The last few months I’ve written about the planning and mindset required to make it successfully as a professional player. I hope those readers with lots of ambition and few responsibilities have taken my advice and are preparing to take their shot at playing for a living. Now is a Living on Easy Street|68|3.95|USD|| [...]

Hi all. I’m excited. The traffic is up significantly since I started this blog a month ago, and I’ve gotten a bunch of excellent questions. Please keep those questions coming. Post your question as a comment in this thread or email it to ask@notedpokerauthority.com.
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I’ve gotten a few different questions about straddling, and none of them covers all the issues, so instead of quoting one, I’ll just sum them up with my own question.
What’s the deal with straddling? Is it a good thing to do, or is it dumb? How does it change the Q&A #17: What’s the Deal [...]

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Please forgive me in advance for a brief pontification this month. I have a very practical view of my poker writing: people read my stuff because it helps them make more money. They don’t read it to appreciate my eloquence or erudition, and they don’t care to hear my opinion Micro and Macro Poker|64|3.95|USD|| [...]

Ben asks,
There are 3 players left after the turn is dealt. Player 1 is to left of dealer, then 2 and then Player 3. Player 1 checks, Player 2 checks but Player 3 goes all in. Now comes the problem 1: Before Player 1 gets a chance to call Q&A #16: Resolving Out of [...]

threads13 asks,
I have a question about a recent hand.
We have no reads on the players.
The hero is in the small blind with AA and an early position player, a middle position player, a late position player all limp in. The button then raises and the hero reraises. It Q&A #15: Playing AA from [...]

uDevil asks,
I like the change to the site. I just read your post on how to play against tight players. As on your “Adjusting Your Play” DVD, it’s great stuff!
Along similar lines, can you give us a few tips on how to adjust to loose-aggressive-tricky players?
Especially in heads-up situations, this Q&A #14: Dealing with Tough [...]

In Posting Behind the Button - Part 1 of 2, I discussed how posting behind the button forces you to call raises much more loosely before the flop. You should even call raises with some hands you wouldn’t call with in an unraised pot.
In this part I will discuss Posting Behind the Button - Part [...]

Jeremy asks,
I find myself in the following situation frequently, and am not sure about the proper way to handle it. I play mostly at Absolute, and most players at 3/6 are pretty solid. I only have about 100 hands on this guy, but he’s around 25/15/2.3.
Dealt to HERO Q&A #13: A Shorthanded Limit [...]