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Bet sizing leads to proper hand reading. One of the advantages of playing a lot of hours is that you...
By Bart Hanson
Posted Nov 26, 2017
There is a fine balance between "shot taking" and playing a game in which the monetary factor effect...
Posted Jun 05, 2013
I am never a fan of trying to bluff players off of over pairs at the lower levels. 95% of the money ...
Posted Sep 22, 2012
One of the more common excuses I hear people use when explaining why they could not fold an overpair...
Posted Sep 15, 2012
Cash games, unlike tournaments, are about finding any advantage in a given situation, no matter how ...
Posted Sep 08, 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
We've all had it happen to us--we raise with pocket kings, get a few callers and the board comes out...
Posted Aug 18, 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
Many players get overly content when they are winning in a session. There maybe a lot of chips in fr...
Posted Aug 04, 2012
I am not sure who came up with the term “pot control” but nowadays you hear it referenced much more ...
Posted Jul 28, 2012
Whenever I think about unknown players I am reminded of a hand that I played at the Commerce Casino ...
Posted Jul 21, 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 is pretty rare that you find yourself drawing virtually dead when playing no-limit hold’em. Even ...
Posted Jun 27, 2012
One of the most powerful tools of a world class no limit player is the raise-fold for value. Raise-f...
Posted Jun 20, 2012
Running the cards more than once is a way to decrease the variance in a hand by chopping the pot int...
Posted Jun 13, 2012
If you have ever played in live cash games you know that there is a decision to be made when everyon...
Posted Jun 06, 2012
People at small stakes live no limit games fall into a lot of predictable patterns. One of the most ...
Posted May 30, 2012
Whoever came up with the phrase “if I called the turn and nothing changes I have to call the river” ...
Posted May 23, 2012
The nuts change street by street. Good poker players realize that sometimes their very strong hands ...
Posted May 16, 2012
Hand reading is a critical element in becoming a big winning player at no-limit holdem. One of the m...
Posted Apr 25, 2012
I am a huge believer in having a great image at the table. I have talked in past articles about how ...
Posted Nov 09, 2012
Often times I will make really big calls with draws. In fact, I get a lot of weird looks after makin...
Posted May 09, 2012
One the most simple yet misunderstood concepts about betting when last to act is that when you are c...
Posted Jan 24, 2013
