Poker Strategy

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 […]

Poker ranges are the full set of hands a player could reasonably hold in a given situation, based on their position, preflop action, and betting tendencies. Instead of guessing the exact two cards your opponent […]

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 […]

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 […]

In the first installment of Three Ways to Punish Wide Preflop Ranges, we discussed how poker players see too many flops, and began to review how to exploit that mistake. I said that one thing […]

It’s no secret that most poker players play too many hands preflop. In fact, you probably play too many hands preflop. There are great treatment programs for this ailment, but this is not one of […]

When I discuss the game of poker with people who do not play regularly, often I will hear them say “I would be an awful poker player, I’m terrible at lying!” or “I’m no good […]

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 […]

It’s the rare poker player who doesn’t dream of moving up to the next bigger cash game. More zeros in the pot sizes, more excitement, the opportunity to boost your bankroll. Just to amplify the […]

It seems like everybody loves suited connectors. I guess they look pretty, the 8♥ snuggled up to its neighbor, the 7♥. Legendary poker vlogger Ethan “Rampage” Yau loves T♦-9♦ because it’s a natural in baccarat. […]

It may be easy to highlight the common bad habits that make fish and mis-regs what they are, but what are the good poker habits that winning poker players use to succeed? Or a better […]

Like most things in life, even a seemingly simple poker question can require dramatic refining and nuance before anybody can provide a useful answer. Thus, “How should I play an overpair, out-of-position (“OP”) in cash […]

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 soon as Hustler Casino Live (HCL) owners Ryan Feldman and Nik Vertucci announced that the popular live-streamed poker production would be hosting a Million Dollar Cash Game, poker fans immediately began speculating on whether […]

Push fold charts are pre-calculated hand ranges that tell you which hands to move all-in with from each table position when your stack reaches 15 big blinds or less in a poker tournament. They eliminate […]

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 […]

I’ve taught hundreds of people to play poker tournaments and cash games in live settings. There’s a fascinating tendency that all poker newbies share: they want to “continue” in the hand. So the question they […]