Poker Strategy Articles
Poker strategy articles for beginner to advanced levels of play.
Position, Opponent, Cards.
The POC rule (Position, Opponent, Cards) is an exceptionally important one when it comes to success at playing in multi table poker tournaments. It is a thought progression that should be used every time it is your turn to act, and is the order in which every player should be considering their options. There are […]
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Tips for Playing in Large Fields
When players first start competing in online multi table poker tournaments it is normally on one of the major sites, with a low buy-in, a field of thousands competing for a first prize of a couple of hundred dollars and a deep payout structure. Poker sites like providing these sorts of games, as it encourages […]
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Buying in For The Maximum
If you play any form of online ring game poker, you will have noticed an alarming tendency for players to arrive at a table with the minimum number of chips possible and then “rathole” any winnings they have made (ratholing is when a player leaves the table with their winnings and returns a short time […]
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How to Crush a Loose Table
There are a number of online web sites which are notorious for the loose standard of their players (see our 888 poker review for one) but sometimes a tight aggressive player can find that they experience more losing sessions on a loose site than on their regular tables. Stories of how premium cards get crushed […]
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How to Play Two Pairs
Conventional wisdom decrees that if you hit two pairs on the flop, you bet out to take the pot there and then and prevent anybody picking up a stronger hand with the late community cards – but there are some circumstances in which you may have to show a little caution. In the low stakes […]
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Tips for Poker Satellites
Whichever poker site you play on, they are full of satellite multi table poker tournaments offering qualification for a major event or large stake game, and there is often the temptation is to enter these on the strength of the potential prize in the target event. However, there are a number of factors that you […]
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How to Play Against a Bluffer
One of the more valuable benefits of regularly taking notes, is that when you arrive at a table, you already know most of the betting actions of the opponents you are about to face. Sometimes this can help determine which table you actually play on as, if you have a history of taking money from […]
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The Vulnerability of KK
When you are dealt pocket Kings in NL Texas Hold´em, you should give careful thought to how you intend to play them. You want to make as much profit from the hand as possible, yet cannot risk allowing too many players into the pot – particularly any holding aces that might catch top pair on […]
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Protecting Your Stack
Whereas there is plenty of advice available for players who find themselves short-stacked in a multi table poker tournament, there seems to be little guidance on offer for players who have started a tournament well and find themselves up amongst the chip leaders. Maybe the belief exists that players with the biggest chip stacks no […]
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Playing the Big Blind
Being in the Big Blind position when playing No Limit Texas Hold’em can often present a dilemma. In many cases, you may be happy situation where you can get a free card by checking through, or even picking up the small blind if all the players in front of you fold. However, when there is […]
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