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 a bet that, if called, you don’t usually hold the best hand but you have a hand that could improve to be the best hand. Bluffing is primarily attempted to […]
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 start by playing limit poker, which is found in only a few markets, establish a solid-aggressive winning foundation and often become the most successful no-limit players. They learn the basics […]
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?
Many times, you’ll pickup a most commonly sought-after hand, A-K, and you’ll be in position to put in a raise, only to find you have
Do you remember stomping in mud puddles? Wasn’t that one of the best times of your childhood? Well, life can’t be serious all of the
Each day the fires within propel us into a highly competitive mode. How we prepare, react or accept the outcome is what defines us. Understanding
As a poker coach, I see many new players with great enthusiasm and lofty goals, yet unprepared and unarmed to compete at the same levels
The most exhilarating feeling is when you take down a monster pot, especially when opponents don’t see it coming. You feel like a hero, not
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 […]
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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