What To Do With Kings On An Ace High Flop
September 7, 2008
Stu Ungar once said “The only thing aces are good for is winning small pots or losing big ones.” If one applies that same logic to pocket kings the same would ring even more true. Although pocket kings are theread more…
Cash Game v Tournament Play in Poker (part 2)
August 19, 2008
“Should I fold and wait for a better spot to put all my chips at risk? With only 50 players left to the money, do I have enough chips to survive the blinds and antes? How long until the blindsread more…
Cash Game v Tournament Play in Poker (part 1)
August 4, 2008
Tournament poker and cash games are like checkers and chess; they’re played on the same board, but the structure and strategies of each game are quite different. So different, in fact, that most players who excel at one type ofread more…
Playing Chipleader at the Poker Table
July 28, 2008
Turn on your television at any given time of the day (or night), and I’d be willing to bet you’ll find at least one (or more) poker shows dominating the airwaves. Poker has arrived and it’s now more mainstream thanread more…
Playing Poker Satellite Tournaments
July 21, 2008
Turn on your television at any given time of the day (or night), and I’d be willing to bet you’ll find at least one (or more) poker shows dominating the airwaves. Poker has arrived and it’s now more mainstream thanread more…
Slow Playing Poker Hands
July 14, 2008
The term slow-play, meaning to conceal the strength of a hand by checking and hoping to entice a bet behind you, has long been associated with the term sandbagging, which gives the word a negative connotation. In fact, the listread more…
Advertising a Bluff in Poker
July 7, 2008
After three long hours of play, you find yourself down to the last two tables of a poker tournament that started with just under 200 players. There are twenty players left, but only the top eighteen are rewarded. Not wantingread more…
The Importance of Versatility in Poker
June 30, 2008
Many of the prominent poker books written back when smoking was the norm in card rooms and armed raids on home games were a considerable threat, urged their readers to become familiar with more than one game. Unlike today’s technologicallyread more…
Home Poker Games
June 23, 2008
Across America and in countries all over the world, poker players unite on that one night a week to partake in one of history’s greatest traditions: poker night. Immortalized by the famous painting “Dogs Playing Poker,” and in countless sitcomsread more…
How to Make a Semi Bluff in Poker
June 16, 2008
Contrary to popular belief, most winning poker players do not bluff as much as books, movies and the average Joe Schmo give them credit for. Don’t get me wrong, if you’ve read a player at your table to be weakread more…



