Texas Holdem Poker

When you are in a poker tournament you are going to get short stacked. It is inevitable. However, if you understand how to work with a short stack then you will be in decent shape. In fact, there are many your tournament pros who specialize in playing with a 20bb stack size. The important things …

Heads Up poker is sometimes said to be the ultimate form of poker. It is a match between two people and you are forced to be involved in every decision. The Heads Up format is where you will find the very best players. The skills required in other variants of poker (Full Ring, 6-Max, Short …

Winning a poker tournament requires a different skill set than winning during a cash game. This is one of the reasons that top cash game players are not the same group of people who tend to win tournaments. Below you will find a list of the worst tournament poker moves. Blinding Off This is the …

I would just like to say at this stage that one of my old favourites has just re-opened its doors again and that is Pokerroom. I was having a discussion with someone the other day about the need to switch poker sites and I felt that it was more important now than in days gone …

If you have played online poker then you have probably been at a table with a rakeback grinder. These players are hard to miss. They give no action, are not bad players, and take a long time to act. Some people say they are killing the online poker scene. What are they and why do …

Fold Equity is a concept anyone playing tournament style poker needs to be familiar with. It is less applicable in cash games, however it is still good to know because sometimes situations will arise in a cash game where it is useful. The basic concept is that you gain equity by making your opponent fold …

A straddle in poker is essentially an additional blind bet. In Texas Hold’Em the small blind and the big blind are forced bets. This creates action. A straddle is an extra blind bet. Using the straddle creates more action, a larger pot, and also changes the betting action for the first round. Straddles are used …

One of the most contentious legislative proposals California lawmakers will debate in 2012 is the whether or not to legalize online poker and other forms of gambling in an effort to bring more revenue into the state. President Pro Temp of the Senate, Darrell Steinberg stated that while he is not a huge fan of …

The United States Department of Justice recently released documents along with its legal interpretation of the Wire Act 18 U.S.C. 1084, which concluded interstate transmissions of wire communications that don’t relate to sports does not fall under the Wire Act. It comes on the heels to both New York and Illinois’ investigations of the law’s …

This week we continue our discussion on playing aces in Hold’em.  We started with some mistakes players make, followed by a bit of poker math involving aces.  Then we talked about the obvious advantages of raising with aces.  Let’s conclude our discussion on the topic. Depending on your position and table dynamics, with pocket aces …