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 [...]
Tags: 50BB buyin, Adjusting Your Play, no-limit-holdem, poker, preflop-play, squeeze-play, third blindWe 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.
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My last post was an article I wrote for Card Player about how to play suited connectors out of position in no-limit hold’em. The basic one word conclusion of that article was “don’t.”
Today janeg of the forums at InternetTexasHoldem.com alerted me to a discussion they were having about Q&A #105: More Suited Connectors In No-Limit [...]
The squeeze play has a bit of a daring and clever feel to it. It’s a bluff (or semi-bluff) perpetrated against not one, but several opponents. Someone bets, one or more players call, then you raise. When it works, you feel like a champ, and you rake a big pot. The Squeeze Play|428|3.95|USD|| [...]
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The Play: The Re-Squeeze
How It Works: You open-raise, and a few people call. Then an aggressive …Login/Register for more.
Hand reading is one of the toughest skills for many aspiring poker players. It’s easy to read a book and learn about pot odds, learn about playing aggressively, and so forth. But many players, especially many new players, are lost 4 Common Preflop Plays That Give Away Your Hand|296|3.95|USD|| at sea when it [...]
Tags: bluffing, giveaways, Hand Reading, limp-reraise, monster-hands, monsters, no-limit-holdem, overcall, overlimp, pocket-pairs, poker, preflop-play, squeeze-play, the-palms The No-Limit Toolbox is a new series that showcases the array of tactics available to no-limit players.
The Play: The Light Preflop 3-Bet
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The No-Limit Toolbox is a new series that showcases the array of tactics available to no-limit players.
The Play: The Preflop Squeeze
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NPA is now five months old, and it has over 140 posts. Working on this website has been a pleasure for me, because it gives me a great opportunity to write regularly about what’s on your mind. Periodically I go through the archives to bring a few oldies back to …Login/Register for more.
Tags: archive-review, no-limit-holdem, squeeze-play, tilt, winning-secrets-of-pokeruDevil asks,
I’m not much of a NL player, but I’ve been watching some of the stoxpoker NL videos. He likes to make a play he calls a “squeeze”. Harrington discussed this play in his books: he will sometimes Q&A #27: The Squeeze Play|96|3.95|USD|| raise with a marginal hand after one or more people [...]
