Author name: Jonathan Little

A value bet in poker is any bet made with the goal of getting called by an opponent holding a worse hand. I have seen players at every level leave significant money on the table […]

Rebuy poker tournaments allow players to purchase additional chips during a designated early period whenever their stack drops to or below the starting chip count. Unlike re-entry events, rebuys cost no additional rake, are played […]

A re-entry poker tournament is an event that allows eliminated players to buy back in as a completely new entrant, receiving a fresh chip stack and a new seat at the table. I have played […]

Are you a Short Stack Ninja? See how you do in our latest quiz! If you get a 10/10, you are a crusher! The BTN raises to 2bb and the SB folds. Should you call […]

Bet sizing in poker is the skill of choosing how much to bet based on your range against your opponent’s range on the board texture in front of you, not on the absolute strength of […]

Short-stack poker in a tournament means playing with 20 big blinds or fewer, a situation where your entire strategic framework must shift from post-flop creativity to disciplined preflop decision-making. I have coached hundreds of students […]

A nit in poker is a player who voluntarily enters only 10 to 12 percent of hands, preferring premium holdings and folding to almost any pressure in marginal situations. I have reviewed hundreds of hand […]

A poker freezeout tournament is a format where every player receives one buy-in and plays until their chips are gone, with no rebuys or re-entries allowed. I have played, studied, and coached thousands of hands […]

Are you Ready to Test Your Poker Math Skills? See how you do in our latest quiz! If you get a 10/10, you are a crusher! You are on the river and the pot is […]

A 3-bet in poker is the second raise made on a betting street, most commonly seen preflop when a player re-raises the initial raiser, representing a strong range that puts maximum pressure on the opener. […]

A calling station is a player who calls bets almost regardless of hand strength, rarely folds, and almost never bluffs, making them one of the most consistently profitable opponent types you will face at poker […]

Poker satellites are qualifying tournaments where the prize is a seat in a higher buy-in event rather than cash, meaning the key to your poker strategy is survival, not building the biggest stack. I have […]

Floating in poker means calling a flop bet with a weak hand, little to no showdown value, and the intention of bluffing on a later street after your opponent slows down. In my experience coaching […]

 LAG poker, short for loose-aggressive, describes a playing style where a player enters a wide range of hands preflop and plays them aggressively on every betting street through raises, re-raises, and multi-street barrels. In my […]

MTT poker strategy is the set of adjustments that separate players who run deep in multi-table tournaments from those who bust early and walk away empty-handed. I have played and coached tournament poker for over […]

Deep stack poker strategy refers to the specific adjustments you need to make when playing with 100 big blinds or more, whether in a cash game or the early stages of a tournament. I have […]

The types of poker players fall into four core categories defined by two axes: how many hands they play (tight or loose) and how aggressively they play those hands (passive or aggressive). Every player at […]

Cash game poker strategy differs from tournament strategy since every chip has a direct cash value, you can buy in and leave at any time, and no blind escalation forces action. That means hand selection, […]

EV in poker, or expected value, is the average profit or loss of any decision over the long run. A call with positive EV makes money over thousands of repetitions even when it loses in […]

Fold equity is the additional equity you gain when your opponent folds in response to a bet or raise. It is calculated by multiplying your opponent’s equity by the probability they fold: if your opponent […]

Poker strategy tips separate consistent winners from players who break even for years, and the gap almost always comes down to the same handful of mistakes. I have reviewed tens of thousands of student hands […]