In Part 2 of Moving Up: Beyond Winrate And Bankroll, I discussed how the relative strength of your hand reading skills versus your opponents’ is a big factor in whether you’re ready to move up or not. The river betting round is the one that allows you to benefit most from sharp hand reading, [...]

In Part 1 of Moving Up: Beyond Winrate And Bankroll, I claimed that the two factors most cited in discussions of moving up, winrate and bankroll, don’t tell the whole story. If you’re thinking about moving up, you should consider some other factors just as much.
The first factor is your overall comfort level at your [...]

Are you ready to move up to higher stakes? How can you know when you are?
These questions are on the minds of most serious players at least some of the time. Conquering your current game and moving on to bigger and better things is the goal of most players.
Most discussion about moving up I see [...]

Bankroll management is always a hot topic for poker players. “Do I have enough bankroll to play $3-$6? Is 300BB really a good limit hold’em bankroll? Do I need a bigger bankroll to play deep stack than I do to Bankroll Schmankroll, It’s All About Budgeting|387|3.95|USD|| play short stack?” And so forth. I [...]

I’ve pulled today’s Q&A from the comments of another post. Hand Discussion #6 provoked a bit of controversy about whether to move all-in preflop with AK or not. In the actual hand, I pushed, and both my opponents folded.
Most people were wondering whether pushing was really a +EV Q&A #76: Stop Waiting For “Better Spots” [...]

I wrote an article a few days ago about my approach to poker. Poker players seem to have almost endless problems with tilt in its various forms. If tilt is a problem for you, then Tommy Angelo is your man. Tommy is the world’s most awesomest authority on the Q&A #54: It’s All About the [...]

Eric asks,
In one of your Q&A’s, you say that NL$2/3 $100restricted buyin game at Commerce is a terrible structure. I was just wondering why you thought that. I happen to play that game a lot and record my results religiously and tend to win. I now question whether I’m limiting Q&A #49: No Limit Hold [...]

The last few months I’ve written about the planning and mindset required to make it successfully as a professional player. I hope those readers with lots of ambition and few responsibilities have taken my advice and are preparing to take their shot at playing for a living. Now is a Living on Easy Street|68|3.95|USD|| [...]

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For the last two months I’ve discussed the financial planning necessary to make a successful run at playing full-time. If you haven’t read them already, check out Part 1 and Part 2. This month I’m going to talk about some of the intangibles: self-discipline and emotional control.