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An assortment of poker strategy articles. Please see our poker school for more educational content.

Hold’em strategies continue to evolve and catch the fancy of some players and are dismissed by others. One such strategy is “Floating” Read more

When it comes to poker, I’ve often written that knowledge is power and guessers are losers – and while I do adhere to those two dictums, let’s face …
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If you’ve ever grown frustrated playing poker tournaments, don’t sweat it. Keep in perspective that even the best players in the world don’t win that often. Read more

While all good poker players have the skill to make tough decisions correctly more often than not, great players also have courage that supports their convictions. Read more

In my last article I addressed the first three of the six pieces of conventional poker wisdom that I have found exception to. In this article I’ll deal …
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Be proactive and always have a plan. I know when you decide to play poker you’re not planning to fail, so make sure you don’t fail to plan. …
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Conventional poker wisdom is passed down from teacher to student and from one generation to the next. These poker generalizations seem so simple that they are rarely, if …
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Tweet, tweet… what does a canary have to do with poker? I’m certain you are all familiar with the use of pigeons, donkeys and fish as poker terms …
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This is a story of a poker player who misread – or more likely, really never even took a good look – at his opponent’s stack size, and …
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Tricky poker players are those who deliberately mix up their play – not consistently playing the same hand in the same situation the same way. A tricky poker …
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