Something interesting happens to no-limit players once they really settle in with a truly successful strategy. First, they develop an understanding of preflop play that goes far beyond the, “Wait, so I should play JTs from the cutoff, but not from the hijack?” level of thinking. Second, they begin to Are You Cheating Preflop?|790|3.95|USD|| [...]

As long as I’ve been writing about poker, I have heard two questions asked again and again. First, is pocket aces really the best hand? Or are some other hands better? And second, should you limp into the pot sometimes, or should you always raise? I’d like to put these Pocket Aces And Limping In|773|3.95|USD|| [...]

I wanted to clear up two major no-limit hold’em misunderstandings. They are somewhat related.
The first one is described in a comment by Ben Attenborough on recent post Playing No-Limit With A Plan.
Hey Ed, I would just like to say I think this is a very well written article which goes a long way to explaining [...]

This is a rapid fire article on playing small pocket pairs preflop in 6-max no-limit. By small pairs I mean roughly 66 and worse. I’m going to give you some basic rules of thumb and an outline of the general reasoning behind them. I’m not going to go in-depth because Playing Small Pocket Pairs Preflop [...]

One of the most disappointing events in any no-limit game is getting stacked. With the monetary loss often also comes a sense of embarrassment and self-doubt. “Did I do it wrong? Should I have approached the hand completely differently?” Every decision gets scrutinized.
Today’s question is about a hand where our hero, Natcheztoo, gets stacked. Let’s [...]

If you play mostly online, then many of the no-limit games will have a fairly standard structure: two blinds, one half the size of the other, and a 100BB maximum buy-in. Lately I’ve seen some of the sites are experimenting with 200BB maximum buy-ins in some of the games, but Q&A #109: Adjusting To A [...]

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 [...]

You’re playing $1-$2 no-limit at your local casino. Everyone folds to you in middle position, and you limp in with 9 7 . Another player folds, and then someone with about a $150 stack raises to $10. Everyone folds to you. You call, eager to see what prize How Suited Connectors [...]

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 [...]

Ever since I started making the Poker Made Simple series at Stoxpoker, I’ve been regularly playing the $0.25-$0.50 blind 6-max games on Full Tilt to get a better feeling for what topics to emphasize in my simplified strategy for beating these games. One thing that I know frustrates a A No-Limit Four-Bet Preflop Bluff |400|3.95|USD|| [...]