Advanced GTO

Poker is a game whose complexity changes depending on the way you look at it. You can play poker at the most basic level and never think about the complexities of the game, or you […]

Being aggressive and punishing passive and weak play is the staple of any solid poker strategy. One play that fits perfectly into such an aggressive strategy is the squeeze play, which can be utilized with […]

Losing is a part of poker, whether you are the best player in the world or a recreational player who plays the game occasionally with their friends. If you have never gone through a bad […]

While many modern players focus heavily on mastering betting frequencies and sizes on different board textures and mimicking poker solvers in other ways, old-school players were focused almost entirely on making reads, and finding tells […]

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 […]

In the modern era of poker, it is quite common to come across poker players who live and die by Game Theory Optimal (GTO) poker strategies. GTO poker is certainly worth studying if you want […]

In the modern era of poker, the utilization of solvers is a must if you want to move up stakes and eventually become a true crusher. While poker has essentially been “solved” by solvers and […]

As days grow longer and the weather gets warmer, the early signs of summer signal that the World Series of Poker (WSOP) will soon be upon us. While Disneyland may own the title of “happiest […]

All poker players make mistakes, but by and large, small stakes poker players make more mistakes. Why is this? Well, a player who makes relatively few mistakes will find themselves handily beating those who make […]

Texas Hold’em poker strategy has changed a lot over the years. Back in the day, many of the concepts used at the poker table would be unheard of in today’s landscape. A-K suited was considered […]

I was recently asked by one of my students what the different strategies are playing 15 big blinds effective as opposed to a 25 big blind effective stack size. The short answer is: there are […]

A question I am often asked by new poker players is whether they should play cash games or tournaments. It is important to realize that how one profitably approaches tournament poker is vastly different than […]

Having a strong red line isn’t impossible; it just takes a solid understanding of the game to get your red line moving in the right direction without affecting your win rate. What Is The Red-Line? […]

Lesson #3: How To Calculate Expected Value Calculating the expected value (EV) is at the heart of every poker decision. Not every poker superstar knows EV equations, but they do grasp the theory. For those […]