Every poker player faces days when the cards fall cold and patience wears thin. The game’s unpredictability makes it fun, but it also demands something beyond strategy — it demands endurance. Mental...

In poker, “tilt” refers to a state of emotional frustration that leads players to make reckless or irrational decisions. Often triggered by bad beats, extended losing streaks, or antagonizing opponents, tilt doesn’t...

A poker table tests more than your cards; it tests your control. Emotions rise and fall with every hand, and even skilled players lose focus when frustration or excitement takes over. That’s...

This poker lesson is not going to suggest you take a notepad to your local card room and jot down all of the action you witness. Taking a spiral notebook to the...

Where poker tilt is concerned, prevention is always better than cure. You'll save yourself a lot of wasted time, squandered money, and unnecessary grief if you can spot the warning signs ahead...

Commonly mentioned but often forgotten, bankroll management is one of the skills that many poker players always talk about improving but never take any steps toward that goal. We always seem to...

One of the concerns that I frequently hear, especially among small stakes poker players, is when and how to move up to a bigger game. How do you know if you are...

Most dedicated poker players are constantly analyzing their play and that’s important if you aspire to continuous improvement. There are a number of ways to get a bead on what you’re doing...

Information, which is the cornerstone of knowledge, is only of value if put to good use. You should always be reviewing a checklist to make sure you are putting your poker knowledge...

Never forget that only dead fish swim with the stream — Malcolm Muggeridge. Everybody loves a winner. Any time we see someone, or something, emerge victorious in a difficult situation, that always...

So you’re doing great. You’re at the $2/5 no limit table and you are ruling. You sat down with $300, doubled up in the first ten minutes when your A-K improved to...

Picture a man, sitting on a hillside. He has a gun and he's firing random shots at the side of a barn some yards away. Before long, the wall of the barn...

I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes - Carl Sandburg Humans behave irrationally when making economic decisions. This notion is central to the study of behavioral finance. And nowhere...

Poker is a demanding game. It requires clear, rational decisions in the midst of a complex and constantly shifting landscape. The more bad decisions we make, the more bad results we get. And...

Conflict is what poker's all about. This is a central truth of the game that we all deal with every time we sit down to play. We're trying to beat the other...

Whether you play poker for a living as a means of extra income, or as a passionate hobby, one of the greatest things about being a poker player is the chance to be...

Whether you're a casual player or a professional, there is always some element of pressure to succeed in poker. Poker is a competitive game and as with anything in life, you want...

He who exercises no forethought but makes light of his opponents is sure to be captured by them - Sun Tzu In poker, everything is relative - including and perhaps especially your...

Everything in moderation - Socrates It's no secret how negative emotions can impact the way we play the game of poker. Fear can transform even the strongest of poker players into a...

Talk to a friend or acquaintance who doesn’t play poker. Ask him about what he thinks are the two or three most important things to learn about the game of poker. I...

We have met the enemy and he is us - Walt Kelly Why do otherwise sane, smart poker players occasionally play like fish? I'm not talking about recreational poker players who don't...

Poker is war. Though we might not always recognize it as such. Poker disguises itself under the veneer of a civilized game, where chips stand in for bullets and victory is a...

What drives you to play poker? When you sit down to play, what are you goals - what is it exactly that you want to accomplish? To pass the time and socialize...

I bet the title of this article caught your attention, especially if you fall prey to the universally eschewed poker downfall of going on tilt. There are many forms of tilt and...

He that lives upon hope will die fasting - Ben Franklin I can take the despair. It's the hope I can't stand - John Cleese, in the film 'Clockwise' We've always been...

Prevention is better than cure —Desiderius Erasmus It is a peculiar trait of poker that in order to be a consistent winner, you cannot care too much about the money you're trying...