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Counting Outs In Omaha, A Quiz

Date: Wed, Jul 9, 2008

Hold’em players who try to learn Omaha inevitably have some difficulties at some point with reading the board. It’s a little tricky. Not only do the extra hole cards add complexity, but you have to play exactly three board cards and two cards from your hand. If you’re used to reading hold’em boards, you’ll definitely [...]

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The Pitfalls Of Slowplaying

Date: Sat, Jul 5, 2008

Slowplaying is seemingly one of the most tempting no-limit strategies. Flop a huge hand, and, in the immortal words of Elmer Fudd, be vewy vewy quiet. It fits with the image of poker as a game of deception; little do your opponents know that you’re waiting in the weeds ready to strike out with the [...]

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WSOP Gaming Life Expo Starts Today

Date: Thu, Jul 3, 2008

If you’re in Las Vegas for the World Series of Poker, drop by the Rio today and check out the Stoxpoker booth at the WSOP Gaming Life Expo. I will be hanging out at the booth at various times throughout the next four days, I’ll sign books, and I’ll be happy to talk to you [...]

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Playing Small Pocket Pairs Preflop in 6-Max No-Limit Hold’em

Date: Mon, Jun 30, 2008

This is a rapid fire article on playing small pocket pairs preflop in 6-max no-limit. By small pairs I mean roughly 66 and worse. I’m going to give you some basic rules of thumb and an outline of the general reasoning behind them. I’m not going to go in-depth because to do that would constitute [...]

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Firing A Position Bet When The Preflop Raiser Checks

Date: Thu, Jun 26, 2008

I was playing $0.10-$0.25 on Full Tilt today while making a video for Stoxpoker, and I came across a common bluffing situation that’s often quite profitable. The situation occurs in a multiway pot when you have position on the preflop raiser. If everyone checks to the raiser, and the raiser checks too, often it’s a [...]

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Find Me At The WSOP Gaming Life Expo With Stoxpoker

Date: Tue, Jun 24, 2008

My life is going to be really busy for the next three or four weeks. Matt Flynn, Sunny Mehta, and I are in overdrive to finish the manuscript for Professional No Limit Hold’em: Volume 2. Elaine and I are moving across the country. And I’m going to be representing Stoxpoker at the WSOP Gaming Life [...]

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Find Me At The WSOP Gaming Life Expo With Stoxpoker

Date: Tue, Jun 24, 2008

My life is going to be really busy for the next three or four weeks. Matt Flynn, Sunny Mehta, and I are in overdrive to finish the manuscript for Professional No Limit Hold’em: Volume 2. Elaine and I are moving across the country. And I’m going to be representing Stoxpoker at the WSOP Gaming Life [...]

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Firing The Third Barrel

Date: Sat, Jun 21, 2008

When was the last time you three-barrel bluffed? Was it months ago? Years? Never? Let me back up a bit. A three-barrel bluff is when you make a bluff bet on all three of the postflop streets. You bet the flop and get called. You bet the turn and get called. And then you make another [...]

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The River Value Min-Raise

Date: Tue, Jun 17, 2008

The river value min-raise is a play I use with some frequency. I most typically try it when I’m heads-up with position on the river, and I have a hand I was planning to bet for value if checked to. But instead of checking, my opponent bets. And, given the way the hand has played, [...]

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Q&A #110: On Getting Stacked

Date: Sat, Jun 14, 2008

One of the most disappointing events in any no-limit game is getting stacked. With the monetary loss often also comes a sense of embarrassment and self-doubt. “Did I do it wrong? Should I have approached the hand completely differently?” Every decision gets scrutinized. Today’s question is about a hand where our hero, Natcheztoo, gets stacked. Let’s [...]

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Q&A #109: Adjusting To A 50BB Buy-In With An Extra Blind

Date: Wed, Jun 11, 2008

If you play mostly online, then many of the no-limit games will have a fairly standard structure: two blinds, one half the size of the other, and a 100BB maximum buy-in. Lately I’ve seen some of the sites are experimenting with 200BB maximum buy-ins in some of the games, but mostly you’ll get that standard [...]

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Using Your Opponents’ Words Against Them

Date: Sun, Jun 8, 2008

People ask me questions about talking tells all the time. “While I was thinking about calling a big bet, my opponent kept saying, ‘You should fold.’ Should I have believed him or not?” It’s a difficult question to answer because the meaning varies from player to player. Some players will say “You should fold,” when they [...]

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Q&A #108: Home Game Player Takes Up Online Poker

Date: Wed, Jun 4, 2008

Today’s question (or a similar variation) is one I’m commonly asked. In general form, it goes like this: I’m winning in game X, but I’ve recently tried game Y and I’m struggling. What’s up? In more specific form, here is today’s question from Ed (not me, another Ed ). I am writing you hoping that [...]

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Q&A #108: Home Game Player Takes Up Online Poker

Date: Wed, Jun 4, 2008

Today’s question (or a similar variation) is one I’m commonly asked. In general form, it goes like this: I’m winning in game X, but I’ve recently tried game Y and I’m struggling. What’s up? In more specific form, here is today’s question from Ed (not me, another Ed ). I am writing you hoping that [...]

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