We poker wonks tend to like to analyze individual hands. I had this and did this. Then my opponent did that. Then I did this, but actually I think doing this other thing might have been more profitable.
Then we write a thousand word article about the merits of doing this versus doing the other thing.
Analyzing [...]

Here are some quick thoughts for this warm Spring morning.

There’s a lot of money to be made on the river in the $1-$2 6-max no-limit games on Full Tilt. A lot of the regulars miss value bets a lot, and they fold too many hands to overbet shoves even if you aren’t really representing anything [...]

If you play online no-limit, at least at the $0.50-$1 level or above, you’re bound to run into the light 3-bet. You open for $3.50 on the button in a $0.50-$1 game, the small blind folds, and then the big blind makes it $12 to go.
Now that’s just a 3-bet. The “light” part is what [...]

A couple of days ago I posted a relatively routine no-limit hand for discussion. I say it’s routine not because it isn’t important, but because it’s the type of situation that arises regularly. For reference, here’s the original hand.
I’m in the big blind in a $1-$2 6-max game with $200 stacks. I hold A [...]

This hand is a slightly modified version of one I played recently. It’s a routine situation that I think deserves some discussion. As with many hands, I definitely don’t think there’s one “right” way to play it, but that doesn’t mean we can’t talk about it.
I’m in the big blind in a $1-$2 [...]

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. He was an unremarkable, if [...]

It’s been a while since I’ve reviewed the archive, so this review is way overdue. So let’s not waste any further time and get right to it.

Bluffing in Small Stakes No Limit Games offers some helpful tips for players who feel totally lost in those loose, live $1-$2 games.
With this year’s WSOP coming up, I [...]

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