Light 3-betting plays a large role in online 6-max games. If you fold too often to potentially light 3-bets, you risk getting run over. If you play back too often at potentially light 3-bets, you risk giving too much action. It can be a fine line.
Today’s question comes from James Q&A #123: Sticking It To [...]

For today’s column I examine a hand played by wahoointexas and posted on the message board. Here’s what wahoo had to say:
Appreciate any advice as to the way this hand was played, and what you think is the correct move on the river is in this situation.
Live 2/5 NL, Q&A #122: A Top Pair Facing [...]

Recently there was an interesting discussion on the message board about a hand that karbyn played in a $2-$5 live game. Here’s the intro post:
First hand 2/5 live. There’s about 6 regulars, 3 unknowns, and me. I sit down in Seat #1 with $340 racked from a Q&A #121: What I Do On [...]

Over the past year I’ve focused almost exclusively on no-limit hold’em questions and answers. There are two reasons: that’s mostly what I’ve been playing this year, and that’s also mostly what most people play.
But I have dabbled some in pot-limit Omaha this year, and I have to say I do really enjoy playing PLO. One [...]

In the first no-limit book that I co-wrote with Sunny Mehta and Matt Flynn (as opposed to the upcoming book), Professional No-Limit Hold’em: Volume 1 (PNL1), we devoted a large chunk of the text to the concept of using Stack-to-Pot Ratios (SPR) to plan your hands and to make commitment decisions.
The SPR for a hand [...]

I wanted to clear up two major no-limit hold’em misunderstandings. They are somewhat related.
The first one is described in a comment by Ben Attenborough on recent post Playing No-Limit With A Plan.
Hey Ed, I would just like to say I think this is a very well written article which goes a long way to explaining [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Recently on the message board I fielded two questions about big pocket pair hands played in live no-limit games. I want to share these two hands with all my readers.
The first question comes from Slam. You can read the entire discussion on the message board. Slam asks:
I’m holding my own with all of my $100 [...]