The great thing about poker is that nearly all of us have room to improve our games. Many players who beat small stakes live games at a decent clip could win more money if they tried these three simple things more often.
Taking Control Of The Game
Many small stakes live games are relatively passive. The players [...]

“How should I play suited connectors preflop? Should I call raises with them?” People ask me questions like these all the time. Unfortunately, I can’t answer them without context. To get a good answer out of me, I’d have to ask a few questions of my own: How is the game playing? What are the [...]

Should they call him McSpew? You be the judge. Here is jenson from the message board to tell his story:
At least they called me that on another forum when I posted this. I’m wondering if you guys have the same sentiment. I accept it if you do.
I was thinking of Ed’s recent blog [...]

In tournament play, you make decision after decision that could result in risking all your chips. You’ll make at least one decision for all your chips in virtually every tournament you play. And in most tournaments you’ll make multiple all-in decisions.
Whenever you choose to go for it, and you lose, it’s easy to second-guess your [...]

A few months back I wrote an article about playing suited connectors titled “How Suited Connectors Are Costing You Money.” The basic premise of the article was that a lot of people play suited connectors in the wrong situations and with the wrong expectations. If you’re limping in and calling raises preflop, you’re picking the [...]

I don’t give you guys too many updates on my life and projects, so I figured it was time. The last few months have been extremely hectic in Ed Miller land. In July, Elaine and I dragged ourselves back across the country and bought a nice little foreclosure home in Las Vegas. The foreclosure scene [...]

Today we have a quick Q&A about playing in a game with a time charge. A time charge is a way for the house to profit from the game. In lieu of a rake on each pot, in a time game the house simply collects a fixed fee from each player at the beginning of [...]

The river really separates the pros from the amateurs. I don’t mean that pros tremble in fear of the river card while amateurs gleefully plan their latest bad beat. Quite the opposite, the river is probably the betting round where pro players generate the greatest edge over their amateur adversaries.
Amateur players tend not to bet [...]