You’ve been asking yourself, “Should I quit my day job and become a low-stakes pro?” That’s not an easy question to answer, but it’s important
Trouble hands are exactly what the name implies, hands that can cost you a ton of money. So you must often avoid playing them, especially
Summer is here and we know what that means: Get ready for some poker. Projections are more than 100,000 players will converge on Las Vegas
Choosing the right cards to play and using what you’ve learned in past articles will help you formulate a strategy to win at $1-$2 no-limit
If aggressive play isn’t part of your arsenal, the math won’t let you be a winner. Opponents will fold to your bets and you won’t
A bluff is a bet of some nature when you have little or no chance of winning the pot if someone calls. A semibluff is
Recently, several emails have come from students with queries on how best to play pocket pairs. Let’s explore a few rules of thumb to keep
New players, having only seen the riches won at no-limit hold’em on TV, want to play those games online and live immediately. However, players who
In a class I taught, Texas Hold’em Poker 101, Hold’em for Beginners, we met for three consecutive Wednesdays, two hours at a time. On the
Raising preflop from late position in hopes of convincing opponents to check on a subsequent round, is not really getting a free card, is it?
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