Tag: postflop strategy
Top 10 Texas Hold ’em Poker Starting Hands
Texas Hold’em is easy game to learn but a tougher game to master. In case you’re new to Texas Hold’em, understanding the best hands...
Bet-Sizing and Value Betting After Flopping a Full House
This week's educational poker hand comes from a $2,000 buy-in side event — a turbo NL tournament. In this one I flop a huge...
Theo Jorgensen Battles with Bottom Set in High-Stakes Pot-Limit Omaha
Among all of the action currently happening at the 2017 888Live Rozvadov Festival in the Czech Republic, a big €100/€100 pot-limit Omaha cash game...
Looking Back: Kenny Hallaert Revisits Decision in November Nine Hand
Sometimes hands — and decisions you make in them — just stick with you. Especially in those cases where we think we might have...
Hand Review: Would You Fold a Set Deep in This Tournament?
The Scene
It's late in the PokerStars Championship Bahamas $5,000 Main Event, with the end of Day 4 in sight and just 17 players still...
How to Play Middle Pair Versus a Straighforward Opponent
This week's hand involves a not uncommon situation no-limit hold'em — you flop a hand of medium-value such as second pair versus a straightforward...
Advice from Alex “Assassinato” Fitzgerald: “This Doesn’t Work Live!”
I hear this all the time when I teach poker: "Alex, why are you showing me all of these percentages? I play live poker...
How to Play or Not to Play from the Small Blind
Tell me if you've heard this before.A friend has busted from a tournament or lost a big pot in a cash game, and catches...
How to assess (and use) opponents’ preflop ranges Advice from Alex...
I hear this all the time when I teach poker: "Alex, why are you showing me all of these percentages? I play live poker...
Big Problems in Hold’em with “Big Card” Hands
Being dealt a couple of big cards in no-limit hold'em can be very inviting, especially if you've been forced to endure a run of...
