Following on from part four then and we have the fifth and final part of this series here. The reason why I said that this was more subtle was because a player must be at a certain level of sophistication in order to realise what the odds are for hitting outs themselves before they can [...]
Read MoreLooking for the poker fish part four
In the last article, we took a look at some of the things that identify a weak player. In this article, we will start looking at spotting “fish” through the quality of their play. There is a large amount of information on this subject that I feel that I need to share with you and [...]
Read MoreLooking for the poker fish part two
This series of articles will help you identify two very important key areas in Texas Holdem poker. Firstly, how to spot a fish and secondly, realising if you yourself fall into this category. I am going to concentrate on visual and audible information given to us by observing and listening to our opponents in this [...]
Read MoreAre you suited to limit holdem part three
Carrying on from part two and firstly you don’t know who the eighteen year old kid is and secondly you don’t know how he earns his money and how long he has been playing the game so you don’t really know if he is a winner at all but yet you are trying to emulate [...]
Read MoreWhich poker hand would you rather have?
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 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 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, 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 the decision taken [...]
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 [...]
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