Poker Articles

You need to get value for your hands. Sometimes that means going broke in spectacular ways. In fact, if you do not go broke you probably messed up. Let’s look at a recent hand from one [...]

Many players learn to stick to default bet sizing as a strategy to keep opponents guessing. And it’s a good strategy to have in general, for sure. But like all default strategies, the best [...]

We are often asked the question, “When will online poker be legal in my state?” (This is a question from our US friends, who comprise the majority of our membership.) We know what the [...]

Technically, you don’t need anything to 3-bet with any two cards pre-flop. In fact, some of you nittier players might be better off just 3-betting blind as a gamble, observing what happens, [...]

Indulge me in a thought experiment. What if a mischievous poker genie granted you your “One Time” with a condition and you accepted. The condition? You must limp into every pot if [...]

Kittens, I am blocked! Specifically I am finding it impossible to complete the promised “Locals II: Something Something Something” (even the sub-title has hidden under the bed). I suspect a large [...]

I had the great pleasure of observing Lily Newhouse working her magic at Caesar’s Palace this week. I was observing a student who sat down at a $2/$5 game that Lily was also seated in. Lily [...]

You know what feels good? Felting a player, watching them stand up, hearing their buddy ask, “Are you going to buy back in?” The felted player answers, “Yeah, but I’m going to a different [...]

You have tripled-up or better, and now sit on well over 400 big blinds. What do you do? No doubt, it’s a good problem to have. Coach Doug Hull has some useful tips and additional resources [...]

Adam “W34Z3L” Jones gives a masterful breakdown of how to properly continuation bet in today’s games with his C-Betting 101 video (PRO members only). Today we’re going to pluck a nugget of [...]

I quite enjoy walking on The Strip when the temperature isn’t 115F and I’m not late for something, but there’s a stretch on the east side that invariably tilts me. It begins [...]

Why are poker players infants? We can’t have it both ways. We can’t launch ridiculously profitable surprise attacks then complain bitterly when a “fish” (however defined) makes us the victim. We [...]

“Auto-Profit Out of Position” (PRO members only) was just pushed out by coach Adam “W34Z3L” Jones, and our members are on fire about it. It’s a follow-up to his [...]

Experience. They say there’s no substitute for it. They probably weren’t looking down at the butt-end of set-over-set. My first reaction was to snap a photo for my readers: My second [...]

With the WSOP safely in the rear-view mirror, Las Vegas poker is slowly returning to normal. Freeroll promotions are back, and with them the local promo-chasers have re-emerged from their lairs. [...]

The first skill in Ed Miller’s The Course — and really, the first skill any poker player needs to master — is having a good pre-flop range. Many poker books for beginners [...]