We here at Ante Up often get readers, who only play for fun online or have just played tournaments in free leagues, asking for brick-and-mortar
In many sports, we’re told to “Keep your eye on the ball.” In poker, we call this “paying attention.” In Texas Hold’em, we should strive
A couple of my friends just had a nasty disagreement over swapping percentages in a tournament. Neither of them was trying to “get one over”
Poker has come a long way. Most opponents are knowledgeable. They understand starting-hand requirements can loosen as the button moves. It’s common knowledge to most
Metagame is a concept that can be applied to many forms of games. The basic idea is you use what you know about the general
Is it possible to play poker to just have fun? Poker literature suggests one has to put in “work” to be an adequate poker player.
Last issue in Part II of my series, I discussed what might occur on the flop and how the aggressor may continue to bet regardless if they hit the flop. The turn is an ace in the same suit as the king on the board and the under-the-gun player checks to the button raiser. This […]
Last issue, I discussed ranging players in early position and talked about reraising in later position to isolate when you may hold an extremely strong
The reason we have such a hard time following advice and staying with the program is if we did just that, then we would no
Being a low-stakes pro is not going to make you rich. It probably won’t even make you upper middle class, but a career as a
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