In the game of Hold ‘em, especially No Limit, aggression is usually rewarded. By being aggressive, you are putting your opponent in an uncomfortable situation and forcing him to either make a hand or make a bluff...<\/p>"},"1":{"content_id":"203","title":"Don\u2019t Waste Money on Advertising","player":"Steve Zolotow","date":"November 11th, 2009","player_image":"\/images\/global\/content\/our-team\/full-tilt-pros\/icons\/steve-zolotow-thumb.jpg","article":"
Table image can be a very powerful tool at the poker table, especially in ring games where you can expect to play a long session against the same opponents.<\/p>"},"2":{"content_id":"202","title":"Stack Size Limbo","player":"Jeff Madsen","date":"November 3rd, 2009","player_image":"\/images\/global\/content\/our-team\/full-tilt-pros\/icons\/jeff-madsen-thumb.jpg","article":"
When you’re playing a tournament and sitting on around 15 big blinds, you can face some seriously tough pre-flop decisions. Welcome to stack size limbo...<\/p>"},"3":{"content_id":"201","title":"Let the Maniac Hang Himself","player":"Greg Mueller","date":"30th September 2009","player_image":"\/images\/global\/content\/our-team\/full-tilt-pros\/icons\/greg-fbt-mueller-thumb.jpg","article":"
We’ve all played poker against those guys who are relentlessly aggressive, who’ll make moves with any two cards...<\/p>"},"4":{"content_id":"200","title":"Winning by Checking and Calling","player":"Nick Schulman","date":"September 22nd, 2009","player_image":"\/images\/global\/content\/our-team\/full-tilt-pros\/icons\/nick-schulman-thumb.jpg","article":"
It’s been said many times that the weakest play in poker is calling – that it’s better to be raising or folding. In my opinion, there are situations where that statement simply isn’t true...<\/p>"},"5":{"content_id":"199","title":"A Big Hand Early in a Tournament","player":"Erick Lindgren","date":"September 16th 2009","player_image":"\/images\/global\/content\/our-team\/team-full-tilt\/icons\/erick-lindgren-thumb.jpg","article":"
In the late stages of a tournament, big pairs are generally pretty easy to play. When you have 20, 30 or 40 big blinds in your stack, and you find a pair of Queens or Kings...<\/p>"},"6":{"content_id":"198","title":"The Power of Position","player":"Bill Edler","date":"8th September 2009","player_image":"\/images\/global\/content\/our-team\/full-tilt-pros\/icons\/bill-edler-thumb.jpg","article":"
When 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.<\/p>"},"7":{"content_id":"197","title":"Finding Your Poker Focus","player":"Joe Beevers","date":"1st September 2009","player_image":"\/images\/global\/content\/our-team\/hendon-mob\/icons\/joe-beevers-thumb.jpg","article":"
Have 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?<\/p>"},"8":{"content_id":"196","title":"Learning to Multi-Table","player":"Mike McDonald","date":"26 August 2009","player_image":"\/images\/global\/content\/our-team\/card-runners\/icons\/mike-mcdonald-thumb.jpg","article":"
Many players new to online poker find multi-tabling – playing more than one table at once – intimidating. While it might seem this way at first, there are several things that you can do to get the most out of your experience right from the start.<\/p>"},"9":{"content_id":"195","title":"Are you telling the right story?","player":"Howard Lederer","date":"August 19th, 2009","player_image":"\/images\/global\/content\/our-team\/team-full-tilt\/icons\/howard-lederer-thumb.jpg","article":"
One theme you’ll see throughout our Tips From The Pros series is that when you’re making a move, your actions need to tell a plausible story. Some stories can be simple. For example, if you raise pre-flop and then follow up with a bet on a King-high flop, you’re telling opponents that you’re happy with the progression of the hand and maybe you have A-K or K-Q...<\/p>"},"content_type":"pro-tips-list"});