Online Texas Hold'em and Omaha Cash Game and TournOnline Texas Hold'em and Omaha Cash Game and TournA collection of poker strategy articles covering everything in online poker, from limit and no limit texas hold'em and omaha, to online poker sit and go and multi table tournaments. Articles
Sit and Go Strategy Guide - Getting Started in SNG Tournaments Part 3
2007-03-20 05:27:00 In part 2 I discussed the basis behind the “push or fold” SNG strategy employed by all top players in the middle and late stages of a SNG tournament. But what hands should you push with? The truth is that no guide could never give an exhaustive listing of every possible situation. But what I can do is give ... More About: Strategy , Men , Arte , Tour , Start
Short Stack Poker Strategy Guide Part 6 - Multiway Preflop Pots
2007-03-19 11:32:00 In part 5, Short Stack Strategy - Facing a Raise I discussed correct preflop move-in strategy against a single open raiser. But often there will be a raise and one or more other calls or raises preflop. Making the correct decision in these spots is one of the biggest keys to a successful short stack ... More About: Poker , Multi , Guide , Part
Short Stack Poker Strategy Guide Part 5 - Facing a Raise
2007-03-18 22:39:00 In Part 4 - Short Stack Poker Strategy - Starting Hands I discussed what hands you should open raise with. This article covers what you should do against a raise, one of the keys to short stack no limit hold’em profits. Oftentimes you will be facing a raise preflop. This is your chance to leverage the advantage that short stack poker provides. With 20bb, the correct strategy is to move in or fold preflop against a raise. You have enough chips that you could call with a hand like AK - but pushing is more profitable than calling with that hand for all the times you fold out a small pair or get called by AQ. And you don’t have the odds to play a pair for a set. So it is raise or fold vs 3, 4, or 5 big bets preflop. The correct strategy to determine what to move in with involves putting your opponent on a range, then thinking about what hands will do well enough against that probable range to allow for a profitable push. Of course, this is the crux of all poker strategy in a... More About: Guide , Trat
Donkament Poker Strategy - Raising with Nothing
2007-03-18 11:02:00 Oftentimes in a multi table tournament, hereafter to be referred to as a donkament, everyone will fold to the button. Everybody knows that the button then usually raises in this spot. But how often should you raise in this spot, and how profitable is it to do so? And what about the cutoff, or even before that? This article will focus on the button raise only. Let’s start with a raise from the button of 3bb with absolutely nothing, say, 92 offsuit. The first key to this analysis is knowing what your opponents will play with. Usually they will be pretty tight in this situation, and at least with their calls, they should be, since they will be out of position throughout the hand. Of course most donkament players aren’t thinking about position, just thinking about their cards. Anyway suppose the small blind plays with something like the top 20% and the big top 30% in this spot. This is probably a reasonable range in today’s fairly weak-tight online donkaments. Here you... More About: Poker , Strategy , Raisin , Men , With
Donkament Poker Strategy - Raising with Nothing
2007-03-18 11:02:00 Oftentimes in a multi table tournament, hereafter to be referred to as a donkament, everyone will fold to the button. Everybody knows that the button then usually raises in this spot. But how often should you raise in this spot, and how profitable is it to do so? And what about the cutoff, or even ... More About: Poker , Strategy , Nothing , Sing , Trat
Short Stack Poker Strategy Guide Part 4 - Starting Hands
2007-03-16 04:45:00 In Part 3 I described preflop raise sizing with a short stack. The general principle was that the larger the raise you put in preflop, the tighter you have to play. In big stack no limit Hold’em, one can be successful with a large variety of preflop strategies. Many have beaten the games online playing very ... More About: Poker , Strategy , Start , Star , Guide
Sit and Go Strategy - Getting Started in Sit and Go (SNG) Poker Tournaments
2007-03-15 12:51:00 In part 1 of this series I discussed play at the beginning of a sit and go, where you should be very tight. Here we are going to talk about the theory behind the “push-fold” strategy used in the middle game or “bubble” of a sit and go, which can roughly be defined as the ... More About: Poker , Strategy , Men , Arte , Tour
No Limit Texas Hold?em Short Stack Poker Strategy Part 3 - Preflop Raise Si
2007-03-15 03:28:00 In Part 2 I discussed the some of the advantages of playing a short stack. Here we will talk about preflop raise sizing, a very important concept in short stack poker. The most common situation preflop in texas hold’em is to have the action folded to you. And the most common action for you to take ... More About: Poker , Strategy , Texas , Trat
Why they are called ?Donkaments?
