation! Big thanks to the Ante Up crew for giving us the opportunity to contribute to this prestigious, notable, eminent and influential publication. We’re overflowing with joy, teeming with pride, bursting with … what? Oh yeah, you probably want to talk poker. So, this month’s concept is shifting gears. […]
I always find it curious when a player gets upset that an opponent didn’t react in a way that said player hoped he would have. For instance, enraged player fires three bullets and gets called by a light but winning hand. Enraged player curses the calling station and asks how he could have made such […]
One of the most basic hold’em strategies often overlooked by players regardless of skill level is control. Let’s take a closer look. All players control
I was playing recently in a $5-$10 PLO game at the Horseshoe in Hammond Indiana and had an interesting river situation. We were deep-stacked and five-handed with lots of history between solid players. PREFLOP: I had in the big blind and everyone limped in except the under-the-gun player. I took my option and raised to […]
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