Recently I was playing in a fairly loose $2-$5 live no-limit game. An early position player with about $300 limped. I was two off the button, and I made it $20 to go with A K . The button, with about $325 total, made it $75 to go. Playing Big Slick Against A [...]

When No Limit Hold ‘em: Theory and Practice first came out, there was a lot of hubbub about a very simple idea. We suggested that it makes sense to vary your preflop raise sizes based on the situation: your Q&A #100: Variable Preflop Raise Sizing In Microstakes Online Games|401|3.95|USD|| opponents, your hand, the [...]

Last week we celebrated one year of NPA, and I offered a contest. Ask the best question on the message boards within a week, and win a signed copy of each of my books and DVDs.
We have a winner! Congratulations to Shrike for his question about MTT Standards.
Ed, since you’ve spent considerable time working on [...]

A couple of days ago, I posted a hand I “observed” where our hero had 55 after a small preflop push in a big pot. I was the player with the 55, and first I’ll tell you what happened.
I called the $69 raise ($84 total). The small blind hemmed Hand Discussion #9: My Thoughts|329|3.95|USD|| [...]

Wow, this hand discussion was controversial! Here’s the hand again.
This weekend I was playing in a fairly loose $2-$5 live no-limit game. An early position player with about $300 limped. I was two off the button, and I made it $20 to go with A K . Hand Discussion #6: My Thoughts|280|3.95|USD|| [...]

The Mission: Get you winning in your local $1-$2 no-limit game with 7 easy steps.
Welcome to the final step, Step 7: Keep Your Head in the Game. If you haven’t done so already, 7 Easy Steps to No-Limit Hold’em Success — Step 7: Keep Your Head in the Game|249|3.95|USD|| make sure to check [...]

Time for more love from the archives. Here are four more November articles you may have missed.

Dealing with Tough Players in Short-Handed Limit Hold ‘em is a mouthful, but it should help you out if you get that sneaking suspicion you’re getting outplayed when you are constantly getting raised …Login/Register for more.

Paul asks,
love the new site and that you have rss going. here’s a hand I played that I thought was a tough decision, interested to get your thoughts:
5/10 NL online, 1k effective stacks. not much info on villian, he has called a lot on early streets and frequently bet big Q&A #22: Out of Position [...]

Bill asks,
Finished reading your No Limit Hold’em … reading it a second time and working on these tables. Might be asking the wrong half of the team but what gives with the odds of winning for the big pairs? I’ve been entering the numbers into a spreadsheet to Q&A #18: Sklansky-Chubukov Numbers|71|3.95|USD|| [...]

jamleeco asks,
Specifically, there have been 3 limpers, the CO raises to 7x the big blind, and you are on the button with 67s. NLTP suggests calling a raiser with this hand , but tighten up if the raise is more than 4x the BB. However, Q&A #5: No Limit Absolute [...]