Poker Strategy

There used to be a time when poker nits were able to dominate the game and win big at the poker tables, much thanks to the generally low level of play across the board. As […]

This is a hand I played in a $3/$5 NLHE game that has a mandatory $10 straddle. It had some interesting features that made me bring it to the PokerCoaching Discord group.  Preflop Action – […]

Nowadays, both live and online poker operators offer dozens of different tournament formats, like PKOs or re-buy, each offering a slightly different approach to the game. Back in the day, however, freezeout poker tournaments used […]

If you have watched a single episode of a poker TV show or an hour of a poker livestream, you have surely heard the term 3-bet at least once, as it has become one of […]

Of all the player types you may find at poker tables, calling stations should definitely be your favorites, as they are both very profitable and very easy to play against.  In this guide, I will […]

Big poker tournaments offer a chance to win life-changing money, but top events can be a bit out of the price range of an average player. This is exactly why poker satellite tournaments exist, allowing […]

Playing fundamentally good strategy is the secret to success in the game, and mastering basics like your preflop ranges and c-bet situations is the first thing you should learn. However, more advanced plays like floats […]

The loose-aggressive (LAG) poker playing style is one of the most complex in the game. Depending on how well one plays it, it can lead to great success or massive failure.  Many of the world’s best […]

I’ve got another hand that came from the PokerCoaching cash game Discord channel. But in this case, it was one of my hands. Here’s a link to the entire discussion if you want to dive […]

Tournament poker has been at the height of its popularity in the last couple of years, with both online and live tournaments setting attendance records and proving that the game is alive and well. For […]

Sometimes, it seems that the Universe is determined to help me find growth edges in my life. The day before yesterday was one of those.  First, playing ace-queen offsuit wrong We had just gotten the […]

Poker is always a game of strategy, but the variety of plays available with a shallow stack is quite limited compared to advanced options with deeper stacks. While playing deep stack is mostly reserved for […]

Someone once said that poker is a game that takes a day to learn and a lifetime to master, and those words could hardly be truer, as poker is constantly evolving. Unlike many other games […]

Cash game poker is considered by many to be one of the purest forms of the game, as it enforces deep stack play and allows you to play every hand in isolation, unlike tournament poker. […]

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 […]

The game revolves greatly around mathematics, and the concepts you need to be good at differ from very simple to fairly advanced. Counting outs in poker is probably the simplest of them all.  It literally […]

There used to be a time when poker players relied on their gut feeling and life tells more than anything else, but that time is certainly past. While such things still play a role in […]

Implied odds are one of those concepts that you often hear being thrown around in poker conversations but that many players don’t fully understand. In fact, it could be said that a vast majority of […]