Poker Strategy 
Going for Knockouts in Tournaments: Is It Worth It?
So-called "bounty" or "knockout" tournaments have become increasingly popular over recent years, especially when it comes to online poker. These are tourneys for which part of the prize pool is set aside to reward players...
The Importance of Suitedness in No-Limit Hold'em
One debate that frequently arises in discussions of no-limit hold'em strategy concerns the relative importance of suitedness. For many, when faced with a marginal decision over whether or not to play a hand, having two...
Freeze Right There. Are You Bluffing?
Most people have heard of the term "fight-or-flight" at least once in their lives. It is used to describe how animals and humans react when faced with immediate danger or threats, we either run away...
Sevens, Eights, and Nines in Omaha/8
Omaha/8 (a.k.a. Omaha Hi/Lo Split-8-or-Better) has grown in popularity over recent years thanks in part to the fact that online poker rooms are now regularly offering it not just in its traditional fixed limit format...
Turbo Tournaments
Turbo tournaments are gaining in popularity both in online poker circles and in the live arena but there are a core section of poker players who are dead set against them. They often cite the...
Keeping The Tilt Monkey At Bay
You may not be aware of this little-known fact but there is a funny little creature that likes to hang around poker players known as the tilt monkey. Usually he stays well hidden from view...
Using Blockers in Hold'em and PLO
We're all focused on the NFL playoffs here in the U.S. right now, what with the Super Bowl being just a few weeks away. The playoffs are a time when individual players often emerge as...
Evaluating Pot-Limit Omaha Starting Hands for Straight-Draw Potential
I've been enjoying the recent posts from our friend Matthew Pitt, a.k.a. YorkyPud, in which he's kept us up-to-date on "Pud's Poker Progress." Lately the Pudster has found himself playing a lot more pot-limit Omaha....
A New Year, and a New Idea for Tracking Poker Results
For poker players, the start of a new year often occasions at least a couple of familiar ideas. Like everyone else, poker players are inspired to make resolutions when the calendar turns to January 1,...
Telling The Story Of A Bluff
One of the most fun, exciting and exhilarating moves a poker player can make at their table is a bluff. Anyone who tells you differently is simply wrong. The very act of bluffing goes against...
The Information Game
Years ago -- before the tidal wave of poker strategy advice and theory that accompanied the "boom" and collectively improved the thinking and skill sets of many -- one frequently heard players describing themselves betting...
Table Dynamics
One of the most important factors in determining how to play a hand and approach the game of poker is the dynamics of the table, that is how the table is playing and how the...
The Art Of Folding
Everyone talks about poker as being a game of pure aggression where betting and raising are the best plays to make in the vast majority of situations but unless you are a rare breed of...
Building a Strategy for Double-or-Nothing SNGs
A little over three years ago, "Double or nothing" sit-n-goes started to appear as a new option on online poker sites. Usually these are 10-handed, single-table tournaments in which the top five finishers get double...
