One common scenario confounds nearly every beginning hold’em player. People ask me about it time and time again. If they hold a big pocket pair, and an overcard comes on the flop, they are lost. They are doubly lost if they have to navigate the minefield of an overcard from Alas, An Overcard|934|3.95|USD|| out of [...]
Tags: aggressive play, no-limit-holdem, overcards, playing the flop, poker, postflop playYou raise preflop, and one player calls. The flop misses you. Your opponent checks, and you bet. Your opponent calls. The turn misses you. Or maybe it gives you a draw. Or maybe it gives you a weak made hand. Your opponent checks. Do you bet, or do you check? When To Fire A Second [...]
Tags: bluffing, continuation-bet, double barrelling, no-limit-holdem, overcards, poker, scare-cards, semibluffing, stack-sizesThe short stack strategy in no-limit hold’em is always a popular topic, so I figured I’d answer another question about it today. To be honest, I’ve been skipping some of the short stack-related questions lately because I’m biding some time until Professional No Limit Hold ‘em comes out. I Q&A #66: Short Stack Strategy — [...]
Tags: Adjusting Your Play, cbet, continuation-bet, no-limit-holdem, overcards, pnlhe, poker, poker-books, position, professional-no-limit-hold-em, Short Stack Strategy, short-stack, stack-sizeGoing back through the last questions thread, I noticed a couple of quick questions from Roaming. I figured I’d rapid fire them today. As a quick note to my readers, if you submit a hand derived from an online hand history, please use a hand converter such as this Q&A #58: Limit Hold 'em Two-fer [...]
Tags: ace-king, aggression, cbet, continuation-bet, flopturnriver, hand-converter, limit-holdem, limp-reraise, loose-aggressive, overcards, poker, pot-equity
