I played a hand this weekend and lost all my chips, I'm going to relay the hand to you now, and maybe you can tell me if I could have escaped from it. Please bear in mind I only consider... Continue Reading →
17 min interview with chess genius and poker player, Jeff Sarwer. If you are looking to take your online game to the next level, this video has some suggestions to help you. What do you think about his suggestion that... Continue Reading →
This is a 45min intermediate strategy video, from James "Splitsuit" Sweeney, about optimizing your bet sizes to improve your win rate. It's very detailed, with precise advice and some excellent visual representations. One of my favourite things about this video... Continue Reading →
Game: Party Poker Premier League Season 7 Players: Jason Koon, Phil Laak, Daniel Coleman, Daniel "Jungleman" Cates Why is it interesting?: Preflop: I'm not a massive fan of an early position opening raise with 1010 in tournament play; maybe that's just me being... Continue Reading →
Yesterday, I posted a hand in which Tom Dwan won a huge pot with an epic bluff, and then I lauded the power of pure aggression. See Dwan's epic bluff here. Today, I'm posting a hand where Tom Dwan wins money... Continue Reading →
20 mins from Evan at gripsed.com on mid/late stage stack building in MTTs. It's beginner strategy, but I think this is relevant to a lot of experienced players, especially cash players who don't play many tourneys, or smaller field players who occasionally... Continue Reading →
This is a video of a very famous hand of poker. It perfectly shows the power that pure aggression, in the right spots, can have at a poker table. Dwan found a spot for aggression in this game, because he... Continue Reading →
This guy is very clever, he has a long list of qualifications and achievements in poker, and life in general. My favourite fact about him is that he was part of the MIT BlackJack team that was featured in book... Continue Reading →
"Somehow, in a day and age of poker where the largest majority of serious players are using a computer to play against faceless opponents, people who have never been dealt a hand are aware of one of the most complicated soft-skills of poker. How has this happened?"
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