The question is rather straight forward, which poker hand would you rather have? Well I haven’t told you the hands yet or the situation but the game is deep stacked no-limit Texas Hold’em and the two hands in question are Qd-Qs and 7d-6d. I can almost hear you all now saying how this is a [...]
Read MoreRisky raising in no limit holdem
Often when you raise in no limit Texas Hold’em, it will be in situations where your hand isn’t strong enough for that line of betting. In deep stack cash games then this can be a very serious problem. In poker tournaments then it is different because the blind to stack ratio is much smaller. So [...]
Read MoreIs Bwin.com a Safe Poker Room? I Think So
With new online poker controversy circulating throughout the online poker news feeds and poker forum discussions many poker players are wondering who are the most safe poker rooms to play on. This article is designed to pass on my own experience of a poker room that I trust and who millions of other sports bettors [...]
Read MoreLimit Holdem play from the flop onwards part two
What scuppers many players in Texas Holdem poker tournaments is the lack of ability at playing short handed. Some of the weaker players who either bust out early or survive until the middle stages or if they are lucky, just squeeze into the money in most cases have no experience of heads up play or [...]
Read MoreNew Security Risk at Cereus Network Reported
There has been another report of a vulnerability in the cereus network that further blackens the online poker reputation of two of the larger poker sites on the Internet. The poker tracking database website Poker Table Ratings outlined a new security risk that affects the Cereus network, which powers previous online poker bad-boys Absolute Poker [...]
Read MoreLimit play from the flop onwards part one
Right, so what do you want me to say and tell you here? Poker goes way beyond giving people a few hand examples. You could put five hundred hand examples in a book, in fact make it a thousand and it will still not prepare you for actual play. Do not be disappointed with what [...]
Read MoreA Hand in Action at No Limit Holdem part two
Having another strong player at Texas Hold’em hold superior position over you robs you of many plays that you can make. For instance, you will have to be far more selective about attacking the blinds from the cut-off. Also if a weaker player limps in and you raise to try and isolate against them then [...]
Read MoreA Hand in Action at No Limit Holdem part one
This is a concept that could easily be applied to any level and even though it was played at the $10-$20 no limit Texas Hold’em level at www.pokerstars.co.uk , it could just as well be played at any other. In fact, this has nothing to do with the actual playing of the hand but in [...]
Read MoreSmall blind play in no limit holdem
I have included this example from small stakes online poker to highlight what I believe to be a serious flaw in the games of many small stakes players. This was a hand that was sent to me by a player who later became one of my students. He was in the small blind with the [...]
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