2007-03-15 02:34:00 Check out this scene from Poker After Dark, Tuesday episode 2, around 1:40 on the applet. What an absolutely hilarious hand. Keep in mind she WON the WSOP Women’s tourney bracelet. Are women as bad at poker as they are at basketball? Well, Jennifer Harman is supposed to be good, right? And not that you weren’t doing ... More About: Men , They , Call , Calle , Amen
No Limit Hold?em Short Stack Strategy Part 2 - Introduction to 20bb play
2007-03-12 08:34:00 In part 1 of this series we covered the some of the simplest poker strategy of all, playing no limit hold’em with only ten times the big blind before the flop. This is highly profitable, but unfortunately many online poker sites do not allow such a small buyin. At most sites you must buy in ... More About: Strategy , Play , Introduction , Part , Trat
No Limit Hold?em Short Stack Strategy Part 2 - Introduction to 20bb play
2007-03-12 08:34:00 In part 1 of this series we covered the some of the simplest poker strategy of all, playing no limit hold’em with only ten times the big blind before the flop. This is highly profitable, but unfortunately many online poker sites do not allow such a small buyin. At most sites you must buy in ... More About: Strategy , Play , Introduction , Part , Trat
No Limit Hold?em Short Stack Strategy Guide - Part 1, Playing with a 10BB S
2007-03-11 13:54:00 No limit hold’em has become the true game of choice over the past couple of years thanks to the television coverage and the proliferation of online capped buyin games. But getting started in the game can be tough due to its complexity, as skilled players have a big advantage over even the well-read beginner. Experience ... More About: Strategy , Play , With , Guide , Part
No Limit Hold?em Short Stack Strategy Guide - Part 1, Playing with a 10BB S
2007-03-11 13:54:00 No limit hold’em has become the true game of choice over the past couple of years thanks to the television coverage and the proliferation of online capped buyin games. But getting started in the game can be tough due to its complexity, as skilled players have a big advantage over even the well-read beginner. Experience ... More About: Strategy , Play , With , Guide , Part
Sit and Go Strategy - Getting Started in Sit and Go Tournaments Part 1
2007-03-11 13:07:00 Sit and go tournaments are a great way for new players to get into online poker. At sites like Poker Stars and Full Tilt Poker one can buy in for $3 or less and be part of a tournament that offers up to an hour of poker action. But it isn’t the low cost that ... More About: Strategy , Men , Arte , Tour , Start
Sit and Go Strategy - Getting Started in Sit and Go Tournaments Part 1
2007-03-11 13:07:00 Sit and go tournaments are a great way for new players to get into online poker. At sites like Poker Stars and Full Tilt Poker one can buy in for $3 or less and be part of a tournament that offers up to an hour of poker action. But it isn’t the low cost that ... More About: Strategy , Men , Arte , Tour , Start
Donkaments
2007-03-10 00:08:00 Donkaments Donkaments is a portmanteau of the words “donkey” and “tournaments”. The word originated on the 2+2 forums to describe the tendency for poker tournaments to contain a large number of “donkeys”, a poker term for poor players popularized by Phil Hellmuth among others. Since then the word has seen widespread usage in the online poker ... More About: Men , Amen
Donkaments
2007-03-10 00:08:00 Donkaments Donkaments is a portmanteau of the words “donkey” and “tournaments”. The word originated on the 2+2 forums to describe the tendency for poker tournaments to contain a large number of “donkeys”, a poker term for poor players popularized by Phil Hellmuth among others. Since then the word has seen widespread usage in the online poker ... More About: Men , Amen
No Limit Hold?em: Theory and Practice Book Review
2007-03-09 23:40:00 Twoplustwo publishing is well known for putting out some of the best works in gambling and Ed Miller and David Sklansky have another winner here in their book No Limit Hold’em:Theory and Practice . No limit hold’em books have been notoriously poor throughout the years, with some of this probably due to the complexity of the ... More About: Book Review , Review , Book
No Limit Hold?em: Theory and Practice Book Review
