When No Limit Hold ‘em: Theory and Practice first came out, there was a lot of hubbub about a very simple idea. We suggested that it makes sense to vary your preflop raise sizes based on the situation: your Q&A #100: Variable Preflop Raise Sizing In Microstakes Online Games|401|3.95|USD|| opponents, your hand, the [...]

The free card play is an old limit hold’em standby. Raise the flop with position and a draw, and then if you miss on the turn, check it behind when they check to you. It can be a valuable play, but it also has a few downsides.

It gives away that Q&A #99: Taking A Free [...]

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 [...]

This Q&A appeared originally six months ago during my stint at Ask an Expert at InternetTexasHoldem.com. I was thinking about it recently and decided I’d share it with my readers here. Besides, Q&A #97: Rebuilding Your Game From Scratch, AKA Using Basic Principles To Beat A $3-$6 Limit Game|379|3.95|USD|| I haven’t had much [...]

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 [...]

Over the past few weeks I’ve been talking a lot about short stacks and how you can gain an inherent advantage simply by buying in for less than your opponents. Something I said, however, struck Joe, today’s questioner, as wrong, Q&A #95: The Limits Of The Short Stack Advantage|372|3.95|USD|| and he submitted the [...]

STU350 started what became an excellent thread about playing big no-limit pots. I’ll quote the original question, but you should also go read the thread, because I think the whole thing is well worth it.
Let me show you a hand when I was ‘way ahead of his range’ …
No-Limit Q&A #94: Putting Someone On A [...]

While you can use SPR and plan for the Commitment Threshold to minimize the number of tough no-limit decisions you’ll face, you can’t get rid of them entirely. Sometimes you have to play for the most likely outcome and simply suffer the consequences if a bad card comes.
For instance, Q&A #93: A River Scare Card [...]

Natcheztoo asked a simple, but important question on the message board.
Okay, I’m lazy. I didn’t go back and look to see if this question had been answered at the beginning of the articles:
Will there be a difference in NL Starting Hand Charts for cash games and tournaments?
If there Q&A #92: Tournament No-Limit Versus Cash [...]

Last week we celebrated one year of NPA, and I offered a contest. Ask the best question on the message boards within a week, and win a signed copy of each of my books and DVDs.
We have a winner! Congratulations to Shrike for his question about MTT Standards.
Ed, since you’ve spent considerable time working on [...]