Poker Strategy

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 […]

Poker position is one of the most crucial concepts in poker, yet some players often overlook it. You will often see inexperienced poker players limp in, call raises, and raise themselves from random positions at […]

Over the last couple of years, GTO Poker, which stands for “game theory optimal,” has become one of the most popular terms in the game. Those who understand the fundamentals of GTO poker often mistake […]

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Poker is a game of mathematics, regardless of what anyone will tell you, and pot odds are one of the most important concepts of poker rules and strategies. Many poker players learn how to calculate […]

“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 […]

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 […]