Poker Strategy 
Keeping up with the tilt flow
Marcus Bateman / 27 August 2010 / Leave a comment
Particularly if you are playing short handed or heads up poker, the observation and reaction to this concept will win you a huge sum of money in the long run. As players start to tilt, their game deteriorates in a... Read more »
What is Donk Leading?
Marcus Bateman / 18 August 2010 / Leave a comment
One of the true internet terms, the phrase 'donk leading' simply refers to any situation where you lead straight into a pre flop raiser after calling and seeing a flop. It became a widely derided technique by many good players,... Read more »
Trust your instincts
Matthew Pitt / 13 August 2010 / Leave a comment
How many times have you been playing poker, be it in a cash game or a tournament scenario and have just known that either your hand is now second best or that your lowly second pair will be enough to... Read more »
Bluffing habitual bluffers
Marcus Bateman / 12 August 2010 / Leave a comment
One of the most obvious mistakes that people seem to make against habitual bluff artists is to assume that when they check they have basically given up on a hand. The general line of thought seems to be something along... Read more »
The importance of having a multi-direction hand
Marcus Bateman / 05 August 2010 / Leave a comment
Matthew Pitt recently posted a hand in the comments section of my piece on top two pair in Pot Limit Omaha that was not only an interesting hand in terms of top two pair, but also in the fundamental importance... Read more »
Robot tilt - tilting on autopilot
Marcus Bateman / 03 August 2010 / Leave a comment
Although most people think of tilt as the massive spewfest where players start throwing all their chips in every hand, there are actually many, much more insidious ways to tilt, and one of the easiest and most dangerous forms is... Read more »
When a board deteriorates
Marcus Bateman / 27 July 2010 / Leave a comment
One of fundamental features of all good flop poker game poker players is their ability to fully understand how changes in the board affect the flow of the hand. As poker is a game of relativity, where your hand is... Read more »
Having a purpose
Marcus Bateman / 19 July 2010 / Leave a comment
One of the things that always become apparent when watching the very best in the game go at it in a show like High Stakes Poker, is that the strongest players in the game will have a purpose and a... Read more »
Choosing your level from your depth of knowledge
Marcus Bateman / 14 July 2010 / Leave a comment
Poker is a game where only a slim part of what is going on is available directly in front of you. Just like the ocean, most of what is going on is actually happening at various levels down below, and... Read more »
Betfair $40k GTD - July - Paulo D
Matthew Pitt / 12 July 2010 / Leave a comment
Sunday night saw 75 of Betfair Poker's best players take to the virtual felt all with one common goal, to win the $12,000 first prize on offer. A mixture of ill-timed bluffs, bad beats and cooler hands saw the field... Read more »
Gutshots - the importance of over cards
Marcus Bateman / 09 July 2010 / Leave a comment
Gutshot straight draws (those where you have only four outs to one exact card) have an endless mystery about them in poker, and opinion amongst weaker players seems to be very confused as to how to play them. Gutshot straight... Read more »
Ego and mental stability
Marcus Bateman / 08 July 2010 / Leave a comment
Poker is a game that not only throws up tough situations, but one that also throws up tough people. Abuse, needling, spiteful comments, the list goes on and on of the nasty things that people can do to you at... Read more »
Stemming losses from the blinds
Marcus Bateman / 07 July 2010 / Leave a comment
No player can win long term from the blinds in any form of flop poker. If you use a piece of software like PokerTracker or Hold'em Manager, use the position statistics option and look at how you do from each... Read more »
What does 'Floating' mean?
Marcus Bateman / 06 July 2010 / Leave a comment
The term 'floating' in poker simply means calling a bet with the intention of trying to move a player off of a hand on a later street. Say a typically tight and scared player raises from early position and you... Read more »
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