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Small Buy-Ins, Big Scores
May 10th, 2010With MiniFTOPS XVI in full swing and the Mini Series of Poker set to begin, Full Tilt Poker offers a variety of ways for you to turn a small tournament buy-in into a huge payday.
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Running Bad
April 6th, 2010Wherever you go in poker, you hear plenty of poker stories, usually of the bad beat variety and various claims of individuals running bad. But what is running bad?
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緊逼策略
January 6th, 2010在錦標賽中，你應該想方設法贏得籌碼。你不能只是坐等對 A 或對 K，並希望在拿到這些牌時將籌碼翻倍...
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The Power of Position
8th September 2009When beginning poker players are describing a hand they’ve played, they usually start by saying what their hole cards were before moving on to talk about the betting.
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Finding Your Poker Focus
1st September 2009Have you ever found that you start some tournaments well, but in others you just can’t get “tuned in”? What should you do about it?
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Varying Your Pre-Flop Raise Amounts
August 12th, 2009A lot of outstanding poker players will tell you the cornerstone of pre-flop play is consistency. That approach works for many top players, but I don’t necessarily subscribe to that theory. Particularly in short-handed play...
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Playing Big Hands on the Button
February 26th, 2009No matter what poker variant you’re playing, it’s vital to constantly think about the players left to act behind you and what their tendencies are. Too often, when facing a raise, poker players think only about how ...
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Taking Online Notes on Opponents
1st January 2009When you’re at the table playing live poker, the only notes you can take - at least inconspicuously - are mental ones. Online, however, you’re granted a tremendous opportunity that doesn’t exist in live play. It’s important to...
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Interpreting Three-Bets
December 18, 2008We all know that a three-bet is supposed to mean strength. When a player three-bets before the flop, he’s saying that he believes he has the best hand. One of the keys to making money at the poker table, however, is …
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Recharging for Better Results
December 1st, 2008One of the great things about poker, especially online poker, is that the game is always there when you're ready to play. It's not like being a baseball player, where you're at the mercy of your team's schedule, or like being a doctor, where you have to respond to emergency calls. With poker...
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Redraws in Pot-Limit Omaha
November 13th, 2008If you don’t have much experience playing Pot-Limit Omaha, a good rule of thumb is to play hands that can make the nuts because...
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Two Sides to Every Coin (flip)
July 16th, 2008Poker is a game of choices. Some of these choices are fairly straight forward and simple while others take a lot of thought. The thing is that when all is said and done, there may not be just one correct path to winning a given hand; it’s all up to you to decide what road to travel.
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Sealing the Win
July 9th, 2008If you don't think poker is a competitive sport, chances are you’ve never made it to the late stages of a major tournament where the only thing higher than the blinds is the pressure of playing for thousands - or even millions - of dollars in prize money…
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Moving from Online to Live Play
July 3rd, 2008After honing their games online for awhile, many players decide to take the next step and test their skills in a live poker room. For some, the transition comes easily but, for others…
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The Real Value of Tournament Chips
May 28th, 2008Whenever you’re talking about poker strategies, you’ll find people who make no distinction between tournament play and ring game play. In fact, I know some top players who believe that both should be played exactly the same.
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Big-Stack Play
May 14, 2008There are few better situations in poker than to enter final table play as the big stack. However, there’s a big difference in coming to the final table with the chip lead and in knowing how to use your stack to take control of the final stages of a tournament.
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Controlling the Pot
February 5th, 2008One of the most critical aspects to surviving - and thriving - in deep stack tournaments is learning how to control the size of the pots you play. In short, your goal should be to play big pots when you have big hands and small pots when you don't. When you and your opponents...
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Taking Your Hands Off the Wheel
November 23rd, 2007There's no question that poker includes an element of gamble. Any time you risk something of value on an event with an uncertain outcome, you're gambling. But there is a way in which poker is the exact opposite of gambling, because poker...
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Building and Maintaining a Bankroll
August 29th 2007For most players, the lure of playing in high-stakes ring games or tournaments is a sirens' song that's hard to resist. While there's no doubt that these games can provide huge rewards, the sad truth is that many beginners often leap into the deep end before...
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How to Bluff Against a Solid Player
July 23rd, 2007When trying to steal pots in No-Limit Hold 'em, you have to ask yourself questions like: "How likely is it that my opponent has a hand?" and "Does my bet (bluff) make sense in the context of the way the hand played out?" Asking these questions is important. Answering them…
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Playing Heads Up
July 6th, 2007Heads-up play is one of the most important aspects of poker, and many players could benefit from strengthening this part of their game.
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Satellite Savviness
March 1st, 2007The fact is, satellites provide much more than the chance to save some money on a $10K buy-in.
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The Pain Barrier - Manipulating Your Opponent
Feb 9, 2007If you're hungry, tired or even a little drunk, you're not likely to play your best.
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How a Pro Thinks Through a Hand
November 13, 2006I was half hoping for a King on the river and half not, because it could bust me.
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Balancing Poker and Life
Oct 16, 2006Don't even consider going pro until you can cover all of your bills for at least six months in advance.
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Acknowledging Mistakes
August 7, 2006The best players have the ability to acknowledge and learn from their mistakes.
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Inducing a Bluff
March 27, 2006It's hard to bluff on three consecutive streets, and most players won't launch that third bullet.
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How Big a Bankroll?
January 16, 2006If you're nervous about what you stand to lose in a given pot, you're probably playing too high for your bankroll.
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Bad Cards or Bad Plays?
November 14, 2005I know that some days, even if I play perfectly, I'm going to lose.
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It's Not Easy Being Green. Or Is It?
October 10, 2005Everyone agreed that one of the best ways to improve your game is to play against better players.
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Our Favorite Poker Books
August 30, 2005Chris Ferguson believes David Sklansky's Hold 'em for the Advanced Player and Theory of Poker are perhaps the two best books out there.
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In Pot Limit...
April 11, 2005What many beginning pot limit Omaha players do not understand is that Omaha is really a game of redraws.
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A Way To Approximate The Odds
March 21, 2005Knowing the approximate likelihood of making your hand is a good beginning step on the road to better poker.