Win deep-stacks
Marc ‘Mr Cool’ Goodwin gets to the bottom of some of the game’s trickiest concepts. What’s your plan for the early stages of a deep-stack? At the recent Manche...
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Pot-limit hold’em
Ex pro Julian Thew gives us his top tips for mastering Pot-limit hold’em PLAYING STYLE Both LAG and TAG styles will work, but be aware that employing a l...
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Killing the action
How the check-raise with a big hand on a heavily textured board can be your best friend Opponents who have raised before the flop in a heads-up pot are ...
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Big money time
How to navigate a path from the bubble to the final table and close out a tournament While reaching the final table is an achievement, trying to get the...
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Short stacking
Short-stacked tournament play is not simply a case of shoving all-in whenever you see an Ace If you limp or make a standard raise, you give your opponen...
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Sit-and-go strategy
The middle stages of a sit-and-go can be problematic, when you’re caught between trying to build your stack and preserve it In the middle game you...
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Streets ahead
Playing the turn and river is where it gets expensive in limit Omaha 8-or-better There’s rarely a justification to slow-play or check-raise in Omaha 8-o...
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Seven-card stud
Before hold’em took over, the game of choice was seven-card stud Seven-card stud has been described by Phil Ivey (who began his career playing stud in the card...
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Action stations
If no-limit hold’em is the Cadillac of poker, then PLO might well be the turbo-charged smoking Lamborghini The high-stakes tables on Full Tilt Poker are consta...
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Know your foe
The secret to playing winning poker isn’t just the cards, but the faces and in the actions of the people at the table The most commonly asked poker quest...
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