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 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 [...]
Read MoreButton play in no limit holdem part two
So I think that it is essential that you at least try and get your technically weaker opponents to commit more money to the pot and this applies whether you play poker online or live. If they are playing tightly and are refusing to commit any money unless they have a lock or strong poker [...]
Read MoreButton Play in No Limit Holdem part one
I wanted to speak about this low stakes no limit Texas Holdem example in simply because it highlights a flaw that many weak tight low stakes players have. In fact with nearly all of these hand examples, you tend to find players at higher stakes poker equally guilty of the mistakes that I am pointing [...]
Read MoreNo Limit Play in the Big Blind
In this particular hand then the stakes are irrelevant and once again it is the concept that is important. In this No Limit Texas Hold’em poker hand I held the 8c-7d and after only being in the game for about five minutes in this six max game, it was folded around to the button who [...]
Read MoreOnline play vs live play part one
So where do you play Texas Hold’em poker? Are you the type of player who sits in casino card rooms feeling frustrated at seeing nothing more than thirty hands per hour if you are lucky? Or are you the super high tech type of poker player who has twelve tables minimised on an enlarged computer [...]
Read MoreTrouble Hands in No Limit Poker part three
HAND 4 K – Q I don’t know what it is about this hand, maybe it’s the two high paint cards that attract players but K-Q is a very dangerous hand to play in any Texas Holdem game. This is a marginal hand at best to call raises with in limit hold’em let alone no-limit. [...]
Read MoreTrouble Hands in No Limit Poker part two
HAND 2 J – 10 suited Some years ago, there was a lot of debate about the relative merits of J-10 suited. This even led to some people claiming that it was the best hand in online Texas Holdem. This is utter rubbish because pocket aces are the best starting hand pre-flop in any form [...]
Read MoreThe perils of playing live poker part one
“What do you mean, I need to watch myself”. A very direct question to what had been a very direct warning from me. A close friend of mine called Dave had been playing poker for about a year and he had only ever played online. He had asked me for advice on poker about a [...]
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