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I am never a fan of trying to bluff players off of over pairs at the lower levels. 95% of the money ...
By Bart Hanson
Posted Sep 22, 2012
There are primarily three reasons to bet in No limit holdem. The first and most important is betting...
Posted Sep 01, 2012
Whenever I have a new student come to me for lessons they always want to talk about a big bluff that...
Posted Aug 25, 2012
One of the most frustrating things that can happen in big bet hold'em is having an opponents over pa...
Posted Aug 11, 2012
One of the biggest mistakes that I see at the lower stakes of no-limit is the check-call on the rive...
Posted Jul 04, 2012
It’s easy to spot a flush draw. As opponents become more skillful they recognize when flushes are a ...
Posted Feb 28, 2012
When the pot is large and your opponent only calls a big bet or raise without much money behind ther...
Posted Mar 20, 2016
Everyone knows how strongly I feel about a general game plan of bet folding at the mid stakes and lo...
Posted Mar 26, 2014
Play a hand with me; $25-$50-$100 vs JC Tran. Poker Night in America cash game. A few weeks ago I ha...
Posted Feb 07, 2016
If you have ever spent a lot of time at a live poker table you will quickly realize that a lot of pl...
Posted May 20, 2013
People confuse the term polarization a lot even though it is a very simple concept. Simply put when ...
Posted Dec 23, 2012
Multiway action can sometimes make it easier to hand read. When you are playing against predictable ...
Posted Oct 11, 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
If you have read any of my past Cardplayer articles you know how important I think short-term image ...
Posted Dec 27, 2012
The concept of inducing involves making a bet or a raise that attempts to get your opponent to make ...
Posted Apr 18, 2013
Whenever someone comes to me for a general “game plan” of preflop strategy I often tell them that it...
Posted Oct 20, 2014
In an earlier Cardplayer column I discussed the merits of sometimes delayed continuation betting aga...
Posted Dec 19, 2012
You should consider backdoor equity when making a continuation bet bluff.A few years ago over at my ...
Posted Dec 10, 2017
There are a number of different variables that go into making a good continuation bet bluff spot. Ev...
Posted Jun 04, 2014
After busting the Main Event of the WSOP this year I was absolutely miserable. We all hear the stori...
Posted May 12, 2013
Most players are incapable of turning medium strength hands into bluffs. Use this to your advantage ...
Posted Aug 31, 2015
Sometimes you can bluff because of relative positionA few weeks ago I played an interesting hand in ...
Posted Oct 15, 2017
A few weeks ago I embarked on an east coast poker trip to the Turning Stone Casino in upstate NY to ...
Posted Aug 24, 2015
Sometimes a semi-bluff raise on the TURN adds much more fold equity than a raise on the FLOP.About t...
Posted Dec 25, 2016
