Poker Strategy Articles
Poker strategy articles for beginner to advanced levels of play.
Playing Low Level No Limit Hold´em
Whereas many of the strategy articles that you will find on the Internet and in poker training books will relate to the mid-stakes games, low level no limit hold´em consists of almost a different breed of player – not necessarily worse players, just significantly contrasting in the way that they play the game to those […]
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Putting Your Poker Opponent on a Range
How would you play your cards if you were able to determine what your opponent was holding? The usual answer to this question is “more profitably”, but without cheating or having X-ray spectacles it is unlikely that you will never know for sure until the showdown. There is however one way in which you can […]
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Short Handed and Short Stacked
With it being high season for live UK Poker Tournaments, we have been looking at some of the major performances during the final table action, and a particularly impressive rearguard action by Roland de Wolfe was one of the highlights of the final days play at the WSOPE in London at the end of September. […]
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Whats Luck Got to do with it?
There is a quote from Brad Gilbert´s book “Winning Ugly” which all poker players should take note of:- “No matter how hard you work, no matter how great your talent, your mind is the ultimate weapon. Most players use it against themselves… when you are the master of your mind, you will master the art […]
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Odds and Sods
Knowing your odds of making a top hand in Texas Hold´em Poker is one of the ways of ensuring that you are a profitable player in the long term. If you know that three times out of four you are going to win a hand, then it makes it worth playing every time, because for […]
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Make the Most of the MTT Doldrums
The Doldrums is an area of water a few degrees either side of the equator where trade winds converge and their subsequent calmness could trap sailing ships for weeks before they could continue on their voyage. Sometimes this inactivity would drive sailors crazy, whilst others used the time wisely to prepare for their journey home. […]
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Check Raising Strategy
Check/Raising is a potentially lucrative poker strategy when applied in the right circumstances. It requires that you have a good idea about the betting tendencies of players on the table behind you in the betting and should only be used in situations when you have a very strong hand. The concept behind the strategy is […]
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Best Way To Play Pocket Aces
There is a lot of debate about the right way to play AA in Texas Hold´em poker, with notable figures such as Phil Hellmuth and Doyle Brunson advocating going all-in after a re-raise, and Dan Harrington and Randy Ray suggesting that it is better to increase the value of the pot first without driving everyone […]
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Size Matters
When players come to a ring game short-stacked it is frequently a sign that they are cautious about the amount of money they are prepared to lose or may lack confidence in their abilities. The excuse that it is good bankroll management is a load of tosh, because if what they brought to the table […]
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Bankroll Management and Porridge
Sometimes you get to a poker table and you can sense something is inherently wrong. In much the same way as Father Bear returned from his walk in the story of Goldilocks to discover somebody had been eating his porridge, even though you are in the right place – things around you do not seem […]
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