Poker Strategies – Page №11

Gone are the days in online poker where you could safely fold anything that wasn’t better than top pair and still turn a profit. Playing with less than top pair…

It’s very rare in Texas Hold’em that drawing hands have more equity in a pot than a made hand. Combo draws, however, are so powerful that some are actually a…

In today’s ultra aggressive online poker games you can’t sit at a table for more than an orbit without facing at least one re-raise (3-Bet) before the flop. Many players,…

Many intermediate poker players suffer from an easily remedied leak: making incorrectly sized bets at inappropriate times. Instead of carefully determining the best size of bet to use, they mash…

If you want to be successful in No-Limit Hold’em, you have to act with a plan in mind at all times. Many poker players bet with little thought as to…

The final hour of a poker session is less cosmic and certainly less dramatic than it would be in a sci-fi novel or an end-of-the-world movie. But most players have…

Multi-tabling is probably the best thing about playing poker online.  Well, that and you can avoid dealing with the three S’s of live poker: Slow games Sloppy dealing and Stinky…

An article I ran across recently in a respected magazine began with this: “The object of poker is to win the most money. That’s it – that is your goal.…

It doesn’t matter if you’re playing cash games or tournaments – the size of your stack dictates the style of play that is most profitable to you. When you have…

Deep-stacked, No-Limit poker is one of the most complex and challenging varieties of the game. It’s not something every player will face, but if you do it pays to be…

Poker is: (a) A stressful game; (b) A game people play to relax; (c) Both. I chose “(c).” Your answer will depend. What’s it depend on? On your approach to the…

The point of view expressed in the title of this piece is, I have always believed, so obviously true that no sensible poker player could doubt it. However, the other…

Knowing when you’re either way ahead or way behind in a hand is absolutely crucial to achieving positive long-term poker results. The concept is nothing new, but as far as…

Lots of players fail to recognize when hands have showdown value. They consistently flush money down the drain betting and raising when instead they should be taking a showdown line.…

In his book The Theory of Poker, David Sklansky says “to play a hand correctly is to play it the exact same way you would if you knew your opponent’s…

In a perfect world all the large pots you play at a poker table come when you have position. In real poker life, though, trouble spots arise when you find…