Trust Your Reads and Poker Instincts
“Trust your instincts, class.” Those were a teacher’s words back when I was a teenager and prepping for one of the myriad standardized tests administered to see how we were progressing with...
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Violating Conventional Poker Wisdom – Part II
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 with the remaining three....
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Before You Play Poker… Have a Plan
Have you ever heard the expression, most people do not plan to fail, however, many people fail to plan? I think it's a pretty neat adage which could lead us to conclude...
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Violating Conventional Poker Wisdom – Part I
Poker is a complex game – easy to learn but hard to master. Accordingly, many have tried to simplify the learning of poker strategy by embracing broad generalizations about the game. Many...
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The Poker Canary – A Lesson in Set Mining
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 but canaries might be...
Pay Attention to Your Opponent’s Stack Size
I was playing in a $1,000 maximum buy-in, $2-$5 no-limit game recently, when a new player sat down two seats to my right and bought in for $1,000. On the third hand...
Dealing with Tricky Poker Players
There are many types of poker players. Most are relatively easy for the good player to read. They tend to play hands within a certain range in certain situations. They tend to...
Poker’s Most Common Mistakes
When I was in college, a journalism professor told our class (we all fancied ourselves future newspaper or magazine columnists back then) this wonderful truth: When you have trouble coming up with...
On the Short Stack
Regardless of whether you’re playing in a poker tournament or a cash game, it’s seldom fun to play on a short stack, although it’s easier out in a cash game because you...
Dogging It!
Has your game gone to the dogs? Dogging it is an expression describing weak play on the end of a hand. If you’re not familiar with the expression, I’m sure you’ll be...
The Essence of Split-Pot Poker Games
Split-pot games are different by nature than games like Texas hold’em, where the high hand is usually the only winner. Whenever the pot is split in hold’em, it’s because two or more...
Right Between the Eyes!
Right between the eyes is a description which normally refers to a top notch shot which stops a foe in his tracks. Other phrases used to depict this type of excellent marksmanship...
No Limits on Limit Hold’em
Way back in poker’s dark ages (the years prior to 2003, before Chris Moneymaker won the World Series of Poker’s main event after gaining entry via a $40 online satellite) no-limit hold’em...
Masterclass: Dan Harrington’s Squeeze Play
Situation: 2004 World Series of Poker Final Table Stacks : Greg Raymer 7,920,000Josh Arieh 3,890,000Matt Dean 3,435,000David Williams 3,250,000Glenn Hughes 2,375,000Dan Harrington 2,320,000Al Kruk 2,175,000 This often discussed hand from the 2004...
