If you’ve gotten to a stage in your poker play that you are reading articles on advanced poker strategy, it means that you have lost the training wheels and are ready for the serious stuff. There is at this level, no more holding of your hand and telling you what Read more…
This strategy falls under the trapping style of poker moves. The aim of slow playing is disguise the strength of your hand by playing it relatively weak so that your opponent over-bets or over-calls with a weaker hand. This strategy adds a layer of deception to your poker and can Read more…
If you ever read an article on playing a short stack you will realize that if you want to get anywhere in the poker world, you will have to master the art of making something from nothing; knowing how to play when things are going good is very important, but Read more…
Short handed poker is a very different animal from playing a full 9 player table. Aggression becomes more important. You will necessarily have to play a wider range of hands to make sure you are blinded out. But unless you are planning to stick exclusively to full ring games; you Read more…
In a game of fixed limit Omaha, there is often some confusion as to when to bet, and what to bet; when to come out fighting, and when not too. Personal strategies will of course always be subject to modification, however, there are a few rules of thumb that if Read more…
Omaha is one o f the most difficult poker games to get truly good at, and if you start playing it in the same way that you play Texas Hold’em you’ll be in for a nasty shock. As they say, the best place to begin at anything is at the Read more…
Not nearly enough people know about the blocking bet as a tactical move – this is a travesty that is about to be rectified! The blocking bet is essentially a tool used by one player on the River that will prohibit his opponent from making a larger, unmatchable, or unwinnable Read more…