Whenever I get pocket kings, I get a little twinge of excitement. I can’t wait to build a pot and then win it as my overpair triumphantly holds up against someone else’s top pair.
At least that’s how it’s supposed to happen. If you’ve played hold’em for a while, though, you Q&A #90: Pocket Kings Against [...]

NotedPokerAuthority.com is almost one year old! The first post was made on October 16, 2006, so NPA’s birthday is next Tuesday. I wasn’t sure exactly how the site would work out when I started doing Q&As a year ago, but today I have to say that it’s been …Login/Register for more.

Yesterday I benefited from a serious case of what I call adjustment tilt. I was in a live $2-$5 no-limit game. Most of the players in the game, including me, had helped to start the game a few hours earlier, so we were familiar with each others’ play.
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I’m adding some poker tools to NPA. The first one, a simple equity calculator, is ready to use. It’s presently fairly bare-bones, but I plan to add more features to it in the future.
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In live play, the only thing you have to do to win a pot at showdown is put your two cards face-up on the table (and, obviously, have the best hand). Once you do that, if the dealer accidentally mucks your hand or drops the deck or has a heart Q&A #89: Is It A [...]

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 – Cutoff Standards|339|3.95|USD|| well, and your opponents’ stack sizes and styles matter a [...]