Pre-Game Online Tells
When most poker players think about tells, they visualize physical actions that occur at the table. For example, the way an opponent’s hands start shaking whenever he has the nuts or the way he handles his chips in certain situations. Online players don’t have this sort of information to work with, but that [...]
Pre-Game Online Tells
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- July 7th, 2009 by
Starting from Zero
Starting from Zero
Chris Ferguson
I’m almost a year into an experiment on Full Tilt Poker. I’m attempting to turn $0 into a $10,000 bankroll. With no money to start with, I had no choice but to start out playing Freerolls. Starting out, I’d often manage to win a dollar or two, but I’d [...]
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- October 5th, 2009 by
Controlling the Pot
Controlling the Pot
Team Full Tilt
One 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 [...]
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- September 3rd, 2010 by
Omaha Hi/Lo Strategies
Omaha Hi/Lo Strategies
Perry Friedman
The big difference between big-bet (Pot-Limit or No-Limit) Omaha Hi/Lo and Limit Omaha Hi/Lo is that the former plays much more like Omaha High. Low hands become much less valuable because of how often they get quartered.
If you get quartered in Limit games, you may not lose too [...]
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- August 31st, 2010 by
Tilt Control
Tilt Control
Ben Roberts
About two years ago, I wrote On Cavemen and Poker Players, which talked about the importance of learning to control your emotions at the poker table. Since then, I’ve had time to further refine my views on this topic, especially when it comes to the concept of tilt.
To begin, let [...]
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- August 30th, 2010 by
Playing Six-Handed SNGs
Playing Six-Handed SNGs
Scott Fischman
Most people are familiar with the differences between one-table Sit & Go tournaments (SNGs) and other forms of poker. Because these tournaments only pay the top three finishers at a nine-handed table, the standard strategy is to play conservatively until the tournament becomes short-handed and then become [...]
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- August 29th, 2010 by
Bluffing in Pot-Limit Omaha
Bluffing in Pot-Limit Omaha
Brandon Adams
Bluffing can be one of the most profitable plays in poker. However, its success is often blunted by the fact that it’s also one of the most misunderstood and over-used plays in the game.
In Omaha, players may find even more reasons to bluff – and to get [...]
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- August 28th, 2010 by
Running Bad
Running Bad
Chris Ferguson
In 1964, Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart tried to define what may or may not be considered obscene under US law. In the end, he determined that no definition existed, but that when it comes to obscenity, “I know it when I see it.”
The same holds true when you’re [...]
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