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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 [...]

The importance of picking a good seat at the poker table is vastly underrated by both novice and intermediate players alike. Even the same cards turning out in the same order will result in vastly different outcomes depending on where you’re sitting compared to the other players at the table. Hands that are profitable when [...]

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 [...]

One of the things that differentiates poker from other card games is that in poker, you don’t always need to have the best hand to scoop in the pot. A well-timed bluff can win you a pot that you would have no chance of winning at showdown with your 7-2 offsuit. There is more to [...]

One of the biggest mistakes that new players making is refusing to fold their hands when they should. This might be preflop when they decide to play J5 offsuit for a raise, or it might be on the flop when they refuse to fold their QQ and the board reads A K 7. Folding your [...]

One of the biggest mistakes you can make as a poker player is to assume that all your opponents are sophisticated enough to fold to a cleverly constructed bluff. You might have re-raised preflop, bet the flop, bet the turn, and pushed all in on the river, but if your opponent isn’t very good at [...]

Most inexperienced players play far too many hands, and go too far with them. Texas Hold’em is a game where preflop hand strengths make a huge difference to the playability and profitability of a hand, and one of the first things you realise when you start becoming a winning player is that most of the [...]

In Texas Hold’em poker, being dealt Aces (AA) preflop is fantastic, because you have the best hand that it’s possible to get. Unfortunately, being dealt pocket aces happens only once in every 220 hands or so. This means that when you do get the most powerful preflop hand in Texas Hold’em, you need to make [...]

In Texas Hold’em poker, being dealt kings (KK) preflop is an excellent occurrence. Unfortunately, being dealt pocket kings only usually happens every 220 hands or so. This means that when you do get a powerful hand like KK, you need to make the most of it. The best strategy for KK in Texas Hold’em depends [...]