Since Texas Hold’em has become so popular in the last few years, I’m sure everyone is familiar with pot odds. And if you know about pot odds, then you know when and when not to play most hands after the flop. But the thing is conventional pot odds knowledge only looks at your odds for […]
The Dwan Challenge has been on the tip of everyone’s tongue in the high stakes online poker community for the past year. By now everyone has heard of Full Tilt Poker pro Tom Dwan. He has been going up against Patrik Antonius in a heads-up match that will have lasted for 50,000 hands when it […]
It is May and that means it’s almost time for the world’s most important poker event again in the WSOP. And even though the World Series of Poker is almost here, people are questioning whether or not the giant poker tournament will have to find a new venue. What’s the reason? Harrah’s Entertainment is debating […]
In Texas Hold’em, you’ll get hands that force you to think about the next move all of the time. With hands like A-A, K-K, and Q-Q you’re probably making large pre-flop raises with the intention of getting 1…maybe 2 callers. With hands like 7-2, you’re hopefully folding every time because nothing good can come from […]
It sucks when your set of queens is trumped by an idiot who just got lucky with a runner-runner straight. You might even want to give up on poker completely if you were seconds away from winning a large pot. No one likes bad beats….but you have to keep the overall picture in mind here. […]
You’ll be able to find a monstrous amount of poker strategy on the web. Unfortunately, using typical strategy won’t be much help in the large multi-table poker tournaments because they usually feature play that defies standard strategy. It is even truer when you’re getting close to the bubble of a big tournament. So you’re going […]
There’s a common “poker strategy” bit that claims you can spot fish as soon as they come into an online poker room. This bit of strategy says that you need to look at the chip counts of people as they come into No-Limit rooms because fish will enter the room with less chips than what […]
The idea associated with drawing hands is to try and stay in the hand for as long as possible so you can hit your hand. That being said, I think it’s sometimes nerve wracking when you’re waiting on the right card, and it is even worse when you’re sitting in early position. And it can […]
When you ask for advice on how to become a better poker player, the majority of people would tell you to play more competitive players, duh! It is completely obvious that you’re supposed to learn way more when you’re playing tougher players because you will be studying their moves. But the majority isn’t always right! […]
2009 was definitely not Tom Dwan’s year. He was consistently beaten by Full Tilt Poker’s best pros, and he lost millions of dollars to people like Patrik Antonius. Well Dwan must have learned some kind of lesson after losing these millions since he’s been red hot in 2010. Before last night, Dwan had already earned […]