2007-03-09 23:40:00 Twoplustwo publishing is well known for putting out some of the best works in gambling and Ed Miller and David Sklansky have another winner here in their book No Limit Hold’em:Theory and Practice . No limit hold’em books have been notoriously poor throughout the years, with some of this probably due to the complexity of the ... More About: Book Review , Review , Book
Sit and Go Guide - Playing with three players left
2007-03-09 01:17:00 So you have finally managed to reach the money and secure a profit for yourself. Many players are content in this situation, but the reality is that to consistantly win over the long run in sit and go tournaments, you need to play just as well in this stage as you did to get here. The ... More About: Players , Play , Player , With , Guide
Sit and Go Guide - Playing with three players left
2007-03-09 01:17:00 So you have finally managed to reach the money and secure a profit for yourself. Many players are content in this situation, but the reality is that to consistantly win over the long run in sit and go tournaments, you need to play just as well in this stage as you did to get here. The ... More About: Players , Play , Player , With , Guide
Omaha Sit and Go Tournament Strategy - The Basics
2007-03-09 01:13:00 Although they are very different games, much of the same strategy from Texas hold’em sit and go tournaments can be applied to Omaha sit and go tournaments as well. Fundamentally you should be taking the same approach - play tight early, avoid calling for all your chips, and try to push to win pots without ... More About: Strategy , Men , Tour , Name , Basic
Sit and Go Guide - Playing heads-up poker at the end
2007-03-09 01:13:00 Sit and Go Guide - Play ing heads-up poker at the end While many glamorize heads-up no limit hold’em as the ultimate test of skill, the truth is that in a sit and go tournament, heads-up play is usually the simplest and most mathematical portion of the tournament. The reason for this that usually the stacks are ... More About: Poker , Head , Heads
Omaha Sit and Go Strategy - The Basics
2007-03-09 01:13:00 Although they are very different games, much of the same strategy from Texas hold’em sit and go tournaments can be applied to Omaha sit and goes as well. Fundamentally you should be taking the same approach - play tight early, avoid calling for all your chips, and try to push to win pots without a ... More About: Strategy , Basic , Trat , Stra , Basics
Sit and Go Guide - Playing heads-up poker at the end
2007-03-09 01:13:00 Sit and Go Guide - Play ing heads-up poker at the end While many glamorize heads-up no limit hold’em as the ultimate test of skill, the truth is that in a sit and go tournament, heads-up play is usually the simplest and most mathematical portion of the tournament. The reason for this that usually the stacks are ... More About: Poker , Head , Heads
Basic Preflop Strategy
2007-03-08 09:34:00 Position The first thing to consider is position. In general you should play more hands the closer to you are to the button. Being in position lets you win more on your good hands while allowing you to check it down with your weak hands, substantially increasing your profits. You also have the advantage of seeing ... More About: Strategy , Basic , Trat , Stra , Rate
Basic Preflop Strategy
2007-03-08 09:34:00 Position The first thing to consider is position. In general you should play more hands the closer to you are to the button. Being in position lets you win more on your good hands while allowing you to check it down with your weak hands, substantially increasing your profits. You also have the advantage of seeing ... More About: Strategy , Basic , Trat , Stra , Rate
Five common mistakes made by sit and go beginners
2007-03-08 09:28:00 Mistake One: Playing too many hands early In a cash game, the optimal strategy is the one that wins the most chips on any given hand, since one chip is equal to one dollar, or whatever unit you are playing in. In a sit and go, each chip is actually worth less than one chip, because ... More About: Take , Beginner , Common , Made , Mist
Five common mistakes made by sit and go beginners
More articles from this author:2007-03-08 09:28:00 Mistake One: Playing too many hands early In a cash game, the optimal strategy is the one that wins the most chips on any given hand, since one chip is equal to one dollar, or whatever unit you are playing in. In a sit and go, each chip is actually worth less than one chip, because ... More About: Take , Beginner , Common , Made , Mist 1, 2, 3 |
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