Poker Basics

Poker EV, or expected value, is one of the most commonly used terms in modern poker theory. When making a difficult decision at the poker table, the best players look to EV to help them […]

There is more than one way to win a hand of poker, and while making the nuts is fun, seeing your opponent muck their cards when you are bluffing is an even better feeling. The […]

It’s long been said that poker is a game that takes a day to learn and a lifetime to master, and it’s one of the hardest truths about the game. If you are here, you […]

Here’s another hand from the PokerCoaching Discord. Our hero, Matt, is in a $5/$5 no-limit hold’em cash game in the Los Angeles area and is delighted to find K♥K♦UTG7 (traditionally called “UTG+1” – there are […]

Poker outs are the cards remaining in the deck that will improve your hand to a likely winner. When you hold a flush draw on the flop, for example, nine hearts are still out there. […]

Poker solvers are software tools that calculate GTO (game theory optimal) solutions for specific hand scenarios, telling you which hands to bet, check, or fold, and at what frequency, to achieve a perfectly balanced, unexploitable […]

Implied odds in poker represent the money you expect to win on future streets if you hit your draw, factored in alongside the pot odds you are getting right now. When pot odds alone do […]

Poker positions determine the order in which you act during a hand, and that order is the single biggest structural advantage you can have at the table. Players who act last collect more information, control […]

GTO poker, short for game theory optimal, is a mathematically balanced strategy designed to make your play unexploitable. No matter what your opponents do against a true GTO strategy, they cannot profit. They can only […]

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Pot odds are the ratio of the current pot size to the cost of a call, expressed as a percentage of equity you need to make calling mathematically correct. When the pot offers 3:1 and […]

“Hold it, Lee – how can I make a mistake on a street that doesn’t even exist?” Au contraire, my poker buddy. Firstly, ever since there has been a seven-card stud, there have been sixth […]

The biggest challenge players face when learning how to play poker is figuring out what hand their opponent is holding. While many players focus on guessing the exact two cards their opponent has, poker pros […]

Here’s another great topic gleaned from the PokerCoaching Discord server. It started innocently enough with a hand from a regular poster named Kevin. Here’s a link to the entire thread if you want it, but […]

This is the first of many articles that will draw from the PokerCoaching Discord server.  If you haven’t spent any time there, I encourage you to come visit us. There are a lot of cool […]

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Do you understand the poker fundamentals like pot odds, counting combos, bet sizing, stack to pot ratios, minimum defense frequencies and more?

In the first half of this two-part series, I talked about the joys and dangers of Double Board PLO Bomb Pots (“DBPLOBP”). One of the reasons I broke this into two parts was so that […]

Vanilla ice cream is a fine thing. Why, some people go their whole lives choosing that flavor at every opportunity, despite dozens – perhaps hundreds – of other options.  I presume the subset of vanilla-lovers […]

Poker tournaments are currently booming in the United States and around the world! Whether you are a grinder down in Texas or an online pro hailing from Europe, every month more tournament series are being […]

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