Understanding Win Rates in Poker
Introduction When playing cash game poker, a critical concept to understand is your win rate. Your win rate is essentially the average amount of money you win over a set…
Moving Up In Limits Poker Strategy
Introduction Moving up a limit in poker is often a daunting prospect for many players. I have noticed several problems players seem to have had and some of which I…
Introduction to Basic Player Types in Poker
Introduction In poker, we can categorize poker player types into two broad categories, which are good and bad players. We can then further break good and bad poker players into…
The Importance of Poker Site and Table Selection
Introduction Recently, I have been working with some micro stakes Zoom grinders on PokerStars, mostly $5nl and $10nl players. On occasion, I have suggested that moving to a softer site…
The Power of Position in Poker
Introduction The power of position and positional advantage are two crucial concepts all poker players should understand and have in their arsenal. In fact, positional advantage is so strong that…
The Reasons to Bet in Poker
Introduction to Reasons to Bet This is a fundamental concept that I see countless players getting wrong on a regular basis. There are only two strong reasons to bet and…
The Squeeze Play in Poker
What is a squeeze play? A squeeze play is a 3-bet made by a player (usually pre-flop) after there has been an opening raise and at least one cold caller.…
Understanding Tilt in Poker
Tilt Defined What exactly is tilt? Tilt, tilting, or being tilted is an altered mental state when you are at the poker table, specifically being angry or in a frustrated…
What’s the Rush? The Art of Slowing Down at the Table
One thing I have noticed when sweating players I am working with, especially players that are struggling the most, is their propensity to rush nearly all of their decisions. We…
6-Max Pre-Flop Open Raising Ranges
I originally created this blog post in 2015 to provide conservative pre-flop ranges for beginning and struggle micro stakes poker players, including open-raising ranges, cold-calling ranges, and 3-betting ranges; however,…