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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, [...]

In many games, a distinction is made between strategy and tactics. In poker, such a distinction is rarely seen. This article discusses why distinguishing between poker tactics and strategy is [...]

Does poker intuition have any place in the solver-based era? Hasn't the game been reduced to a math problem? Nah. The biggest winners still find a place for gut feeling.

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 [...]

Many players understand the importance of position in poker, but fail to proactively exploit it. This article will allow you to win the positional battle.

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

As I explained in the first article of this series, my primary goal is to facilitate an easy transition for cash-game players who want to get into tournaments. The bulk of the series will focus [...]