By Zack Bartholomew Poker is a really tricky game to get a handle on. One minute you think you have a system down, you feel like you can see the code and then the next minute you wonder how you got sucked into this terrible game. One thing I’ve really taken to heart the last […]
By Zack Bartholomew Recently, I’ve been playing in a super juicy, private pot-limit Omaha game. I must admit, I know little about the deeper math
By Zack Bartholomew I want to start with some brutal honesty. I’ve busted more bankrolls than I care to admit. Now, when I was first getting started in poker, some of these “bankrolls” were less than what I get into a regular $2-$5 game for, but it hurt nonetheless. With my experience and the amazing […]
By Zack Bartholomew We’ve heard how important it is to shift gears during a session. Sometimes you ramp up the aggression; other times you hang back and wait for good hands. Most people play aggressively when they’re on a rush and then when the cards dry up, so do their bets. Obviously this can’t be […]
By Sean Hansen You’re sitting at the poker table, waiting for the Under the Gun player to look at his cards. “Come on, man, act!”
By Sean Hansen If there were only two things I would suggest to any player who wants to take their poker game to the next level, they would be: • Know and play the right frequency of hands preflop for the game you’re in. • Pay attention to when opponents’ frequencies get out of whack […]
By Zack Bartholomew There’s a piece of common knowledge I’m sure many of you have heard before about when you should play poker. It goes
By Zack Bartholomew Table selection is a vastly underrated skill when it comes to cash poker. Finding the best table can mean the difference between winning and losing on any given night. Vigilant table selection can add thousands of dollars to your bottom line over the course of a year. Despite how important it is […]
By Sean Hansen Here’s a problem that affects us all: preflop impatience. We’ve all been there, card dead for two hours and then we look
By Sean Hansen So, you just finished a grueling 15-hour marathon cash session. You played OK, but variance reared its ugly head and your exit was to your car and not to the cage. If you’re like most people, the drive home will be filled with a lot of self-talk, going back and forth between […]
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