If you want to be successful at NLH, then one of the most important aspects is learning to properly read the texture of the board. Becoming proficient at this will in turn make you better at bluffing and taking down pots that do not otherwise belong to you. What do I mean by this? Let me show you. First off, the mistake many people make when they set out to...

I wanted to follow up today with another posting dealing with the subject I talked about yesterday which is how to play pocket pairs in NLH. When I read advice or strategy tips from other sites and other poker players, they tend to give advice in a ‘one size fits all’ type of format and I think that is the worst mistake that you can make when playing...

Playing pocket pairs gives a lot of players trouble in NL Hold’em. Specifically, low to middle pocket pairs. As everyone knows, having a pocket pair is good, but you are of course beat when another player ends up pairing over-cards on the Flop or after. Conventional wisdom says to compensate for this fact by raising with these pocket pairs in order to...

Today I wanted to briefly follow up with a post I did yesterday on expanding your range of starting hands at NLH. This is a topic that bears a lot of analysis as it applies to your poker game, as it can ultimately determine how successful you are over the long haul. One of the ways I like to expand my starting hands, depending upon what type of game I am...

It seems like I spend quite a bit of time talking with other poker players about starting hands. Everyone has a range of hands that they play and most players seem to to a magic formula for which starting hands to play and which ones to fold. Obviously, there is a fine line between playing too many hands and being too aggressive to the point where it gets you...

When asked which poker tournaments are the most bang for your buck, my answer inevitably is Full Tilt’s 90-player SnG Knockout tournaments. These games represent one of the best leverages of your money on the internet and they are a lot of fun to play as well. The nice thing about KO tournaments, obviously, is the bounty when you knock a player out. In a...