Recently I benefited from a serious case of what I call adjustment tilt. I was in a live $2-$5 no-limit game. Most of the players, including me, had helped to start the game a few hours earlier, so we were familiar with each others’ play.
Some of the players had modestly weak-tight tendencies, so I made [...]

Several issues ago, I gave you a foolproof strategy to beat wild no-limit games by buying in short. Since then, a number of readers have asked me the natural question, “So I use your strategy and double up. Then what?”
Good question. Fortunately, the strategic ideas stay much the same. Four Simple Steps To Conquering Crazy [...]

Well, when was it? Was it months ago? Years? Never?
Admittedly, if you fire three barrels every other hand, you’ll be broke by lunch time. But most players don’t do it enough. Some never try it… they will give a bluff one shot or maybe two if they feel frisky, but When Was The Last Time [...]

This Q&A appeared originally six months ago during my stint at Ask an Expert at InternetTexasHoldem.com. I was thinking about it recently and decided I’d share it with my readers here. Besides, Q&A #97: Rebuilding Your Game From Scratch, AKA Using Basic Principles To Beat A $3-$6 Limit Game|379|3.95|USD|| I haven’t had much [...]

“Nice call, donkey.” Ever hear the winning player say that? No. It’s the blame game. He lost the pot, and now he’s looking for someone to blame.
Even though many of us do it, obviously it’s silly to blame all the “donkeys” at the table for your bad session. Though bad Q&A #88: Blame Others, Blame [...]

Last week I wrote about using either/or thinking to mislead your opponents. Human brains like to make decisions between two options (either I’ll do this or I’ll do that), and therefore people sometimes make logical errors when analyzing decisions with three or more realistic options.
There’s another either/or error that Checking With a Chip|269|3.95|USD|| [...]

Years ago I read something from Mike Caro that I thought was really a brilliant insight into the poker mind. It’s called “either/or” thinking, and you can read about it in his words. (Skip to the section titled “Today’s word”.)
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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 [...]

Poker psychology is an area important to all players. Poker can be frustrating and hard on the ego, and if you aren’t careful, you’ll tilt away all your progress in short order. Today I present four articles from the archives about dealing with the unique psychology of poker.

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It happens to us all more times than we’d like to count. We build a nice pot with pocket kings and then the flop comes and… BAM! There’s the ace. The way you handle it depends a lot on your opponents, the stack sizes, and more. Let’s look at a Q&A #67: Pocket Kings Flop [...]