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Live $1-$2 and $2-$5 no-limit cash games can, for many players, be some of the most lucrative games in the cardroom. Several years ago, I was a committed limit player (even wrote a couple of books about it), but nowadays I’m sold on no-limit. It’s great because, at least at The Biggest No-Limit Myth|350|3.95|USD|| [...]

I’ve always thought a true starting hand chart for no-limit was out of reach. Preflop play in no-limit cash games is very malleable; a wide array of different styles and strategies can work Building a No-Limit Hold’em Starting Hand Chart – Playing In The Cutoff|348|3.95|USD|| well, and your opponents’ stack sizes and styles [...]

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Almost everyone is familiar with a per-hand rake. In each pot, the house takes out a few dollars as its cut. In live play, this rake is often taken $1 for every $10 in the pot, capped at $4 per pot (in the United States), So if the final pot Q&A #87: Rake and Time [...]

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This is the mother of all poker questions. I’ve probably seen a variant of this question asked almost a thousand times. Can a game be too good/loose/soft? Do you actually want some good players in your game? Can a bunch of schooling fish turn even the best player into a Q&A #84: Can A No-Limit [...]

You’re playing in a live $2-$5 game, and you buy in for the $500 maximum. About thirty minutes into your session, you catch AA on the button. You raise preflop, get called, and a king flops. Two cards later, you’ve beaten AK out of a nice-sized pot, and your stack Q&A #83: Adjusting to a [...]

The Mission: Get you winning in your local $1-$2 no-limit game with 7 easy steps.
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