STU350 started what became an excellent thread about playing big no-limit pots. I’ll quote the original question, but you should also go read the thread, because I think the whole thing is well worth it. Let me show you a hand when I was ‘way ahead of his range’ … No-Limit Q&A #94: Putting Someone [...]

If you haven’t been following the recent discussion about short stacks versus deep stacks in tournaments, please first read How Short Should You Go and How Short I Think You Should Go. In the comments portion of the second article, a discussion of ICM was brought up. JJS said: Ed Short Stacks In Tournaments, ICM, [...]

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Happy Thanksgiving everyone! To get you through the holiday, I figured I’d link you to a few classic articles from last November: Here are some suggestions to help Develop Your Poker Thinking. Posting Behind The Button in limit hold’em requires a special preflop strategy. Read

A couple of days ago I posed a question about playing various stack sizes in a series of winner-take-all 6-max tournaments. Basically, you had $10,000 in tournament chips, and you could choose to use them to buy in once for $10,000, five How Short I Think You Should Go|367|3.95|USD|| times for $2,000 each, twenty times [...]

I’ve been thinking about the various short stack versus deep stack no-limit arguments lately, and I came up with a question that I wanted to ask you guys. You’re playing a series of 6-handed winner-takes-all no-limit tournaments. The blinds start at $50-$100, and all …Login/Register for more.

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While you can use SPR and plan for the Commitment Threshold to minimize the number of tough no-limit decisions you’ll face, you can’t get rid of them entirely. Sometimes you have to play for the most likely outcome and simply suffer the consequences if a bad card comes. For instance, Q&A #93: A River Scare [...]

Last issue I tackled the biggest no-limit myth: Big stacks can bully little stacks to gain an advantage. Not only is it not true, little stacks can actually gain an edge over big stacks! Before I tell you how, let’s revisit the biggest myth. It’s very common to hear people The Virtue of Playing The [...]

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