Whenever I get pocket kings, I get a little twinge of excitement. I can’t wait to build a pot and then win it as my overpair triumphantly holds up against someone else’s top pair.
At least that’s how it’s supposed to happen. If you’ve played hold’em for a while, though, you Q&A #90: Pocket Kings Against [...]
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 [...]
Tags: 1-2-no-limit, 2-5-no-limit, bluffing, cash-games, commitment-threshold, deep-stacks, doubling-up, live-play, no-limit-holdem, pocket-pairs, poker, suited-connectorsWhen I watched this hand play out, it really stuck out like a sore thumb to me. As I watched the hand, I kept expecting the button to play a certain way, and the button didn’t. Since the button was a decent player, it surprised me at first. But Hand Discussion #8: My Thoughts|311|3.95|USD|| [...]
Tags: 2-5-no-limit, bluffing, commitment-threshold, hammer-of-future-betting, Hand Reading, no-limit-holdem, poker, top-pairThis question deals with concepts from our new book Professional No-Limit Hold ‘em: Volume I. If you don’t have it yet, what are you waiting for? It’s jam-packed with tons of no-limit goodness.
Professional No-Limit Hold’em introduces a few concepts Q&A #82: Overpairs and the Committment Threshold|307|3.95|USD|| that will be new to many players. [...]
