Firing the second barrel means bluffing again on the turn after your opponent called your flop bluff. It’s probably one of the most important skills to master if you want to crush no-limit games.
Second Barrel Basics
Many flop calls are made for speculative reasons. Someone has a draw they hope to improve on the turn. Or [...]

In Part 2 of Moving Up: Beyond Winrate And Bankroll, I discussed how the relative strength of your hand reading skills versus your opponents’ is a big factor in whether you’re ready to move up or not. The river betting round is the one that allows you to benefit most from sharp hand reading, [...]

Poker players get stuck in ruts. We make so many decisions when we play that it’s natural for us to develop a sort of default, automatic way of handling most situations. Automatic plays are, on one hand, a practical necessity. I play about 500 hands an hour, and I probably make at least 800 to [...]

Your opponent – perhaps sensing weakness or perhaps taking leave of his senses – pushes out a huge bet and dares you to call. If he has the hand he’s supposed to have, you’re crushed. But you think something is amiss and decide that this is it. You’re going to take a stand. Just after [...]

Dry boards sometimes offer a golden opportunity to get extra value for your medium strength hands like top pair. Many players are always looking to sniff out a bluff on a dry board, and you can use that fact to your advantage if you have a hand that beats a typical bluff catcher. In particular, [...]

I was playing $0.10-$0.25 on Full Tilt today while making a video for Stoxpoker, and I came across a common bluffing situation that’s often quite profitable. The situation occurs in a multiway pot when you have position on the preflop raiser. If everyone checks to the raiser, and the Firing A Position Bet When The [...]

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|| [...]

The river value min-raise is a play I use with some frequency. I most typically try it when I’m heads-up with position on the river, and I have a hand I was planning to bet for value if checked to. But instead of checking, my opponent bets. And, given the The River Value Min-Raise|459|3.95|USD|| [...]

It’s been a while since I’ve reviewed the archive, so this review is way overdue. So let’s not waste any further time and get right to it.

Bluffing in Small Stakes No Limit Games offers some helpful tips for players who feel totally lost in those loose, live $1-$2 games.
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Playing out of position in no-limit hold’em puts you at a big disadvantage. Consequently, I recommend avoiding it as much as possible. Does that bully in the four seat keep raising your blind? For the most part, I say let him have it. When you’re playing with $200 stacks, a Fearsome Check-Raise Bluffs Made Easy|423|3.95|USD|| [...]