When to trust your poker reads?
At some point in every poker player's career, there will be a point where you need to throw common sense out the window and really trust your gut. That's especially [...]
Checking Range OOP on paired dry boards
I don't normally play FR. But I like checking paired dry boards OOP into people and seeing what they do on the flop, because I can generally get a pretty [...]
Why poker stats matter – PT. 3
So continuing on with my mini-series on poker stats, I want to talk briefly about pre-flop 3-betting. Really I think this should be a pretty easy area for people [...]
Value your opponents bad range
So here's a common spot that happened in a hand while a student of mine was observing and sweating me. We were playing 6-max against a fish that was [...]
Why poker stats matter – PT2
Like I said in my previous blog post, stats matter. They really do. I talked about VPIP/PFR in my last blog and want to highlight some key players that will [...]
Why Stats Matter: Part 1 – VPIP/PFR
Quite frequently I've read a comment in a popular poker forum, like 2+2, that just makes me shake my head and laugh. If you've read enough poker strategy forums, [...]
Bully the Bully
I'm writing this because I hear this question asked so often, "What should I ideally do against really loose aggressive opponents?". It's a good question of course, and I often [...]
Allow your opponents to make the biggest mistake
We've probably all heard it before, but it's a great reminder. Don't ever put your opponents in a position when they can get away from a second best hand. Especially [...]
Bet Sizing vs. Fish
I could go on any poker forum hand discussion thread right now and find hundreds of hand reviews with really poor bet sizing versus weak opponents. Poor bet sizing versus [...]
The Simple Truth About Diet
I wrote a bit about the importance of diet in polished poker Vol. I, especially when playing long sessions or tournaments live. I could have written a ton more because [...]