I call some raises with hands like 8-7 suited etc because I can bust premium hands with them DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF MY OPPONENTS STACK OF COURSE. Well I feel that there is something very important about making plays like this. Many professional poker players use what is called the 5-10 rule. This is [...]
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You will no doubt have read in numerous pieces of poker literature about what has become known as the standard raise in NL Texas Holdem. If it as been folded around to you in a $25-$50 NL Hold’em game then if you want to raise with a hand like AK then make it either 3 [...]
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In this article I want to focus on the time when something very important suddenly dawned on me whilst I was reading a poker book. What I realised was that I was viewing NL Texas Hold’em poker in totally the wrong way. No doubt you will have seen some classic NL hold’em hand match ups. [...]
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It never ceases to amaze me just how many people slow play in poker in the belief that they are doing something smart. If checking monster poker hands always led to the maximum pay off then I can understand why people do it. But people see these types of play on television and think that [...]
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When you play, sometimes your hands can be limited depending on your situation and money. Usually, most poker players play more than one hand and it doesn’t matter whether you are playing offline or online. Say you’re playing Texas Hold ‘em, and you make a bet during the play. You are holding a king. Sometimes [...]
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