Better No-Limit Hold’em

If you are playing from the small blind at the no-limit holdem tables, remember whatever your actions before the flop whether you fold, flat call or raise, you will be out of position at the table for the rest of the hand and therefore at a disadvantage, so you want to minimize any losses you [...]

One poker topic that is worth taking into consideration before you buy into a game is seating. By having the right types of players either side of you can make a difference to your profits. You may not always be able to choose  your seat position at the table, but you can gain an advantage if [...]

The continuation bet is a valuable weapon in a poker players arsenal, if it is used properly. When you have raised preflop, and you then bet after the flop, whether you hit the flop or not, that is a continuation bet or C- bet. Basically you are telling your opponent that you had a good starting [...]

The size of the chip stacks at the table are a very important aspect of play at in a game of poker. It pays to be aware of not just the size of your own stack but that of your opponents as well, because at any time during play you could possibly have all your [...]

If you find yourself dealt a pair of Aces preflop, congratulations you are now holding the top hand in NLH.  Whether you will finish the hand with a maximum profit or end up losing a big piece or all of your stack, all depends on how you bet and raise preflop. No matter how tempted you [...]

One of the biggest mistakes players make, is not knowing when to laydown a big hand. There are always going to be times when the cards you are holding, no matter how good, are going to get beaten when the board gets dangerous.
There are players who simply refuse to let go of their hands, even when the board [...]

You can find freerolls with varying prize pools at almost every online poker room. They are seen as a good way to start a bankroll if you have not made a deposit, and they have become even more popular now as players want to emulate Chris”Jesus”Ferguson and build an impressive bankroll from zero$$.
The “Ferguson effect” may mean [...]

If you are playing poker on a large poker room, or spend most of your time playing tournaments, either MTT or sit-n-gos, you are going to come up against a large number of different players and it will be very difficult to get to know the playing tendencies of your opponents. But if  you are playing [...]

Playing your best poker will require you to be in the best mental state you can be in. Any sport or pastime that you wish to become proficient at will require  you being able to focus your mind on the task at hand. Sportsmen who excel at sports like golf and tennis know that part [...]

Stealing the blinds in no-limit hold’em is an effective method of  adding chips to your stack, it is especially effective in tournaments. If you are in late position preflop and your competitors have all folded to you, put in a standard X3 raise, this should be enough to win the blinds outright, because the players in the blinds are [...]

Making the correct size bet is something that novice poker players should try and master when they first start foraging into the no-limit game. It is a skill that will let you control the game and dictate how your opponents play by giving them the wrong odds when they are thinking of making a call. [...]

It was in 2006 that Chris”Jesus”Ferguson decided on starting his bankroll challenge. The idea was that he would start with$0 on Full Tilt Poker with the intentions of building it into a bankroll of $10,000. By following a strict set of bankroll rules he achieved his goal in just a year and a half.
The basis is, [...]

A successful check-raise is one of the most effective moves a no-limit player can have in their arsenal of plays. The check-raise can be used as either a way of getting an opponent to contribute more money into the pot, or as a way of bluffing an opponent out of a pot.
A check-raise is basically [...]

One of the big misconceptions that non-poker players and beginners have about poker, is that the game of poker is all about bluffing. Sure, bluffing is an integral part of poker, and nothing feels better to a poker player than taking down a pot that they really should not have won. But there is more [...]

Players who fall into the calling stations category, are the type of players that will see the river with any two cards. They will rarely raise but will call your raises in the hope that they will make a hand. They are a very profitable type of player to play against. Forget trying to bluff [...]