Essential Guide to Stealing the Blinds in Tournaments
by Chad Holloway In this article we’re going to look at stealing the blinds in its purest form. To define the terms, we mean making a raise before the flop ….
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Ten Steps to Beating Freerolls
1. Slow start With many inexperienced players and nothing to lose, the first few minutes sees a large chunk of the field go out with crazy hands and all-in preflop ….
How to Beat Tight Poker Players
by Paul Seaton We all know the type. More reluctant to commit than the cast of Hangover, more rock-like than granite and nittier than a pre-teen school disco. Tight poker ….
How to Play Pocket Aces
by Tony Dunst Few experiences in poker rival the excitement of looking down at pocket aces. Anyone can look smart by winning a big pot with aces, but the skill ….
How to Play Ace-King
by Tony Dunst I’m not sure any starting hand in Hold’em inspires more debate than ace-king. The debate usually centers around how the hand should be played pre-flop in tournaments; ….
How to Play Pocket Kings
by Tony Dunst When we talk about how to play a hand like pocket kings, what we’re really talking about is how to maximise the amount of value with extract ….
How to Play Pocket Queens
by Tony Dunst Pocket queens are unquestionably a premium hand in no limit Texas Hold’em, but there’s a large disparity between how confident you feel with queens and how confident ….
How to Play Pocket Jacks
by Tony Dunst Because pocket jacks can vary from spearheading one of the strongest in the hand to being barely worth a call, they are often thought of as a ….
How to Play Small Pairs
by Tony Dunst Playing small pairs in hold’em can be awkward because unless they flop a set, they can be difficult to win with when the hand goes to showdown. ….