Here are my thoughts about the most recent hand discussion. For reference, here’s the original question:
This hand is a hand reading exercise. I chose the hand because I think both players’ hand ranges are fairly well-defined by the river. What do you think are each players’ hand ranges? And Hand Discussion #12: My Thoughts|427|3.95|USD|| [...]

This hand is a hand reading exercise. I chose the hand because I think both players’ hand ranges are fairly well-defined by the river. What do you think are each players’ hand ranges? And how well do you think these players played their hands (obviously a somewhat difficult question to …Login/Register for more.

Being too readable can really hurt your no-limit game. Winning no-limit depends on fear and surprise. If your opponents are uncertain about your holding and fear the hands you could have, you can steal a lot of pots. And if they are surprised by what you have when you get Three No-Limit Plays That Give [...]

The comments were great on this blind versus blind no-limit hand. To recap, here’s the action so far:
It’s a $0.50-$1 game, and the villain has $109 (and I have him covered). Everyone folds to me in the small blind, and I make it $3.50 to go with A Hand Discussion #11: My Thoughts|408|3.95|USD|| [...]

I’ve been playing a lot of 6-max $0.25-$0.50 and $0.50-$1 on Full Tilt for the past few months, and I’ve already played dozens and dozens of noteworthy hands. I’m saving most of my interesting hands for analysis in the second volume of Professional No-Limit Hold ‘em

Am I a donkey?
That’s today’s question from zoomraker. My answer is a definite no, but I would have played the hands he submitted a bit differently.
The first hand is a fairly common top pair postflop situation from a $0.50 buy-in no-limit tournament:
Instead of quoting the hand history directly, I’ll Q&A #96: A No-Limit Hold’em Postflop [...]

I know many of you are eagerly anticipating the second installment of my preflop starting hand chart series. It’s still in the works, and it should be coming soon. In the meantime, I’ll share a hand I played this weekend where something my opponent said turned a somewhat tough Using Your Opponents’ Words Against Them|321|3.95|USD|| [...]

Last month I wrote about 4 Common Preflop Plays That Give Away Your Hand. Recently I’ve seen a couple of players try out a slightly different giveaway play.
This play has been around forever. I saw it in limit hold’em …Login/Register for more.

When I watched this hand play out, it really stuck out like a sore thumb to me. As I watched the hand, I kept expecting the button to play a certain way, and the button didn’t. Since the button was a decent player, it surprised me at first. But Hand Discussion #8: My Thoughts|311|3.95|USD|| [...]

I observed the following hand recently in a live $2-$5 game. Our hero for this hand is one of the better players in the game, though his hand reading is a little cloudy. The main nemesis is relatively tight and straightforward, though not extremely so. The effective stacks are $700.
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