Continuation Betting
Marc ‘Mr Cool’ Goodwin on some of the game’s trickiest concepts: How and why should you continuation bet? What is a continuation bet? A continuation bet is a b...
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Hunter gatherer
Chip accumulation versus chip preservation – it’s the age-old argument. The question is, can you do both? When I first started playing tournaments, I played as...
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Monster flop
You’re the aggressor, you’re in position and you’ve flopped a monster against just one opponent TERMINOLOGY DOG – Abbreviated form of ‘underdog&rsq...
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Poker clinic
Don’t go sniffing after a losing player’s mucked hands, and don’t be put off by one bad cash game experience CRACKING UP I rarely play cash games, preferring t...
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Free your mind
You might think that giving free cards is a practice best avoided – but there are certain exceptional circumstances In hold’em, aggression is usually rew...
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Mind the gap
The Gap Concept was coined by David Sklansky over five years ago, but it still has much relevance You need a better hand to call a raise than to make a raise. ...
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Middle ground
As you approach the bubble of a sit&go, you may be tempted to creep into the money We have looked at the optimum strategy for the opening stages of a sit&...
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Big daddy
Having a big stack in a tournament is one of poker’s great pleasures Ahhh, to be a big stack – the daddy of the table. The blinds are rising? Good, because I’m...
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Turbo strategy
Turbo sit-and-gos aren’t just crapshoots, if you play them well you can find consistent profit Overcommitting yourself by putting too much in is a horre...
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Dead man’s hands
Get the knowledge – beat the field The lesson is, greed is liable to get your fingers burnt How many ‘What happened next?’ type situat...
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