Many tournament players make a consistent mistake. They focus too much on conserving their chips and preserving their “tournament life,” and in doing so they leave big pots hanging out to dry.
I see it frequently when I play tournaments. Here’s an example of what I’m talking about. The blinds are 200-400, and the big blind [...]

One of the most disappointing events in any no-limit game is getting stacked. With the monetary loss often also comes a sense of embarrassment and self-doubt. “Did I do it wrong? Should I have approached the hand completely differently?” Every decision gets scrutinized.
Today’s question is about a hand where our hero, Natcheztoo, gets stacked. Let’s [...]

If you play mostly online, then many of the no-limit games will have a fairly standard structure: two blinds, one half the size of the other, and a 100BB maximum buy-in. Lately I’ve seen some of the sites are experimenting with 200BB maximum buy-ins in some of the games, but Q&A #109: Adjusting To A [...]

Today’s question (or a similar variation) is one I’m commonly asked. In general form, it goes like this: I’m winning in game X, but I’ve recently tried game Y and I’m struggling. What’s up?
In more specific form, here is today’s question from Ed (not me, another Ed ).
I Q&A #108: Home Game Player [...]

Cash games tend to be relatively static. The blinds don’t change. The stack sizes can vary, but they tend to vary from fairly deep to really deep. And after any hand you can get up from the table and cash your chips in for dollars. So each chip is always Q&A #107: Classifying Tournament Stages|455|3.95|USD|| [...]

The button in no-limit is an immensely profitable position. For me it is far more profitable than any other position. Even the cutoff, which can offer the illusion that it’s almost as good, isn’t really close.
When everyone folds to me on the button in an online 6-max game, and I Q&A #106: Opening On The [...]

My last post was an article I wrote for Card Player about how to play suited connectors out of position in no-limit hold’em. The basic one word conclusion of that article was “don’t.”
Today janeg of the forums at InternetTexasHoldem.com alerted me to a discussion they were having about Q&A #105: More Suited Connectors In No-Limit [...]

Value betting well on the end is a critical skill in nearly every form of poker. It’s also one of the skills that players tend to pick up later on in their learning process. I know many players who otherwise play a decent game, but who check down too many Q&A #104: What Is A [...]

I get this question in various forms all the time: “Is my winrate high enough?” or “What is the best winrate possible for my $X buyin no-limit game?” I’ve written on the topic before, but I have something more to say about it today.
Poker is obviously a social game. Q&A #103: Is My Winrate High [...]

The first time I heard about someone 6-tabling online, it blew my mind. How on earth do you play six games at once? At the time, when I played online, I played either one or two games only. Then people were 8-tabling. Then 12-tabling. Now some people use simple, specialized Q&A #102: Online Poker Multitabling [...]