These days I’m continuing to work furiously on the new no-limit book with Sunny Mehta and Matt Flynn. We’ve made excellent progress. We have finished writing everything, and we’re in the editing stage. At the end of last week we finished edited together the first 160 pages or so which Book Update And Value Betting [...]

The New Book
Today marks an important internal deadline for our new small stakes no-limit hold’em book. It’s the day that we’re completely finished writing. Now we just need to edit (though we’ve done a fair amount of that already), proofread, and typeset/lay it out. I’m not completely sure how long A Few Loosely Connected Thoughts|769|3.95|USD|| [...]

The river value min-raise is a play I use with some frequency. I most typically try it when I’m heads-up with position on the river, and I have a hand I was planning to bet for value if checked to. But instead of checking, my opponent bets. And, given the The River Min-Raise|741|3.95|USD|| [...]

The river really separates the pros from the amateurs. I don’t mean that pros tremble in fear of the river card while amateurs gleefully plan their latest bad beat. Quite the opposite, the river is probably the betting round where pro players generate the greatest edge over their amateur adversaries.
Amateur players tend not to bet [...]

Dry boards sometimes offer a golden opportunity to get extra value for your medium strength hands like top pair. Many players are always looking to sniff out a bluff on a dry board, and you can use that fact to your advantage if you have a hand that beats a typical bluff catcher. In particular, [...]

The river value min-raise is a play I use with some frequency. I most typically try it when I’m heads-up with position on the river, and I have a hand I was planning to bet for value if checked to. But instead of checking, my opponent bets. And, given the The River Value Min-Raise|459|3.95|USD|| [...]

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 Hand Discussion #13: My Thoughts|444|3.95|USD|| [...]

Value betting well on the end is a critical skill in nearly every form of poker. It’s also one of the skills that players tend to pick up later on in their learning process. I know many players who otherwise play a decent game, but who check down too many Q&A #104: What Is A [...]

Here are my thoughts about the most recent hand discussion. For reference, here’s the original question:
This hand is a hand reading exercise. I chose the hand because I think both players’ hand ranges are fairly well-defined by the river. What do you think are each players’ hand ranges? And Hand Discussion #12: My Thoughts|427|3.95|USD|| [...]

The comments were great on this blind versus blind no-limit hand. To recap, here’s the action so far:
It’s a $0.50-$1 game, and the villain has $109 (and I have him covered). Everyone folds to me in the small blind, and I make it $3.50 to go with A Hand Discussion #11: My Thoughts|408|3.95|USD|| [...]