I recently hit a nice milestone at my favorite card room, the Mirage in Las Vegas. It is not the only place I have played, but it is my favorite and most consistently profitable game. I love the [...]
The guys that had root access on poker servers so they could see the other player’s cards had an incredible advantage. But what if instead of being able to see the opponent’s hole [...]
First Order Approximations I have a degree in engineering. Early on, one of the professors said to us that “The professors are all lying to you. With each class, we lie to you less and [...]
She was sitting on a stack of $1500, and she would not stop raising or cold calling. It was the $1/$2 game at the Sands, versus one of the most aggressive opponents I had ever seen. She was 3 [...]
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 [...]
