"Poker is often not so much about the cards you have, but knowing the way your opponent plays."

"After my bet and the opponent's all in-raise, I was getting pot odds of 3.7 to 1 to call, so the call is clearly correct."

"You should almost never bring in for a completion in Stud Hi, except in very rare tournament situations."

"Big hands can mean big pots. But, with a big hand, it's even more important to strategize and figure out how strong your opponent is."

"Chris Ferguson believes David Sklansky's Hold 'em for the Advanced Player and Theory of Poker are perhaps the two best books out there."

"One slip-up can spell disaster for a bankroll, and watching six months of hard work disappear in six hours of foolish play is enough to crush anyone's spirits."

"In poker, it's the long run that matters, so he should only call if his probability of winning is greater than 40%."

"If my raise gets the initial raiser to fold, the meat of the chips will very often be coming my way."

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