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Twelve Examples of Becoming Dead Money

No matter your skill, there is no way to guarantee a win in a large or even a small tournament

Playing Made Hands on the Flop

Change100

May, 03

In this article, you’ll learn how to evaluate hand strength on the flop and extract value from made hands

Expected Value

Jordan Greene

April, 16

While learning about poker, you may have heard the term, “Expected Value,” often referred to by the abbreviation, “EV”

Pot Odds

Jordan Greene

April, 09

What “pot odds” are, how to calculate them, and why they are important is useful to any beginning or novice player

Playing in Sit & Go Tournaments

Jeff Edgie

March, 05

With the right amount of patience and skill, playing Sit & Go Tournaments provide a fun and profitable way to enjoy online poker

Pre-Flop Play, Part 4: Reacting to a Raise

Change100

February, 20

Opening for a raise is almost always the ideal way to enter a pot when the action has been folded around to you

The Pros and Cons of Open Raising and Three Betting

Matthew Ebner

February, 08

The Pros and Cons of Open Raising and Three Betting (With Hands that Can’t Call a Raise)

Pre-Flop Play, Part 2: What Makes a Starting Hand Valuable?

Change100

November, 08

In part one, we discussed the importance of position in no-limit hold’em and laid out a few guidelines on which hands to consider playing from different positions at the table. However, before making a single bet or raise, you should not only understand which hands to play, but the reasoning behind playing them.

Pre-Flop Play, Part 1: Position and Hand Selection

Change100

July, 18

Deciding whether or not to play a hand before the flop depends on three key factors: (1) your position at the table, (2) the tendencies of the players at your table, and (3) the strength of your hand... in that order. More than anything else, position will rule your approach to a hand, both before and after the flop. So what do we mean by “position?” Simply put, it’s being the last player to act in a hand. When playing from position, you will have more information on your opponent’s hand because he or she will be forced to act before you.

The Perfect Sit and Go Tournament for Beginners

Welcome back players of Pokerist.com for another edition of TheBluffCy’s Poker Strategies 101. As the title suggests this article is going to help you develop your Sit and Go (SnG) game, in order to become the perfect poker player in these tournaments. Although many people are not familiar with these types of tournaments due to the fact that you don’t really see them in real casinos, there a big thing in online poker, and many of the most successful grinders in the game today, either started off by playing SnG’s or are still playing them.

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