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Alexander "Assassinato" Fitzgerald, a seasoned pro with final table experience, teaches poker through books, articles, videos and webinars on PokerCoaching.com

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Online Cash Game Tips: Three Exploits To Look For
April 13, 2023 7 min read

Online Cash Game Tips: Three Exploits To Look For

Do you want to exploit your opponents at the online cash game tables? If so, you’ve come to the right place. In this article, we will discuss some of the best exploitative plays you can …

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How To Switch From Online Poker Tournaments To Cash Games
April 4, 2023 8 min read

How To Switch From Online Poker Tournaments To Cash Games

Jonathan Little says that the key to making money at poker is finding a game you can beat and playing it a lot. As more and more poker players return to live poker, low stakes, …

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Online Poker Tournaments: Five Questions To Ask Yourself When Playing From The Big Blind
March 28, 2023 6 min read

Online Poker Tournaments: Five Questions To Ask Yourself When Playing From The Big Blind

Playing from the big blind in online poker tournaments can be difficult. No one likes playing out of position, as it can become especially difficult when you have an awkward stack size that you don’t …

Online Poker Tournaments: Five Questions To Ask Yourself When Playing From The Big Blind

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How To Bluff In Online Poker Tournaments
March 21, 2023 6 min read

How To Bluff In Online Poker Tournaments

Whether you play on WSOP.com, PokerStars, or America’s Cardroom, being able to execute bluffs in online poker tournaments will set you apart from the competition. Do you want to learn how to execute better bluffs …

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3 Mistakes To Avoid In Online Cash Games
March 16, 2023 5 min read

3 Mistakes To Avoid In Online Cash Games

Is there anything better than online cash games? You can play a massive amount of hands. You can play at any hour day or night. It’s like an eternal arcade game for money. What’s not …

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How To Beat Online Micro Stakes Poker Tournaments: Turn Strategy
December 14, 2022 6 min read

How To Beat Online Micro Stakes Poker Tournaments: Turn Strategy

Making final tables in online poker tournaments at the micro stakes starts with recognizing what mistakes players make and capitalizing on them. If you have made it this far in my How To Beat Online …

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How To Beat Online Micro Stakes Poker Tournaments: Flop Strategy
December 7, 2022 8 min read

How To Beat Online Micro Stakes Poker Tournaments: Flop Strategy

Making the correct decisions and adhering to the proper ranges preflop helps you set the tone for all three streets of a poker hand. While making the right preflop decisions is critical, if you blow …

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How To Beat Online Micro Stakes Poker Tournaments: Preflop Strategy
November 30, 2022 10 min read

How To Beat Online Micro Stakes Poker Tournaments: Preflop Strategy

Poker players reading this article are likely quite familiar with micro stakes tournaments and probably play them quite often online. Micro stakes are a great way for aspiring players to gain experience and potentially earn …

How To Beat Online Micro Stakes Poker Tournaments: Preflop Strategy

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Training For Online Poker Tournaments With Alex Fitzgerald
September 7, 2022 5 min read

Training For Online Poker Tournaments With Alex Fitzgerald

Players with wide ranges can be hard to extract value from especially when they are playing from the big blind. Big blind players can have just about anything, and in online poker tournaments, this is …

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The Aspirations Of A Poker Player
April 6, 2022 5 min read

The Aspirations Of A Poker Player

A great military strategist once said that there is a large difference between wanting to become someone and wanting to do something. He rallied against the office politics that surrounded military high command. He discussed …

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Remembering Versus Knowing
March 16, 2022 8 min read

Remembering Versus Knowing

“But this teacher says I should do this play in that situation.” “Why did he say that?” I ask. (Crickets) The above exchange is worrying to me. When I am talking to aspiring poker players, …

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They Want To Feel Good
March 2, 2022 10 min read

They Want To Feel Good

“If there is any one secret of success, it lies in the ability to get the other person’s point of view and see things from that person’s angle as well as from your own.” – …

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Accepting Reality At The Poker Table
February 16, 2022 5 min read

Accepting Reality At The Poker Table

“The smart man accepts. The idiots insists.” – Unknown One of the most baffling parts of my job is seeing people repeatedly shoot themselves in the foot. I cannot tell you how many times I …

Accepting Reality At The Poker Table

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Knowing Which Poker Players To Ignore
February 2, 2022 8 min read

Knowing Which Poker Players To Ignore

If you’re going to play winning poker, you’re going to have to ignore a lot of people. I was once playing deep in a major tournament. I barreled two streets versus a a good reg. …

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How To Play Pocket Jacks
January 19, 2022 9 min read

How To Play Pocket Jacks

One of the best study strategies you can utilize when working on your poker play is finding a specific area of your game to improve. Looking to improve your small blind play? Track down a …

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Forget Goals, Embrace Healthy Systems Part 2
January 10, 2022 5 min read

Forget Goals, Embrace Healthy Systems Part 2

Did you come up with resolutions for 2022? According to many studies, there is a 92% chance you won’t accomplish those goals. Why? It has nothing to do with you. They’re always talking about having …

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Forget Goals, Embrace Healthy Systems
January 5, 2022 9 min read

Forget Goals, Embrace Healthy Systems

In this article, we are going to discuss some systems that you can implement in regards to your life. These life systems will help improve your mood, which will help you play better poker. To …

Forget Goals, Embrace Healthy Systems

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Invest in Poker Management, YOU Are The Poker Manager
December 27, 2021 3 min read

Invest in Poker Management, YOU Are The Poker Manager

My friends in the business world have an adage they repeat often: “Over invest in management.” One employee screwing up negatively impacts that employee’s tasks. A bad manager, however, will affect all the employees on …

Invest in Poker Management, YOU Are The Poker Manager

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Examining Spite Equity And Its Impact In Poker
December 15, 2021 7 min read

Examining Spite Equity And Its Impact In Poker

I recently was listening to an audiobook called The Hacking Of The American Mind. In the book, they discussed a study which I found extremely interesting. Researchers did this test where they put two people …

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How to Play Poker Tired
November 16, 2021 4 min read

How to Play Poker Tired

In boxing, fighters have an adage. “You have to learn to fight tired. It’s a different skill.” Many of us have played a sport which has completely run us down. In the final moments of …

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Who Is Folding Pairs?
October 12, 2021 6 min read

Who Is Folding Pairs?

If you can find a guy who is folding pairs, you can collect tens of big blinds without a hand. If you can find a guy who isn’t folding pairs, you can collect much, much …

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