Poker Articles

One of the most common questions we get from Vegas rookies at the Red Chip Poker forums is “where should I play poker?” We gave a detailed answer to this question in our WSOP Guide, but that, of [...]

The biggest mistake players make in knockout tournaments is failing to understand the value of the bounty. Learning to quantify the true value of each bounty can give you a significant edge over [...]

Our inaugural WSOP Player’s Guide published in 2018 was such a success that we’ve decided to update it every year until people stop reading it. It was initially intended for Vegas [...]

I’ve always enjoyed picking apart hands and it’s something that I have done regularly with my students. Sometimes the most effective part of a lesson starts with: I had a hand that [...]

Avid poker player and all time greatest swimmer Michael Phelps has a lot to teach about the power of mindset. In his book No Limits: The Will to Succeed he explains how his coach Bob Bowman would [...]

In this final part of my introductory tournament series, I’m going to break from educational convention and begin by telling you what I’m not going to talk about. I’m not [...]

When we left our tournament in my last article, the bubble had just burst and you had cashed. Congratulations! But this is no time to rest on your laurels. In fact, one can argue that the real [...]

With all of this conversation about GTO poker amongst players, it seems like exploitative poker has gone the way of the dinosaur. Who even cares about exploitative play when we have GTO solvers [...]

In the previous article in this series I discussed some general principles for early tournament play. Using a characteristic Vegas structure, we left off just as the antes were about to kick in [...]

“Balance is important in poker!” “If you don’t balance your ranges the good players will take advantage of you!” “Always use one bet-sizing for your entire range to avoid giving out info.” We’ve [...]

There are many differences between live and online poker. Online poker offers the ability to play a ton of hands in a very small amount of time. Live poker offers you physical information for [...]

For the remainder of this series I am going to break down tournaments into three stages. Exactly where these divisions occur is a little fuzzy, but roughly speaking the early, middle, and late [...]