Poker Articles

Understanding the Balance of Folding and Calling In the game of poker, finding the right balance between folding and calling is crucial. Folding too much puts us at risk of being exploited by [...]

Introduction to poker bluffing In the world of poker, mastering the art of bluffing is a key element in achieving success at the tables. Bluffing involves deceiving your opponents by representing [...]

Introduction In the world of poker, there has always been a recognition that skill plays a crucial role in the game. While luck can certainly play a part in the short term, it is the long-term [...]

Once upon a time, there was a false dichotomy in the poker world. Some practitioners of the game attempted to divide it into “feel” players and “math” players. It is true [...]

Have you ever heard the claim that the late stages of poker tournaments are not “real poker” because these contests become “shove-fests”? It is a fairly common complaint, [...]

If you have played any poker at all, or even just watched some on television or stream, you will have doubtless been offered some advice. Sometimes these alleged nuggets of wisdom are clearly not [...]

The amount of information available to help you play winning poker has exploded in recent years. For an inexperienced player, the sheer volume of hand charts, conventions on sizing bets, and even [...]

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If you are fairly new to studying poker, you are likely aware of the existence of preflop poker charts, but are less clear on why and how you should use them. In this article, we provide a [...]

Most people begin their poker journey well away from the bright lights and noise of a casino or public card room. But whether the starting point is a home game with friends at the kitchen table, [...]

The late Mike Sexton introduced the popular World Poker Tour television show with the following words: “The name of the game is no-limit Texas hold’em; the game that takes a minute to learn, but [...]

The GTO Ranges App by Red Chip Poker constitutes the end-point of the most ambitious and extensive GTO research project we have ever conducted. It is also very much an ongoing project. Not only [...]

Good poker players have long attempted (and sometimes succeeded) in harnessing the power of bet-sizing tells. The idea is that the bet sizes our opponents choose may give away important [...]

WSOP 2022: LAS VEGAS POKER TOURNAMENT GUIDE The most famous poker series in the world returns to Las Vegas this summer, with the 53rd World Series of Poker kicking off on May 31st and extending [...]