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The Ability To Read A Player: An Essential Poker Skill

I have done very well for myself at this game of ours. Yes, I have math skills. Yes, I have discipline. Yes, I have a love and respect for the game. But most importantly, I have the God given ability to read a player. The truth is we all have tells. Yes, I will repeat [...]

Pricing In & Pot Committed: Lessons In A Poker Tournament

What I would like to once again point out is how this methodology is applied differently in cash games than in tournament play. In a cash game this is a very good strategy to implement whenever possible. If the pot odds are there are you have already priced in then it is obvious that you [...]

Recommended Poker Books For All Types of Players

Super System and Super System 2 are the “old” and “new” testament of your new found religion. Read them well. I thought that the section on Limit Hold’em, written by Jennifer Harman, was exceptional.

Harrington on Hold’em Volume 1 & 2. One of the best set of poker books I have every picked up. Well written, great examples,

How The Novice Player Can Have A Direct Affect

All too often I hear the phrase that poker is poker. There is no difference on how you play in a cash no limit game then in a tournament no limit game. Anyone who makes such a statement either has not played much in the way of high stakes cash games, or they have a [...]

Additional Hand

At the Foxwoods WPT main event this year I found myself in a hand where pot the ability to calculate pot odds became critical.
It was during the last level of day one. I had managed to grow my chip stack to 50,000 putting me in the top 25% for the day. A comfortable [...]

Setting a Trap and Getting Paid

In this article I wanted to explore two sure fire methods of trapping your opponent into paying you off in No Limit Hold’em. We will first explore setting up and opponent in the beginning of the hand and then we will look at how we can set up an opponent during the middle of [...]

Sucker’s Bet

One of the things that separate poker from other games of chance is our ability to select the odds under which we are willing to wager money. One can encourage action by providing the appropriate odds for a call, as one can also discourage action by “pricing someone out” of a pot. However [...]

Tribute to a Poker Legend

The month of December is always a very difficult time for us in the business world. Everyone is running around trying to close out the fiscal year, finalize last minute details and push to a close any last minute transactions that still linger. This December was no different as I found myself at my desk [...]

Putting on the Breaks

All too often you will be watching a major televised tournament and witness two players getting it All In on a proverbial coin flip. This is something I have always had difficulty understanding. You make a $10,000 investment to enter the tournament. You devote a week of your life to it. [...]

Maximize Your Buy-In Value

I recently decided to take a shot at the WPT Event taking place at the Borgata Hotel in Atlantic City. The Borgata has opened a brand new poker room that leaves little to be desired. The high stakes section alone has over 40 tables with plenty of action to be had at all levels and [...]