Category: Strategy

Al Spath

Going through poker hell? Keep going

Sir Winston Churchill is credited with coining the phrase, “If you are going through hell, keep going.” He couldn’t know that generations later poker players the world over would apply its relevance to their game. Poker can be brutal on your psyche, so the quicker you can get out of a “funk” or away from […]

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Joe Navarro

Reed wins Foxwoods Poker Classic

Here are the results of the recently wrapped Foxwoods Poker Classic, which ran March 19-April 3 at Foxwoods Casino in Mashantucket, Conn. Phillip Reed of

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Al Spath

Dogs just don’t bark at the parked cars

You recognize yourself playing solid-aggressive poker, you haven’t picked up a hand in what seems like an hour, but actually it has only been two or three full revolutions around the table. You finally get a hand, K-K. First, you think about catching up to the bigger stacks and how to maximize profits with this […]

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Joe Navarro

Get a poker backbone, Navarro says

Our bodies constantly transmit information, and that includes how we sit. Like software on your computer, our brain always is assessing the environment around us, even if you don’t realize it, which can be disastrous as a poker player. If you’re not careful, your brain main react to your hole cards and community cards in […]

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