Being out of position in no-limit sucks. But how hard you can push hands when you’re out of position depends very strongly on how your opponent plays. If your opponent is straightforward, passive, weak-tight, or otherwise predictably soft, you can get away with pushing marginal hands fairly hard. If your Out of Position in No-Limit? [...]

This old 2+2 post discusses the value of rasing for information in limit hold’em.
“So I 3-bet to find out where I stood…”
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How many of you have said this “So I 3-Bet to Find Out Where I Stood…”|244|3.95|USD|| recently? Raise your hand…
I think it is basically always wrong to [...]

In this hand, Shrike flops a set and plays it in a very typical way. He’s concerned he didn’t get the most out of the hand.
Flopping top set on a relatively dry board. Full ring LHE game online.
Pre-flop: (9 players) Hero is BB with T T
4 folds, MP3 Q&A #70: Playing A Flopped [...]

In light of the recent charity tournament hubbub, I figured I’d share with you a charity that I think is cool and will tend to appeal (I think) to many poker players. Mind you, there’s no poker tournament involved, so you won’t have that opportunity to make sure everyone …Login/Register for more.

Cheating, angle shooting, and incompetence now and forever will be part of poker. (Don’t worry, this article won’t be a total downer. ) Recently some of my thoughts on the subjects have crystallized thanks to Terrance Chan’s saga at the Playboy Mansion. I don’t intend to “pile on,” Poker Cheating, Angle Shooting, and Incompetence|254|3.95|USD|| [...]

UPDATE: Ok, this round is closed. I’ve sent out invites to everyone who commented. If you can’t find your invite, check your spam filter. If you still can’t find your invite, let me know on the message board.
Someone alerted me in the forums today that Joost started giving unlimited invites, …Login/Register for more.

Welcome to this week’s archive review, the legal edition. It’s a topic that’s obviously on many people’s minds lately, so I figured it was worth spending some time on in the archives.

The Audits are Coming is a warning to Americans that I think the IRS will increasingly target online …Login/Register for more.