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

Many economic concepts carry over nicely to poker, and one of the big ones I talk about often is “elasticity”.  Understanding what an elastic range is, an inelastic range is, and how to exploit players with different level of elasticity can give you a huge edge in the bet sizing war.  This

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

One of the most important skills in poker is getting postflop value.  The majority of your winrate is actually derived from value hands, so knowing when and how to bet them is crucial.  In this free video you will learn what goes into value betting and maximizing your winnings from the flop

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

Do you know how to bluff squeeze preflop?  Knowing how to run this powerful play can help you turn junky hole cards into easy profit…so long as you know what to look for.  This video covers bluff squeezing from a consideration, mathematical, and card type point of view to give you a

One of the more important concepts in poker is SPR.  Knowing how to use SPR is a vital skill that will help you play better both preflop and postflop.  SPR is a measurement of commitment, helping us visualize when we are automatically committed to a pot, never automatically committed to a pot,

I was recently discussing a hand with some players and I felt it needed to be shared. This was a spot where hero was bluffing the river with multiple players involved. Multiway pots can be confused as-is, but things get even more complicated when the stack sizes are varied. But rather than