Some people have the advantage (and sometimes disadvantage) of playing against the same lineup again and again. Whether it’s a home game with the same 8 players each week or it’s a nosebleed online game where only a dozen or two names pop in and out, poker is a different Q&A #77: Starting a Session [...]

I’ve pulled today’s Q&A from the comments of another post. Hand Discussion #6 provoked a bit of controversy about whether to move all-in preflop with AK or not. In the actual hand, I pushed, and both my opponents folded.
Most people were wondering whether pushing was really a +EV Q&A #76: Stop Waiting For “Better Spots” [...]

The Mission: Get you winning in your local $1-$2 no-limit game with 7 easy steps.
Welcome to Step 6: Adjust To Your Opponents. If you haven’t done so already, make sure to check out 7 Easy Steps to No-Limit Hold’em Success — Step 6: Adjust To Your Opponents|248|3.95|USD|| the previous articles in the series:

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Having position bestows an enormous advantage. But to make the most of the advantage, you have to employ what I call tactics of ambiguous aggression. You make plenty of bets and raises in position. Sometimes those bets and raises imply a strong hand, and they signify more bets and raises Using the Free Showdown Play|187|3.95|USD|| [...]

Matt asks,
Here is a hand I played earlier today. I won the hand, but it was a bad beat. Did I get too “cute”?
Full Tilt 2/4 Limit Hold’em Ring (7 handed)
Preflop: Hero is LP with 7 7 :spade:.
2 folds, Hero raises, CO (poster) calls, Button raises, 2 folds, Hero Q&A #41: Playing the Turn [...]

ozone asks,
I have been studying “Small Stakes Hold’em” and I see that you recommend raising preflop with a number of hands. What do you do when everyone tends to fold to your preflop raises? Do you continue playing the same way, add a few extra hands to raise with, or Q&A #7: Adjusting to Tight [...]

Recently, I’ve been playing the ten-handed, $50 buy-in with $0.25-$0.50 blinds, no limit game at Party Poker (the $50NL) in preparation for my next book project: Small Stakes No Limit Hold ‘em by Matt Flynn, Sunny Mehta, and me.
I typically play live no limit up to $5-$10 blind in the Thoughts on the Party Poker [...]

kwdidion asks,
In NLHTAP, you distinguish between two types of loose-aggressive players, roughly speaking, “good” vs. “bad” loose-aggressive.
With regard to playing against the “good” ones: Is it profitable to play speculative hands against “good” loose-aggressive players?
Since they are often playing speculative (or worse) hands, will they pay off your big hands, Q&A #2: Adjusting to Good [...]