If you play poker long enough, you are going to find yourself in a position where you go on a bad run. It can be during a tournament or a stretch of a cash game. When this happens, you start talking to yourself, doubting every move and then of course you start to make bad [...]
Regardless of the type of poker that you are playing, be it tournament or cash, betting for information is extremely important in NL Hold’em. There are plenty of players that simply will not do this and it is more than likely the reason that they are not very successful at the game of hold’em. At [...]
This style of play has become very popular over the last few years. The young, internet generation of poker player has no fear and no respect for anyone else at the table. They are going to fire at any pot and if they hit, they will come right at you regardless of their kicker.
There isn’t a poker player alive that participates in tournament poker that has not found themselves card dead in the early stages of a tournament. You go in with a plan that you are going to double up early on that one big hand, but it never seems to come. The next thing you know [...]
If you have any time at all on the tables, be it online or live, you have had to deal with bad players that we lovingly refer to as calling stations. If you don’t think that you have, you are probably one of them. A calling station is someone that will not make a raise [...]
I have been playing No Limit Texas Holdem for many, many years and parts of the game are still mysteries to me. The game is a simple one, yet mastering it can be a life long process. Every time you sit at a Texas Holdem table you will learn something new, you will gain knowledge [...]
If you are new to the game of Texas Holdem and want to take the game seriously you need to avoid common mistakes. Texas Holdem is an easy game, but there is no perfect way to play. Some amateurs and beginners make the same mistakes over and over again. You cannot avoid mistakes even the [...]
Playing short handed no limit holdem poker can be one of the most challenging forms of holdem that you can undertake. Playing short handed requires you to not only be able to read your opponents well, but be able to make adjustments in your play that you wouldn’t normally make in a full ring game. [...]
Many new No-Limit Texas Holdem players get caught in a trap over overvaluing certain hands and not folding their hands when they know they are beat. Being able to get away from hands is a skill that can be difficult to develop, but is a necessary skill, especially in tournament play. Let’s take a look [...]
Once you’ve learned the basics of no limit Texas Holdem its imperative that you learn how to play your position to become a winner. Whether you play in cash games or in tournaments, in live games or online playing position will help you win on a consistent basis. Playing a position game is not a [...]
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