I’ve always thought a true starting hand chart for no-limit was out of reach. Preflop play in no-limit cash games is very malleable; a wide array of different styles and strategies can work Building a No-Limit Hold’em Starting Hand Chart – Playing in Early Position|322|3.95|USD|| well, and your opponents’ stack sizes and styles [...]

I know many of you are eagerly anticipating the second installment of my preflop starting hand chart series. It’s still in the works, and it should be coming soon. In the meantime, I’ll share a hand I played this weekend where something my opponent said turned a somewhat tough Using Your Opponents’ Words Against Them|321|3.95|USD|| [...]

I’ve been posting mostly about no-limit these days, so I figured I’d pop in with a limit hold’em archive review to toss a little chum to the limit crowd.

Test your loose game preflop skills with my Low-Limit Preflop Quiz, originally posted at 2+2.
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They said it couldn’t be done. They meaning me. A starting hand chart for no-limit? Can’t be done. There are too many variables. For as long as I’ve been writing about poker, I’ve Building a No-Limit Hold’em Starting Hand Chart – Early Position Standards|319|3.95|USD|| had a love/hate relationship with starting hand charts. Mostly [...]

I’m excited to see so many people buying and reading Professional No-Limit Hold’em: Volume 1. It was a joy to work with my esteemed co-authors Matt Flynn and Sunny Mehta, and it’s a joy to see so many people learning from the book.
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Last month I wrote about 4 Common Preflop Plays That Give Away Your Hand. Recently I’ve seen a couple of players try out a slightly different giveaway play.
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This is the mother of all poker questions. I’ve probably seen a variant of this question asked almost a thousand times. Can a game be too good/loose/soft? Do you actually want some good players in your game? Can a bunch of schooling fish turn even the best player into a Q&A #84: Can A No-Limit [...]

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You’re playing in a live $2-$5 game, and you buy in for the $500 maximum. About thirty minutes into your session, you catch AA on the button. You raise preflop, get called, and a king flops. Two cards later, you’ve beaten AK out of a nice-sized pot, and your stack Q&A #83: Adjusting to a [...]