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It is well known that in poker, it is best to have position on your opponent. Position means that for the duration of the hand, your opponents must act before you, allowing you to see their actions and take them into account, while your opponents must act effectively “in the dark” because they don’t yet [...]

There is a common saying in the poker world: “If you are the 8th best player in the world and you are on a table with the top 7 players, then YOU are the fish on the table.” This is a trap that even the top players fall into sometimes. If the players on your [...]

There is a well known saying in poker: “There are three ways to play pocket jacks, all of them wrong.” Pocket Jacks (or “fishhooks”) are well known as being a very difficult hand to play. The reason for this is that they are often the best hand preflop, but more than half the time the [...]

The hands you choose to play preflop will have a massive effect on your overall profitability as a poker player. Although the abilities and playing styles of your opponents can necessitate making adjustments to your regular strategy, some general concepts regarding preflop play will always hold true. What follows are basic guidelines to playing hands [...]

It has long been considered that Tight, Aggressive poker is the most effective and profitable style of play for an average game of Texas Hold’em. Online, tight aggressive (or TAG) is the style and strategy most often employed by professional grinders and multi-tablers. There are several reasons why tight aggressive poker is so effective. We [...]

A “bankroll” is an amount of money set aside specifically for the purpose of playing poker. The management of your bankroll is a seemingly mundane, yet incredibly vital aspect of overall poker strategy and direction.  The importance of correct bankroll management is underestimated by good and bad players alike, but the simple truth is that a [...]

The Continuation Bet, or “C-bet” as it is also called, is among the most well known, and most commonly used moves in Texas Hold ‘em. The move attained significant notoriety when it became the subject of an entire chapter in Dan Harrington and Bill Robertie’s excellent book Harrington on Hold ’em Vol I. Although the [...]

”Firing a second barrel” is a term for a very specific poker situation: you have raised pre-flop and then bet the flop (called a Continuation Bet or C-Bet), and your opponent has called you. On the turn a card comes that doesn’t help you, and you bet again as a bluff. This is called “Firing [...]

Recreational players (also known “Recreational gamblers”, Weak Players, or less charitably as Muppets, Donkeys, Bananas, or even simply “Bad Players”) are the main reason professional poker players make money. They are by far the most lucrative opponents for you to play against, and you should do your utmost to seek them out whenever possible. These [...]