Ever since I started making the Poker Made Simple series at Stoxpoker, I’ve been regularly playing the $0.25-$0.50 blind 6-max games on Full Tilt to get a better feeling for what topics to emphasize in my simplified strategy for beating these games. One thing that I know frustrates a A No-Limit Four-Bet Preflop Bluff |400|3.95|USD|| [...]

The free card play is an old limit hold’em standby. Raise the flop with position and a draw, and then if you miss on the turn, check it behind when they check to you. It can be a valuable play, but it also has a few downsides.

It gives away that Q&A #99: Taking A Free [...]

Yesterday I was at the coffee shop near my apartment where I usually write, and I fired up my site to write a new post about checkraise bluffing or something like that. But instead of my usual friendly green interface, I got a white screen …Login/Register for more.

You’re playing 6-max and your under the gun. You just got dealt one of your opening-quality hands, and you pot it. Everyone folds to the button… who calls. Hrmm. Is that a good thing, or a bad thing? It could be either. And whether it’s good or not, there’s a Q&A #98: Talking 6-Max No-Limit [...]

Several issues ago, I gave you a foolproof strategy to beat wild no-limit games by buying in short. Since then, a number of readers have asked me the natural question, “So I use your strategy and double up. Then what?”
Good question. Fortunately, the strategic ideas stay much the same. Four Simple Steps To Conquering Crazy [...]

I don’t know how I missed it all this time, but Short-Stacked Shamus has been hard at work on his excellent poker-themed blog Hard-Boiled Poker for nearly two years now. I hit his archives hard over the past few days, and …Login/Register for more.

Originally my plan for Noted Poker Authority was to solicit reader questions and answer them. This advice column format has worked great, and I’m closing in on 100 questions answered so far. The site has expanded beyond just the Q&A format, but a lot of the best stuff …Login/Register for more.

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Well, when was it? Was it months ago? Years? Never?
Admittedly, if you fire three barrels every other hand, you’ll be broke by lunch time. But most players don’t do it enough. Some never try it… they will give a bluff one shot or maybe two if they feel frisky, but When Was The Last Time [...]

My last few articles have been about the advantages that short stacks have over deep stacks in no-limit and about how to harness those advantages to beat wild games. I want to step back now and explore what I mean by the advantage a short stack gives Beating No-Limit Games With Just A Chip And [...]