Big slick matters
Ace-King is a great pre-flop hand but what happens if you miss the flop in a multi-way pot? SCENARIO 1 You’re playing in an online no-limit tournament an...
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Shortstack strategy
A stack is considered short when it reaches ten big blinds or fewer is it really push/fold at this juncture? If you know you are likely to be dominated ...
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Block party
The blocking bet should be a staple move for every cash game player A blocking bet is a bet you place out on the river, when you are first to act. The purpose ...
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Trigger Happy
Pre-flop stealing happened from the button, but when that became too obvious, players did it from the cut-off Raising from the cut-off had a lot to reco...
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Size matters
In just one hand in any given tournament, the balance of power at a table can change markedly Of the many things to consider before entering a pot, stack sizes...
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Putting players on hands
Each month top British poker pro Marc ‘Mr Cool’ Goodwin gets to the bottom of some of the game’s trickiest concepts How can you put an early position raiser on...
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Blind defence
It’s a painful reality that your blinds will often be at the mercy of better-positioned opponents in short-handed cash games One of the incontestable truths ab...
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Poker clinic
Run your poker problems past resident InsidePoker expert Willie Tann HOW DID I STACK UP? Here is a hand that I am not sure if I played correctly recently. It w...
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Head-to-head
Heads-up no-limit hold’em is poker at its purest; the cards have the least bearing and your reading skills need to be spot on What will our pros do in the foll...
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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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