How do you beat a guy who won’t fold? It’s a question I hear asked frequently at the no-limit hold’em table, usually after T-5 suited has made a flush on the river or a pair of fours has called a river bluff. Maybe you’ve even asked it once or twice. What To Do When They [...]

If you’ve played much no-limit, you’ve no doubt at some point run into a hyper-aggressive player. This player is constantly betting and raising with little pretense of actually holding strong hands each time. In many games, a hyper-aggressive player will thrive because no one has the guts to fight back. Fighting Back|914|3.95|USD|| He drags pot [...]

Some people have the advantage (and sometimes disadvantage) of playing against the same lineup again and again. Whether it’s a home game with the same eight players each week or it’s a nosebleed online game where only a dozen or two names pop in and out, poker is a different Starting A Session The Right [...]

When was the last time you three-barrel bluffed? Was it months ago? Years? Never? Let me back up a bit. A three-barrel bluff is when you make a bluff bet on all three of the postflop streets. You bet the flop and get called. You bet the turn and get called. Firing The Third Barrel|460|3.95|USD|| [...]

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 archive review focuses on adjusting your strategy to changing game conditions. Some of the articles talk about adjusting to the differences between full ring and 6-max, and some talk about adjusting your strategy in light of new information from seeing your opponents play. Both limit and no-limit are covered …Login/Register for more.

Some people have the advantage (and sometimes disadvantage) of playing against the same lineup again and again. Whether it’s a home game with the same 8 players each week or it’s a nosebleed online game where only a dozen or two names pop in and out, poker is a different Q&A #77: Starting a Session [...]

The short stack strategy in no-limit has created a fair bit of controversy… and a fair bit of misunderstanding. It’s a strategy I recommend for beginners and those moving up in stakes, and it’s also one I recommend to develop a deeper understanding Q&A #75: Is There an Optimal Short Stack Size?|274|3.95|USD|| of the math [...]

The short stack strategy for no-limit hold ‘em is always a controversial topic. Whether you love it or hate it, though, it’s important to understand what makes it tick. So here are a few of my old articles about playing a short stacked in no-limit. A while back I started a …Login/Register for more.

Being out of position in no-limit sucks. But how hard you can push hands when you’re out of position depends very strongly on how your opponent plays. If your opponent is straightforward, passive, weak-tight, or otherwise predictably soft, you can get away with pushing marginal hands fairly hard. If your Out of Position in No-Limit? [...]