Texas Holdem

Floating

The float move is a pretty common tool at all stakes of poker because of its effectiveness and ease of use.  The float is one of the easiest ways to steal a pot from a preflop raiser.  The float involves nothing more than calling a bet on the flop with … more

Value Betting

Value bets represent one of the biggest lost opportunities in poker.  Poker players around the world are missing out on all kinds of money by not value betting enough.

Value bets are bets you place on the river when you think you have a better hand than your opponent.  It sounds … more

Bullying to Generate Action

Online poker has been around long enough that the majority of your opponents have read some sort of basic strategy by now.  As a result the games have gotten a little tighter over the years.  That doesn’t mean you have to settle for a lower winrate, though.  Oh no, you … more

Pot Odds and Draws

To all my fellow math-haters out there: give this article a chance.  The concept of pot odds isn’t as bad as it sounds.  All pot odds do is tell you whether or not it’s profitable to call a bet.  If the pot odds are in your favor, you can call.  … more

The Slap-A-Clown

The slap-a-clown is one of my favorite no limit poker plays. I didn’t actually invent it, so I guess I technically shouldn’t even be naming it. It doesn’t really have a name, but people use it all the time. That’s sad because this is one of the best moves in … more

Pot Control in Poker

Pot control is the art of manipulating the size of the pot based on the relative strength of your hand.  “Relative strength of your hand” refers to how strong your hand is in comparison to the likely range of hands of your opponent.  This means that the tighter your opponent … more

Improving Your Game

If you want to make more money at poker, you need to constantly work on improving your game.  By doing this you can make more money at your current stakes and move up to higher stakes successfully.

The most important factor in improving your game is your mindset.  It takes the … more

Heads Up Strategy

I have a little secret that took me a while to figure out. This is something I’ve finally learned after beating my head into the wall over and over again expecting different results each time.  Hopefully I can save some of you heads up newbies the trouble.  In small stakes … more

Breakdown of a Small Stakes Hand

Today’s article will be a breakdown of a small stakes no limit hand. One of our viewers submitted this hand for review so here it goes. The analysis will show some of the thinking we should do when playing a hand.

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold’em, $0.10 BB (6 handed)

saw flop|saw showdown

CO … more

Position

I’m sure you’ve heard it a million times already.  “Remember the importance of position.”  It gets old but unfortunately for those of you who are sick of hearing it, it’s incredibly important.  Position is so important because, even though the importance of position is ground into us every day, we … more

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