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If you have read my past Cardplayer articles you know that I am not a big fan of slowplaying. In fac...
By Bart Hanson
Posted Feb 17, 2013
For winning players poker is like an arbitrage of a financial situation. Warren buffet once said "Pr...
Posted Oct 12, 2012
Multiway action can sometimes make it easier to hand read. When you are playing against predictable ...
Posted Oct 11, 2015
One of the more common non strategy based questions that I receive on twitter or via email has to do...
Posted Apr 09, 2014
In general the shorter the starting stacks the less the overall skill and the greater the variance. ...
Posted Dec 22, 2014
One of the most important elements in making successful short-term gambles is the ability to control...
Posted Jan 04, 2013
After busting the Main Event of the WSOP this year I was absolutely miserable. We all hear the stori...
Posted May 12, 2013
Don’t get upset if you make the right fold preflop and then happen to flop the nutsI was watching an...
Posted Jan 22, 2017
Most recreational players don't bet trips strongly on a non-draw heavy paired board. If you are lo...
Posted Jun 01, 2015
I remember 7-8 years ago when online training sites first came out that one of their most useful pie...
Posted Oct 06, 2014
Those of you who have played PLO know that sometimes in a multiway pot a non-nutty, two-way draw can...
Posted Jan 01, 2014
Just like most of the money at the higher levels are won and lost through players steaming there is ...
Posted Mar 29, 2013
You have been there before. The game is tight and almost dead. You look around for a table change bu...
Posted Nov 21, 2012
This was the quote that Alan Kessler shared with me while playing in a 40-80 Omaha 8 or better game ...
Posted Feb 13, 2013
In capped games, a large percentage of your winrate is directly correlated to preflop hand selection...
Posted Oct 08, 2012
Postflop Check-raising If you play low stakes cash games, getting tricky with turn and river check-r...
Posted Sep 03, 2023
Sometimes in PLO, even if you are ahead in equity vs top set with a monster draw it may be better to...
Posted Apr 03, 2016
Towards the end of the night games get good because people are stuck and need to work in the morning...
Posted Dec 15, 2014
When you flop the nut flush deep fast playing can be the most deceptive line (concept revisited)One ...
Posted Mar 02, 2015
Even at the lower levels of no limit these days most players understand the concept of bluffing scar...
Posted Apr 02, 2014
As we find ourselves in the middle of the WSOP I figured that it would be a good time to discuss the...
Posted Jul 16, 2014
One of the biggest mistakes that I see people make at the lower levels is overplaying their draws. T...
Posted Jun 21, 2013
Sometimes you can bluff because of relative positionA few weeks ago I played an interesting hand in ...
Posted Oct 15, 2017
You should always consider what your opponent may be overplaying when you get raised and hold a stro...
Posted Oct 05, 2015