It’s the question that just won’t quit. I hear this one single question more often than any other. And yet I realized that of all my previous 72 Q&A’s, I never once answered it. Better late than never. Are some poker games not worth playing because there’s too much luck? Here’s Q&A #73: Are Some [...]

Check out this old Two Plus Two post about many players’ over-reliance on preflop rules and charts. Preflop Play: Take off the training wheels #488379 – 01/25/04 07:50 PM This is a post targetted to Preflop Play: Take Off the Training Wheels|241|3.95|USD|| the posters who have been around for at least a few months. If [...]

This is an old 2+2 post about analyzing your game and some of the pitfalls many players fall into. I think my biggest leak is… #851158 – 07/25/04 05:32 PM I don’t lay aces down I Think My Biggest Leak Is…|240|3.95|USD|| enough when they are beaten… I play medium pairs too aggressively after the flop… [...]

Here are the answers I gave to my low-limit preflop quiz. Low-limit Preflop Quiz 03/07/04 05:06 PM Alright. In general, I think you guys did pretty well. The general theme of this quiz was to get Low-Limit Preflop Quiz: My Answers|243|3.95|USD|| you to think about preflop play in terms of POT EQUITY, and not “I’m [...]

Here’s an old Two Plus Two post where I offer up a quick limit hold’em preflop quiz for loose, small stakes games. Shortly, I’ll repost what my answers were. Low-limit Preflop Quiz #557227 – 03/07/04 Low-Limit Preflop Quiz|242|3.95|USD|| 05:06 PM I think many of you guys need to rethink how you approach preflop play in [...]

This old 2+2 post discusses the value of rasing for information in limit hold’em. “So I 3-bet to find out where I stood…” #514922 – 02/11/04 03:00 PM How many of you have said this “So I 3-Bet to Find Out Where I Stood…”|244|3.95|USD|| recently? Raise your hand… I think it is basically always wrong [...]

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 [...]

Here’s another one of my old Two Plus Two posts. A note about “pot odds” #464094 – 01/03/04 07:36 PM So several of you have objected to my A Note About Pot Odds|239|3.95|USD|| post because I only talked about big pots and little pots without mention of “pot odds.” I intentionally did not mention that [...]

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 start [...]

This is the first question taken from the new Message Board. I’m excited about all the action there so far. Keep the great questions coming! From a theoretical standpoint, there’s not a whole lot different about playing 6-max limit hold’em Q&A #68: Adjusting From Full-Ring to 6-Max Limit Hold’em|234|3.95|USD|| versus full-ring. It’s mathematically almost identical [...]