Poker Articles

Flush draws can be tricky, but one card flush draws can be even tougher. When these draws complete the board becomes very obvious and thus it can change your line on earlier streets. In this video I show you some important considerations when playing these single card FDs, including pot/implied odds and […]

Poker players often times overlook bet sizing. They learn early on that a 2/3 pot-sized bet is standard, and for the rest of time they bet 1/2-3/4 pot in most situations. But there are many times when a different bet sizing strategy would prove to be much more profitable. In this video

In Poker we always want to have a solid reason for making every action. If you fully understand WHY you do X or Y, it makes poker much more profitable and allows you to grow as a player much quicker. Many players have a semblance of an idea why they bet or

As players continue 3betting more aggressively than ever before, a good value 4betting strategy is crucial for your success.  Knowing when to 4bet those monsters hand versus when to flat them is a vital skill that you need to fully understand.  In this video I show you what value 4betting is from

Very few things are more fun in poker than light 3betting.  Re-raising someone while holding nothing but total junk can make your play more enjoyable, but also more profitable if you pick your spots correctly.  One way to make these bluff re-raises even more profitable is to 3-bet with blockers.  I constantly

Starting a home poker game is a great way to squeeze another night of poker into your week.  I was attending a Thursday night game a few years ago, but it felt like it was falling apart, so I ended up splitting the hosting duties for a short time, and soon I

The majority of our poker profits coming from our value hands, like AA, KK, QQ, and AK.  So knowing how to 3bet them preflop is crucial to ensure we are maximizing value whenever possible.  In this video / article combo I show you when a 3bet is actually for value, how to

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

One of the toughest things to do in poker is to classify your hand correctly betwen value and showdown value (SDV).  To make matters more confusing, how you classify your hand is relative to your opponent and their ranges/frequencies.  The concept of SDV presents lots of confusion, especially on turns and rivers,

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