I was up in Atlantic City last week playing some live Limit Hold’em and as usual, I took some notes on mistakes made at the tables and various unusual plays. The games I were in were remarkably good for lower stakes limit games, so I actually put in a decent amount of time. Today, I [...]
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If you play much Hold’em against more experienced players, you will hear the term “polarized range” come up. This is a term that has really developed since the advent of the poker boom and is very helpful in determining what type of hand that you are against. Today we will discuss what a polarized range [...]
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When playing Texas Hold’em, there will be times where you will want to draw at a hand, but will want to do so cheaply. The way to accomplish this is via a raise to try and buy a free card. This skill is highly important in the game of limit Hold’em. Let’s take a look [...]
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In this article I want to lift the lid on just what professional poker actually is in 2010 and to wipe away the crap and the smokescreen that is created. The reason that I have discussing this topic is very simple. During your poker life, you will be constantly bombarded by pictures and stories about [...]
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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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A few years ago I wrote an e-book on SNG’s which primary practiced a time honoured strategy of playing very tightly during the early levels and then significantly increasing the level of aggression later on. As with all forms of poker and poker tournaments, well documented strategies become less and less effective the more people [...]
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Having just gone through my fortieth birthday, I would have to say that I would definitely fall into the category of “old school” these days. Online poker has got significantly tougher and that applies to all poker games. The new young breed of online poker players are savvy with regards to technological software and its [...]
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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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