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 LAG poker, short for loose-aggressive, describes a playing style where a player enters a wide range of hands preflop and plays them aggressively on every betting street through raises, re-raises, and multi-street barrels. In my […]

MTT poker strategy is the set of adjustments that separate players who run deep in multi-table tournaments from those who bust early and walk away empty-handed. I have played and coached tournament poker for over […]

The types of poker players fall into four core categories defined by two axes: how many hands they play (tight or loose) and how aggressively they play those hands (passive or aggressive). Every player at […]

EV in poker, or expected value, is the average profit or loss of any decision over the long run. A call with positive EV makes money over thousands of repetitions even when it loses in […]

Fold equity is the additional equity you gain when your opponent folds in response to a bet or raise. It is calculated by multiplying your opponent’s equity by the probability they fold: if your opponent […]

Poker strategy tips separate consistent winners from players who break even for years, and the gap almost always comes down to the same handful of mistakes. I have reviewed tens of thousands of student hands […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Online poker has become increasingly popular over the years, and one of the most challenging aspects of the game is playing in multi-way pots. A multi-way pot is when three or more players are involved […]

Knowing when to 3-bet preflop and how much to bet will make you a much better player. Take our quiz to see how you stack up!