Author Archives: PokerPlayer

We analyse an audacious hand from UK poker pro Neil Channing: “I...

1 Oct 2009

UK pro Neil Channing is a fixture in the big game at the Vic where the cash games can be huge. During one big session he pulled off this audacious move… ... Continue Reading

Gala Harbourside Bristol

1 Oct 2009

Our spotlight falls on Bristol’s plush Gala Harbourside casino There used to be three different casinos in Bristol where you could play tournament poker,... Continue Reading

Play Against Raises

1 Sep 2009

The most effective strategies against early position raises in no-limit hold’em tournaments There was a time, believe it or not, when an early position raise m... Continue Reading

Tourney Bet Sizing

1 Sep 2009

Aaron Hendrix looks at late stage tournament dynamics and how play is altered by the depth of money involved In the past when talking about end-of-tournament b... Continue Reading

Stack Size Dynamics

1 Sep 2009

The relative size of the stacks at the table should influence your play in the late stages of a tournament Stack dynamics affects what hands you can play and w... Continue Reading

Five- and Six-Card Omaha

1 Sep 2009

Alex Scott looks at the degenerate-attracting variants of five- and six-card Omaha For some poker players, four hole cards and six two-card combinations are ju... Continue Reading

PLO Fishing

1 Sep 2009

Online pro Michael Piper shows you how to maximise your profits by identifying and exploiting the PLO fish This is part five in Michael Piper’s expert gu... Continue Reading

PLO Sit&Gos

1 Sep 2009

Phil Shaw looks at pot-limit Omaha sit&gos and shows you how to excel at this ever-popular game Pot-limit Omaha has grown in popularity over the past few ... Continue Reading

Big Hand vs Big Draw

1 Sep 2009

When big hands run into big draws it can make for some tough decisions – Team PKR pro Andrew Teng guides you through Scenario One You are playing in a li... Continue Reading

Inducing Bluffs

1 Sep 2009

Alex Martin looks at how to extract maximum value by inducing your ?opponents to bluff Inducing a bluff is not rocket science. It is simply a clever way of ext... Continue Reading