Poker Variance: Understanding the Swings
Professional US poker players call the game “a hard way to make an easy living” for a reason: income rarely runs in a straight line. Even with elite skill and years of...
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Understanding Expected Value
As a poker player, you will have experienced times when you made the correct decision only to have the results make you want to punch the wall. Poker is a game with...
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Heads-up Match-ups in Hold’em
In this lesson, we’re going to run through a number of heads-up match-ups that will help give you an idea of where you stand in a variety of pre-flop situations when playing...
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Poker Math & Probability
Poker is powered by mathematics—the core engine behind every strategic move at the table. While psychology can shape decisions, it’s mathematical logic that drives consistent, long-term profitability in the game. In this...
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Poker Odds & Outs Explained
In our poker math and probability lesson it was stated that when it comes to poker; “the math is essential“. While you don’t need to be a math whiz to succeed at...
What Is a Poker Rake and How Do Casinos Make Money on Poker?
If you’ve ever sat at a poker table, whether it’s live under buzzing lights or online at 2 a.m., you’ve probably seen a few chips quietly disappear from the pot. That silent...
The Independent Chip Model (ICM)
Independent Chip Modeling (ICM) determines your equity share of the prize pool in a tournament based on the stack sizes of the remaining opponents and the probability of your finish. With these...
Poker and Pot Odds
In poker there are good bets and bad bets – the game is simply a way of determining who can tell the difference. This is where the concept of pot odds comes...
Calculating Expected Value
Before you get scared that this poker lesson is all about complex math, it’s not. Yes we’ll cover some of the calculations used to determine expected value in some common situations, but...