Author name: Jonathan Little

Leveling in poker is the practice of thinking beyond your own hand to consider what your opponent thinks you hold, and then potentially what they think you think they hold. The concept was introduced to […]

The squeeze play in poker is a re-raise (3-bet) made after one player raises and at least one other player calls. The squeeze strategy exploits the “sandwich effect”: the original raiser now faces pressure from […]

Crazy poker games are alternative poker variants specifically designed to create more action, wilder hands, and memorable moments than standard Texas Hold’em or Omaha. They include games like Irish Poker, Badugi, Pineapple, Short Deck Poker, […]

The best poker books are the ones that fundamentally change how you think at the table, not just add new terms to your vocabulary. Over the past two decades as a professional player, I have […]

The best poker movies capture the psychological intensity, strategic depth, and human drama of high-stakes poker in ways that no strategy guide ever could. The essential list includes Rounders, Molly’s Game, The Cincinnati Kid, California […]

Poker HUD stats are numerical measurements of your opponents’ tendencies, displayed in real time over the table by tracking software, and they are one of the most powerful weapons available to online poker players. The […]

A poker straddle is a voluntary blind bet placed before the cards are dealt, typically by the player to the left of the big blind, for twice the big blind. It acts as a third […]

Limping in poker means calling the big blind preflop without raising, and it is almost always the wrong play in a cash game when you are first into the pot. You give up initiative, invite […]

The best Texas Hold’em starting hands are, in order: pocket aces (AA), pocket kings (KK), pocket queens (QQ), ace-king (AK), pocket jacks (JJ), ace-queen (AQ), pocket tens (TT), pocket nines (99), ace-jack (AJ), and king-queen […]

The biggest poker tournaments in the world are the WSOP Main Event, the WPT World Championship, and the European Poker Tour (EPT) series: live events that attract tens of thousands of players and generate eight-figure […]

Poker is a skill game in the long run: short-term luck creates the illusion of randomness, but over a large enough sample of hands, the better player always wins because every decision has a mathematically […]

As much as all of us here at Pokercoaching.com love coaching and learning, we of course also love playing. Peak summer poker season is upon us, and that means it’s PLAY TIME! Some of you […]

A poker downswing is a prolonged period of losing results that stems from variance rather than poor play. Most players experience multiple significant downswings each year regardless of their skill level, and some lasting hundreds […]

Poker etiquette is the set of unwritten behavioral standards that govern how players are expected to act at a live poker table, from how you handle your chips to how you behave after a bad […]

Insurance in poker is an optional agreement, typically in cash games, that allows a player who is all-in and a favorite to win to pay a premium in exchange for a guaranteed payout if they […]

Sit and go strategy is the approach you use to navigate SNG poker tournaments from the tight early stage through the critical bubble and into heads-up play. I have coached hundreds of students through sit-and-gos, […]

Poker hand nicknames are informal names that players use to describe specific starting hand combinations, ranging from the legendary “American Airlines” for pocket aces to the humble “Dirty Diaper” for three-two. Over decades of card […]

RTA in poker, short for real-time assistance, refers to any tool or method that helps a player make decisions while a hand is actively in progress. This ranges from static preflop charts consulted during play […]

In 2003, when Chris Moneymaker won the World Series of Poker main event, nobody could have possibly foretold the seismic effect it would have on all of poker. Certainly David Peters, a high-school student at […]

A bluff catcher in poker is any hand that beats the bluffs in your opponent’s range but loses to all of their value hands. It does not have to be a strong hand in absolute […]

Poker tournaments have changed a lot over the years, and the introduction of online poker has certainly had a massive impact on the way tournaments are played. Online poker operators have introduced countless tournament formats […]