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Opening trash from upfront

No matter how good you are at No Limit Holdem the simple fact of the matter is that in a nine or ten...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Jun 29, 2013

Concentrate on beating bad players

Unless you are planning on playing some of the toughest games in the world most of the money that yo...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted May 24, 2013

Leveraging regulars' monetary situation

If you have ever spent a lot of time at a live poker table you will quickly realize that a lot of pl...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted May 20, 2013

Changing your plan depending on action

After busting the Main Event of the WSOP this year I was absolutely miserable. We all hear the stori...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted May 12, 2013

Inducing with a draw

The concept of inducing involves making a bet or a raise that attempts to get your opponent to make ...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Apr 18, 2013

Opponents who like to lose

Just like most of the money at the higher levels are won and lost through players steaming there is ...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Mar 29, 2013

Don't be a rule stickler

One of the most important skills in being a good, professional poker player, especially as the games...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Mar 25, 2013

Opponents' preflop raise sizing

One of the easiest things that you can pick up about the strength of your opponents’ hand comes from...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Mar 21, 2013

Good nitty players are rare

We’ve all seen these types of players before. They show up to the casino early, grab a newspaper and...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Mar 09, 2013

Value-towning people who donkbet

Often times, at the lower levels, players are not advanced enough to lead with big hands. And, if th...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Mar 05, 2013

Bluffing frequency in small games

Over the past eight years I’ve played in games as low as $1-$2 all the way up to $50-$100. Even at t...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Feb 25, 2013

Checking back top pair

As more of the money in poker has switched over to big bet games often times you will see limit play...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Jan 12, 2013

Playing through a bad image

If you have read any of my past Cardplayer articles you know how important I think short-term image ...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Dec 27, 2012

Bluffing the unbluffable

One of the biggest leaks in my poker game is giving my opponents way too much credit. Sometimes I pu...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Dec 15, 2012

Electronics at the table

It was in 2005 when I sent my first text at the poker table. Some lunatic girl of my past was compla...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Nov 13, 2012

Avoid risks early in session

I am a huge believer in having a great image at the table. I have talked in past articles about how ...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Nov 09, 2012

Avoid playing against good players

For winning players poker is like an arbitrage of a financial situation. Warren buffet once said "Pr...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Oct 12, 2012

Leveling yourself

One of the biggest mistakes that any serious player can make is giving other players too much credit...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Oct 04, 2012

Evaluating the turn

Poker is a game of incomplete information. The best players take the little information that is avai...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Sep 26, 2012

Opponents playing their draws

One of the more common excuses I hear people use when explaining why they could not fold an overpair...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Sep 15, 2012

Taking small edges

Cash games, unlike tournaments, are about finding any advantage in a given situation, no matter how ...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Sep 08, 2012

Characterizing unknown players

Whenever I think about unknown players I am reminded of a hand that I played at the Commerce Casino ...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Jul 21, 2012

Chopping the blinds

If you have ever played in live cash games you know that there is a decision to be made when everyon...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Jun 06, 2012

Using oversized chips

Recreational players do not keep close track of pot size. This becomes really evident when you see p...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Apr 02, 2012