Poker Basics

The reason I love writing about poker is it’s very much writing about life. If you don’t have your life in order, you will not play winning poker. Unless your training is simply impeccable, you […]

You raise from the button in a tournament with J-10o. The big blind calls after a couple of seconds. You are both 60 big blinds deep. The board comes 8h-4h-3s. He checks to you. You […]

I’m playing in the WPT Borgata Open. A player I’ve always considered tight opens from UTG+1 to 2.5X the big blind. In the time he and I have played, I have never once seen him […]

The most dangerous bluff in No-Limit Hold’em is the 3-bet bluff out of position. You could have a great career without hardly ever doing one. However, if you have a guy who is perpetually opening […]

If you’re looking to transform your game so you can be the best poker player you can be, you first need to start by transforming your life. Change the way you think and live and […]

If I say, “Mary had a little ______.” You are going to think, “lamb.” No amount of meditation or positive thinking could get you to not think of the word “lamb” there. This is what […]

I simply do not believe that every single preflop raise should be 2X. Or 2.5X. Or 3X. Take your pick. I talk to many pros these days who insist on one single raise size. Do […]

Picking your ideal time to play poker is another aspect of proper game selection. It will help you find the profitable spots and games that give you the highest expectations, which will help you make […]

“Alex, how do you play poker?” My friend asked me this with a smile while we were on a business call. On my podcast, we have an old joke. Whenever someone asks an extremely broad […]

The biggest problem with most poker players is that they don’t actually want to learn how to win in poker, or to win, for that matter. They think they want to win, but what they […]

Okay, I’ll admit it: I don’t know if poker is a sport. If you can do it with a beer in your hand, I don’t know if it qualifies as a sport. That said, I […]

One of my greatest frustrations with poker training is how overly complex it is. I’m guilty of this as well. If you watch my early training videos, I was needlessly detailed. Like a kid talking […]

What do you do when you lose your entire bankroll? It’s not a situation anyone wants to be in, but it happens – especially to newer players who may not understand the intricacies of bankroll […]

Here we are going to discuss three areas where I feel weak: live poker players are easily exploited in tournaments. This article will hopefully give you three areas in your game to explore for leaks, […]

Let’s put you in a situation: You are on the button with A-Qo. It’s folded around to you in a $100 buy-in tournament in your local casino. You raise. Dustin Richards is in the big […]

Creating a solid environment to play Texas Hold’em is just one of the many edges that can help you win – and win consistently. Your environment is integral to your results, but it’s often overlooked […]

Today let’s discuss simple tricks that we can use to help improve your ability to put your opponent on a range of hands. This is one of the most important skills of a high-level poker […]

“The one thing I hate about training videos is they always assume I’m playing some high stakes game,” my student says to me. “In every training video I see it’s folded around to the pro, […]

Your bankroll has you cornered into playing small-stakes games with some pretty shoddy players. You want to develop your game, but that’s hard to do when you’re surrounded by mice and fish. It’s even harder […]

“My biggest problem lately is how bad I’ve been running.” “You’re not running bad. You’re playing bad,” I say, as I peel through their statistics. As you can imagine, this conversation doesn’t always go swimmingly. […]

One of the most perplexing situations you will find yourself in occurs when your opponent bets into you after you were the aggressor on the previous betting round. This play is referred to as a […]