Q&A #93: A River Scare Card Kicks Up A Perfect Storm

While you can use SPR and plan for the Commitment Threshold to minimize the number of tough no-limit decisions you’ll face, you can’t get rid of them entirely. Sometimes you have to play for the most likely outcome and simply suffer the consequences if a bad card comes.
For instance, Q&A #93: A River Scare Card [...]

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Archive Review: More Limit Hold’em Oldies

I’ve been slightly slower in my updates lately because I’ve been on a sort of extended vacation. I’m back now and looking to spend more time on the site both writing Q&As and adding some new features. So stay tuned.
In the meantime, a couple of weeks ago I posted a …Login/Register for more.

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Q&A #86: Weak Means Strong… Sometimes

A week ago I talked about how you can sometimes use your opponents’ words against them. In that hand, I had a decision that perhaps could have gone either way, but then my opponent said something and cleared everything up for me.
This week wahoointexas brings us another tells-related Q&A #86: Weak Means Strong… Sometimes|324|3.95|USD|| [...]

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Q&A #84: Can A No-Limit Game Be Too Loose?

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 [...]

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Q&A #78: Big Hands Deserve Big Pots

Big hands deserve big pots. It’s a fundamental no-limit concept. When you flop a set, you want to build as big a pot as you can. Today, jamleeco flopped his set, but his opponent folded top pair before he could get it all-in. Let’s see if he could have Q&A #78: Big Hands Deserve Big [...]

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Q&A #70: Playing A Flopped Set In A Limit Hold’em Blind Defense

In this hand, Shrike flops a set and plays it in a very typical way. He’s concerned he didn’t get the most out of the hand.
Flopping top set on a relatively dry board. Full ring LHE game online.
Pre-flop: (9 players) Hero is BB with T T
4 folds, MP3 Q&A #70: Playing A Flopped [...]

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7 Easy Steps to No-Limit Hold’em Success — Step 4: Big Pots for Big Hands

The Mission: Get you winning in your local $1-$2 no-limit game with 7 easy steps.
Welcome to Step 4: Big Pots for Big Hands. If you haven’t done so already, make sure to check 7 Easy Steps to No-Limit Hold’em Success — Step 4: Big Pots for Big Hands|235|3.95|USD|| out the previous articles in [...]

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Q&A #26: When to Drop the Hammer with a Flopped Set

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Love the site! I’m a big fan of your work and I am eagerly anticipating your new release, Small Stakes No-Limit Hold’em. I was hoping you might peruse a hand of mine that I played from the Sunday Million event on Party Q&A #26: When to Drop the Hammer with a Flopped Set|94|3.95|USD|| [...]

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