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 [...]

Wild games give many players fits. The betting gets so big, so fast, it takes them out of their comfort zone. “Sure, this top pair is better than what I usually see out of my opponents, but do I really want to bet $500 on it?”
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Yesterday I was in a crazy $2-$5 no-limit game. I could tell it was a crazy game even before I watched one hand. The maximum buy-in was $500, but at least $8,000 was on the table. Four players each had over $1,500. Either the game had been going with A Foolproof Strategy For Wild [...]

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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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 [...]

Some people have the advantage (and sometimes disadvantage) of playing against the same lineup again and again. Whether it’s a home game with the same 8 players each week or it’s a nosebleed online game where only a dozen or two names pop in and out, poker is a different Q&A #77: Starting a Session [...]

The short stack strategy in no-limit has created a fair bit of controversy… and a fair bit of misunderstanding. It’s a strategy I recommend for beginners and those moving up in stakes, and it’s also one I recommend to develop a deeper understanding Q&A #75: Is There an Optimal Short Stack Size?|274|3.95|USD|| of [...]

Being out of position in no-limit sucks. But how hard you can push hands when you’re out of position depends very strongly on how your opponent plays. If your opponent is straightforward, passive, weak-tight, or otherwise predictably soft, you can get away with pushing marginal hands fairly hard. If your Out of Position in No-Limit? [...]

This is the first question taken from the new Message Board. I’m excited about all the action there so far. Keep the great questions coming!
From a theoretical standpoint, there’s not a whole lot different about playing 6-max limit hold’em Q&A #68: Adjusting From Full-Ring to 6-Max Limit Hold’em|234|3.95|USD|| versus full-ring. It’s mathematically almost [...]