Marcus Bateman 
Omaha hi/lo as a bankroll builder
Marcus Bateman / 09 February 2010 / Leave a comment
One of the best games to play if you have a small bankroll and are looking to grind it up is Omaha hi/lo. Omaha hi/lo has a unique place in the low stakes of poker, as it is both very... Read more »
Controlling losses when ahead and behind
Marcus Bateman / 09 February 2010 / Leave a comment
In the popular English television show Bargain Hunt, contestants try and buy antiques at a market and then sell them at an auction to try and make money. They get to pick three items, with a final 'bonus buy' that... Read more »
High stakes sustenance
Marcus Bateman / 05 February 2010 / Leave a comment
One of the interesting features of poker is that the very highest stake games frequently attract extremely weak players. This runs counter to nearly every other game or sport on the planet, where ability alone tends to dictate how far... Read more »
Hedging your bets
Marcus Bateman / 04 February 2010 / Leave a comment
The term 'hedging' when applied to gambling activity typically refers to a strategy where you try and counter balance your risk in one area by making other bets that provide wins if your original area fails, usually at a slight... Read more »
Is UTG the new button?
Marcus Bateman / 02 February 2010 / Leave a comment
This is a phrase often heard at the tables and on forums about how the game is evolving. Predominantly used in tournament poker (although still a phrase relevant to cash poker), the concept that under the gun is the new... Read more »
Reckless at the tables v Reckless with your bankroll
Marcus Bateman / 27 January 2010 / Leave a comment
One of the strange features of poker is that in some areas you have to be very cautious, while in other areas you have to be incredibly reckless in order to be successful. Perhaps the best example of this is... Read more »
Dealing with super tight players
Marcus Bateman / 19 January 2010 / Leave a comment
Some poker players seem to avoid playing all but the very best hands, seeming to think that any marginal hand must have the plague. They wait and wait, hoping to pick up that big hand and win a big pot... Read more »
Being sane in insane places
Marcus Bateman / 13 January 2010 / Leave a comment
Poker is a very strange world on the whole. Situations of extreme pressure exist, as are scenarios of near mass hysteria about a situation (such as the bubble on the final table of a major tournament), and situations where people... Read more »
Bluffing your bad hands
Marcus Bateman / 13 January 2010 / Leave a comment
One of the key mistakes you see some of even the best players make is to start bluffing with marginal hands. This is particularly noticeable in limit hold'em, where you will frequently see players bluffing parts of their ranges which... Read more »
Poker, pigeons and superstition
Marcus Bateman / 11 January 2010 / Leave a comment
In 1948, the psychologist B.F. Skinner published an article in the Journal of Experimental Psychology, outlining the interesting results of an experiment he conducted on pigeons. He set up a system where if a pigeon pressed a button, they were... Read more »
Maximising wins
Marcus Bateman / 08 January 2010 / Leave a comment
One of the most serious and common mistakes that nearly all poker players make is to give up early when winning. Coupled with the fact that most people play far too long when losing (the desire to chase losses is... Read more »
Showdown value - Bluffing with junk
Marcus Bateman / 04 January 2010 / Leave a comment
In between the two polar opposites of hands in poker, those of the very strongest hands and the very weakest hands, exist a large number of marginal hands. The best players make most of their money through how they play... Read more »
Why playing live can be more profitable
Marcus Bateman / 31 December 2009 / Leave a comment
One of the key things to remember about live poker is that it is much easier to win than it is online. This is for a few key reasons, but the most important is by far the amount of information... Read more »
Leading into raisers
Marcus Bateman / 28 December 2009 / Leave a comment
One of the most useful plays at the low and mid stakes is making the odd well timed lead into a pre flop raiser. Weak players - particularly weak loose players - often really struggle to deal with players leading... Read more »
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