Poker Strategy 
Know your comfort zone
Marcus Bateman / 09 March 2010 / Leave a comment
Only a few people seem to be able to deal with the very highest stakes. When millionaire Andy Beal took on the worlds best, he was actually able to win in one of the sessions when he pushed the stakes... Read more »
Poker, Propaganda and Persuasion
Marcus Bateman / 08 March 2010 / Leave a comment
The use of subtle (or not so subtle) pieces of advertising to influence people into behaving in ways they would not, is one of the most obvious and important aspects of modern advertising and politics. Although it is now in... Read more »
Alway keep your eye on stack sizes
Dave Allan / 04 March 2010 / Leave a comment
One thing you always have to keep track of at the poker table is the size of not only your stack, but the sizes of those around you. This is because poker is a game that frequently depends on stack... Read more »
How to let go of a good hand
Marcus Bateman / 03 March 2010 / Leave a comment
One of the most common bad beat stories you will ever hear tends to have the words: 'I was sure he had me beat, but I had to call with my set/straight/flush/full house'. This phrase points to one of the... Read more »
Three barrel bluffing
Marcus Bateman / 24 February 2010 / Leave a comment
There is perhaps no trickier opponent in pot limit and no limit games than one who is able to three barrel bluff well. The ability to fire at all three streets with air or a missed draw makes your opponents... Read more »
To be a winning poker player you have to learn to lose!
Marcus Bateman / 22 February 2010 / Leave a comment
Everybody hates losing. Everyone who has ever put in serious hours at the poker table knows the pain of running bad and losing when you should be winning, and dealing with the losses that poker throws at you is arguably... Read more »
Using hand histories
Marcus Bateman / 16 February 2010 / Leave a comment
I was recently watching a beginning poker player friend of mine play a few sit and goes with the aim of me giving them some tips on their play after the session. Like most things in poker, I quickly saw... Read more »
Mass multi tabling
Marcus Bateman / 11 February 2010 / Leave a comment
Mass multi tabling refers roughly to playing ten tables or more at once. In the most extreme cases, some players have taken this ability to well over twenty tables at once, and here I want to look at the pros... Read more »
Is UTG the new button?
Marcus Bateman / 02 February 2010 / Leave a comment
This is a phrase often heard at the tables and on forums about how the game is evolving. Predominantly used in tournament poker (although still a phrase relevant to cash poker), the concept that under the gun is the new... Read more »
Reckless at the tables v Reckless with your bankroll
Marcus Bateman / 27 January 2010 / Leave a comment
One of the strange features of poker is that in some areas you have to be very cautious, while in other areas you have to be incredibly reckless in order to be successful. Perhaps the best example of this is... Read more »
How an opponent's range can change during a hand
Marcus Bateman / 26 January 2010 / Leave a comment
One of the key mistakes weak poker players make is to not understand how a player's range changes during a hand, and this can lead them to make huge mistakes in his hands, simply because they do not understand the... Read more »
Abruptness and changing gears
Marcus Bateman / 25 January 2010 / Leave a comment
Most solid poker players understand the importance of changing gears when playing. That is, in shifting between playing styles when at the table, leaving their opponents unsure as to exactly what style they are playing at that exact moment. Although... Read more »
Leaving yourself an out - Exit strategy
Marcus Bateman / 20 January 2010 / Leave a comment
Although picking when, where, and why to bluff is a complex science, one thing that should always be at the back of your mind is some kind of escape route. Be it a gutshot straight draw on the turn, or... Read more »
Being sane in insane places
Marcus Bateman / 13 January 2010 / Leave a comment
Poker is a very strange world on the whole. Situations of extreme pressure exist, as are scenarios of near mass hysteria about a situation (such as the bubble on the final table of a major tournament), and situations where people... Read more »
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