I have played poker for a long time, nearly ten years as a pro or semi-pro. Although I have read a lot of poker theory, I have designed my own poker style. Where I play online, I see a wide range of styles from many different players. However, remember that not all styles will suit […]
If you are idle about taking notes or have an aversion to using tracking software, you need to classify players in other ways. Failing to classify players in online poker is a recipe for disaster; you cannot just spin your wheel and hope to make money. I have played a lot of full ring NLHE […]
There are many instances where you need to value bet the river in no-limit play, even with marginal holdings. This is especially true against sophisticated opponents who have a good understanding of your ranges at all stages of the hand. Let’s say you only ever bet the river with very strong hands and bluffs, checking […]
I always think that one of the key mistakes many players make in deep stack No-Limit Hold’em games is getting pot committed too often. Let me explain with an example. It has been folded around to the cut-off at NL100 ring with $100 effective stacks, who then makes it $3.50 to go. You see Queen […]
When you sit down to play in any NLHE ring game, you must know where your profit potential will come from. If you do not know this, you are committing the biggest sin in poker: guessing. As the great Amarillo “Slim” Preston once said, “Guessing is for losers.” If you sit down in a poker […]