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NL Hold'em Strategy

  • How to become a better player - preflop

    Thursday, December 10, 2009, JT1swaggin
    Today I want to talk about opening your 3-bet range. This is one key aspect of the game that most beginners fail to do. Even many novice players fail here who could be regular winning players at higher stakes and are only break even players...Read more...
  • How To Execute Proper Semi-bluff Strategy

    Tuesday, December 8, 2009, JT1swaggin
    For those who don't know a semi-bluff is leading out (or raising) with a hand that figures to be beaten at the moment but has potential to win. Usually this is done with drawing hands post-flopsuch as open ended straight draws, flush draws,...Read more...
  • Understanding EV (Expected Value)

    Wednesday, November 25, 2009, jt1swaggin
    EV is also referred to as expectation and is the most important aspect of each move you make at a poker table. To explain I'll take some examples of random gambling propositions first before moving onto some common poker situations. First, ...Read more...
  • Poker Bankroll Management 102

    Wednesday, September 9, 2009, Aaron Clark
    This was going to be 100 or 101 reasons why you shouldn't play above your bankroll, but ya know - there just aren't that many reasons worth putting in a list so you'll get the ones worth listing.Players watch games and see 'bad' play, often...Read more...
  • There’s three ways to play Jacks preflop - and all of them are wrong

    Wednesday, May 20, 2009, John Darr
    Aside from "don't fold the nuts on the river," very rarely is anything in poker a slam dunk piece of advice. But I think I've come the closest thing to it. Now, I can't take credit for coming up with this and perhaps you've heard it already...Read more...
  • The Catholic Casino - Lessons in Game Selection

    Tuesday, November 4, 2008, Aaron K
    Last Saturday, I volunteered to help out my father and work his booth at the St. Joseph Orphans picnic. For those of you not familliar with the Catholic picnic circuit in Louisville, St. Joe's picnic is the picnic to end all picnics in the ...Read more...
  • Handling the inevitable online swings

    Sunday, August 31, 2008, James "Krazy Kanuck" Worth
    One of the most frustrating aspects of playing online poker is the swings. Regardless of how good a player you are, swings are inevitable. They can be mind boggling, they can be harsh, and they can wreak havoc on your sanity. After playing ...Read more...
  • Single-tabling your way to the World Series

    Friday, August 22, 2008, James "Krazy Kanuck" Worth
    The atmosphere of the WSOP is magical. Just being there, amongst the hundreds of poker tables and thousands of poker players all vying for their place in poker history, is a real buzz. I'm sure it must be a very intimidating experience for ...Read more...
  • Fast Tracking The Learning Curve

    Thursday, August 14, 2008, James "Krazy Kanuck" Worth
    I've played poker now for approximately 13 years. I started playing online poker roughly six years ago, after I walked into a business client's office and noticed he was playing a poker game on his computer. Being someone who loved the game...Read more...
  • The Best Way to Improve Your Game

    Tuesday, August 12, 2008, Jim "KrazyKanuck" Worth
    It was an honor to be asked to write a regular column for Bluff, and I was even happier when they asked to write about my favorite topic, online poker. I've never said I'm the best online player, or the authority on online poker, but I've h...Read more...