Lou Krieger

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Lou Krieger

The author of many best-selling poker books, including “Hold’em Excellence” and “Poker for Dummies”. A true ambassador of the game and one of poker’s greatest ever teachers.

LATEST ARTICLES FROM Lou Krieger

How Poker Has Changed

Lou Krieger • August 17, 2010

Poker has changed more rapidly over the past few years than it has in the entirety of the game’s history. Seven years...

Trust Your Reads and Poker Instincts

Lou Krieger • July 16, 2010

“Trust your instincts, class.” Those were a teacher’s words back when I was a teenager and prepping for one of the myriad...

Being a Staked Poker Player

Lou Krieger • June 15, 2010

It may come as a surprise to you, but a large number of tournament poker players - the pros that you see...

Pay Attention to Your Opponent’s Stack Size

Lou Krieger • May 15, 2010

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...

Poker’s Most Common Mistakes

Lou Krieger • April 11, 2010

When I was in college, a journalism professor told our class (we all fancied ourselves future newspaper or magazine columnists back then)...

On the Short Stack

Lou Krieger • March 24, 2010

Regardless of whether you’re playing in a poker tournament or a cash game, it’s seldom fun to play on a short stack,...

The Essence of Split-Pot Poker Games

Lou Krieger • March 10, 2010

Split-pot games are different by nature than games like Texas hold’em, where the high hand is usually the only winner. Whenever the...

No Limits on Limit Hold’em

Lou Krieger • February 27, 2010

Way back in poker’s dark ages (the years prior to 2003, before Chris Moneymaker won the World Series of Poker’s main event...

Masterclass: Dan Harrington’s Squeeze Play

Lou Krieger • February 12, 2010

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...