Matt Tagliaferri

My favorite poker book right now is “Poker Plays you can Use”, by Doug Hull. This book is just loaded with great example hands and specific lines you can take in well-explained situations.  Doug doesn’t just describe how to play the example hands – he describes our reads, why we’re making the […]

In my first article TAG Poker Explained, I mentioned that one way to exploit someone playing the standard tight-aggressive (or TAG) playing style, was to defend your button often against him.  Let’s look at a hand I played a few months ago in some depth to see an example why defending your

Most of us aren’t lucky enough to play poker for a living, so we have only limited time to devote to the pursuit.  When we finally do get to carve out some time, most of us would rather spend that time playing the game, rather than devoting any time to practice or

There’s not a much more exhilarating feeling in Texas Holdem than putting all your chips in the middle, also known as “shoving all in”, or just “shoving”.  The very name “No-Limit Holdem” is a nod to the fact that a player can go all-in at any time – that’s what the “no