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Poker Lesson 188: Check-Raising the Devil

"In the second week of the 2004 Series, I just missed a final table, finishing eleventh in a $2,000 Limit Hold’em event. Daniel (Negreanu) went on to win that tournament for his third bracelet..."

June 3rd, 2009

Poker Lesson 187: Becoming a Complete Poker Player

"If you want to become a complete poker player, you need to learn how to play all the variations of the game. You should do this because..."

April 28th, 2009

Poker Lesson 186: Adjusting strategy mid-hand

"Most of the time when you’re engaged in a poker hand, you’ll be thinking about what decisions you will make before you have to make them. For example, if you call a raise with K-Q, you’ll think to yourself..."

April 22nd, 2009

Poker Lesson 185: Climbing on the HORSE

"I'm aware that most poker players know me primarily as a poker commentator on shows like NBC's "Poker After Dark" and "National Heads-Up Poker Championship..."

April 15th, 2009

Poker Lesson 184: Hand Coordination

"Hand coordination is the relative strength of your hand compared to your opponents’ hand, and it’s probably the single biggest factor determining whether you have..."

April 6th, 2009

Poker Lesson 183: Selecting Starting Hands in Omaha Hi/Lo

"I firmly believe that it's impossible to play too tight in Omaha Hi/Lo, especially in a ring game. I'll be the first to admit that it's not especially fun to play the game that tight, but if you have the..."

April 1st, 2009

Poker Lesson 182: Playing a Medium Stack in Early Position

"For obvious reasons, we’d all rather have a medium stack than a short stack. But there is one advantage to being short-stacked: your decisions are easy. With a medium stack, almost every decision you make is..."

March 23rd, 2008

Poker Lesson 181: 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..."

March 19th, 2008

Poker Lesson 180: Finding the Right Game and the Right Mindset

"For me, poker is a game that is meant to be played joyfully, and the path to playing the game joyfully begins with finding the game that’s right for you and entering it in the right frame of mind..."

March 12th, 2008

Poker Lesson 179: Playing Big Hands on the Button

"No 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..."

February 26th, 2009

Poker Lesson 178: The Sneaky Check

"At every stage of a Multi-Table Tournament, your stack size relative to the blinds should be crucial to how you approach different hands and situations. You may start a tournament with anywhere from..."

February 15th, 2009

Poker Lesson 177: Learning to Win at Final Tables

"Anyone who’s ever come close to winning a poker tournament – only to fall short – can tell you how much it hurts. It’s disappointing. It’s painful. In 2006, I finished 2nd in a $1,000 No-Limit Hold ’em event at the World Series of Poker, and then in 2007, I was the runner-up in a $2,500 Hold ’em event at the WSOP. So I came into 2008..."

February 4th, 2009

Poker Lesson 176: Semi-Bluffing

"Fifth Street is the big decision point in Seven-Card Stud because that’s the critical juncture in the hand when you have to put in your first big bet. While it’s nice to have a made hand at this point..."

January 29th, 2009

Poker Lesson 175: Semi-Bluffing

"The semi-bluff is one of the most powerful weapons in any poker player’s arsenal. If there’s a decent chance you can steal a pot by semi-bluffing, you should usually take it. But, as with any play you make at the table, the semi-bluff is always most effective when..."

January 22nd, 2008

Poker Lesson 174: The Pros and Cons of Being Active Early

"Deciding how active you want to be at the beginning of a tournament depends heavily on what type of tournament you’re playing in. If it’s a standard Sit & Go, I always recommend playing tight and conserving chips early..."

January 14th, 2009

Poker Lesson 173: The Rebuy Tournament Game Plan

"Going into  any rebuy tournament, you should know before the first cards are dealt how much money you’re willing to invest. Whether you’re playing with a single bullet (not planning to rebuy at all), enough money to rebuy 50 times, or somewhere in between, you should have..."

January 7th, 2009

Taking Online Notes on Opponents

"When you’re at the table playing live poker, the only notes you can take – at least inconspicuously – are mental notes. Online, however, you’re granted a tremendous opportunity that doesn’t exist in live play. It’s important to..."

January 1st, 2009

Poker Lesson 171: How to Play the Early Stages of Turbo MTTs

"When playing a turbo Multi-Table Tournament online, one of the biggest mistakes you can make is overcompensating for the fact that it's a turbo and playing too fast and loose..."

December 23rd, 2008

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