Playing Small Pocket Pairs Preflop in 6-Max No-Limit Hold’em

This is a rapid fire article on playing small pocket pairs preflop in 6-max no-limit. By small pairs I mean roughly 66 and worse. I’m going to give you some basic rules of thumb and an outline of the general reasoning behind them. I’m not going to go in-depth because Playing Small Pocket Pairs Preflop [...]

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Why You Guys Aren’t Crushing These Microlimit Games

I’ve been poking through the 2+2 archives and have decided to republish some of my favorite posts for those who don’t read 2+2 (or those who didn’t read 2+2 several years ago).
Most limit Why You Guys Aren’t Crushing These Microlimit Games|237|3.95|USD|| hold’em players go through a series of stages as they learn. They [...]

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Q&A #41: Playing the Turn Out of Position

Matt asks,
Here is a hand I played earlier today. I won the hand, but it was a bad beat. Did I get too “cute”?
Full Tilt 2/4 Limit Hold’em Ring (7 handed)
Preflop: Hero is LP with 7 7 :spade:.
2 folds, Hero raises, CO (poster) calls, Button raises, 2 folds, Hero Q&A #41: Playing the Turn [...]

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