I was recently asked to write a long article about poker coaching. And since a common question I get from perspective students is “is poker coaching right for me?”…I figured I’d write the article with that question in mind. I think coaching is a great option when it comes to taking your […]
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Today’s question comes from flyinhazard and he says, “What are your thoughts on tournament poker versus cash games? Also, why don’t you make videos about tournament play?” Flyinhazard, that’s a great question and there’s a bunch of differences, as well as similarities, between tournaments and cash games. The similarities are going to
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Today’s question comes from Skull Duggery, and he says, “How do you deal with these swings where no matter what you do, nothing works and you’re hideously coolered and bad-beated over and over again? It feels like it will never end!” This is a great question and it’s a question that every
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As part of the Ask SplitSuit a question series, a couple people did ask hand history questions and this one actually came privately via Facebook. Josh just wants me to review a hand from early stages of a tournament. The blinds are 25/50 with 1,500 starting stacks. There are a bunch of limpers, and hero
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Li just wants me to review a hand that he played in a $1/$2 deep cash game. In this hand it folds around. MP1 opens, hero decides to call, and Li says: “MP is a weak reg who opens loosely. I normally wouldn’t flat this, but knowing the CO and BUT were
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Clatterpinch prefaces this hand by saying: “I have a question about a hand I played the other day at full ring 25 No Limit on Bovada. I feel like I played this hand fine, but was wondering if there was any improvement to be had.” In this hand there is an open-raise from EP2
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As part of the “Ask SplitSuit A Question” series, a bunch of people asked hand history questions and this one came privately via Two Plus Two. ICM Monster prefaces the hand by saying: “Mate, you did such a good job making videos of the last hands I sent you, I thought I should send you
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Today’s question comes from Matthew G. and this came privately via Facebook. Matthew says: “I just wanted to know what you think a reasonable winrate would be playing 2/5 live tables with Aggrofish. I’m starting to get a real grasp of the game and feel like it could potentially offer a decent side
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Do you enjoy reading list posts, a top 10, top 25 etc? I like them because it means someone else has made the effort to research and compile a list of the best in whatever topic the list is about. So if you are like me, you may enjoy this. The team over at
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Thomas prefaces this hand by saying, “I played this hand on a fullring table in our home casino, blinds 1/2. My stack was 350 and I was in the straddle with eights.” For those of you that aren’t quite sure what a straddle in poker is, it’s essentially a secondary big blind and
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