Gender stereotyping
Be careful about living up to classic gender stereotypes, or you may find yourself being played for a fool Under pressure, many men tend to default to a...
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Taking it slow
The success of a slow-play is all about knowing your opponent’s tendencies and waiting for the right moment When choosing to slow-play big hands, you ha...
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Pot-control
If you want to succeed in deep-stack cash games, you must learn how to control the pot The most important distinctions between cash game and tournament poker a...
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Science of straddling
Straddling has long been considered akin to putting your money on the blackjack tables The biggest reason to straddle is to loosen the game up on the wh...
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Setting up
Flopping or facing a set is far more common in pot-limit hold’em than in no-limit Previously we looked at pot-limit versus no-limit and their differing nuances...
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Keep the faith
Be sure to have faith in your abilities, and you will become a winning poker player This year’s Main Event winner – the inescapably likeable Jerry ...
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Loose Cannons
A loose-aggressive style of play in no-limit can make you a dominant force at the table If you could create a robot to play poker perfectly how would it play? ...
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Action on the river
Got yourself into a tricky river dilemma in a deep-stack cash game? You can’t do much better than asking two winners and one runner-up from the Grosvenor UK Po...
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Raising hell
When your bet is answered with a nasty little raise instead of a call or fold – take stock of things When you’ve been raised in a no-limit c...
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Poker Clinic
One of the golden rules of winning poker is that you can’t – and shouldn’t – try to win every pot YOU CAN’T WIN ‘EM ALL I was playing in a nine-handed no- limi...
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