The difference between making money consistently and breaking even/losing players is taking advantage of Value Betting situations mostly commonly found on the river. Why are we not Value Betting? Is it because your afraid of the dreaded re-raise or you feel the pot is big enough that a check down with your marginal potential winning hand is risky as it is? Lets explore what a value bet is and how we can take advantage of making money on the poker table.
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Value Betting the River
On October - 13 - 2009
Aggressive Poker Pays
On September - 17 - 2009
Changing your game to the styles of play at the poker table is a crucial skill.
Have you seen the commercial with Gus Hansen where he says which Gus will be at the table? Wild Gus, Passive Gus, Tight Gus….It depends on you. How often have you sat at a table and watched a player play so many hands then score a big pot with his big hand? Here is how that happens…
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Slow Playing on the Button
On August - 16 - 2009
How often have you read on a forum post “don’t slow play aces”, Why not?
Whats wrong with slow playing a big hand, being in any position for that matter but of all positions playing a big hand on the button has its advantages to slow play.
A big hand for this lesson is going to be example:
AA-to-AQs for Holdem and AAKK-to-AKsQJs for Omaha High
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Learn to Bluff With Success
On August - 5 - 2009
Bluffing is an art in poker. Although bluffing is not seen as often or used as often as one would think, or even would like to see. A lot of time watching on TV, its cool to watch someone bluff and take a pot, but be for warned, any bluff that gets called cost you some good money. So beware of what bluffing is, know when and who to use it on, before you start to perform your art of bluffing.
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Blind Stealing in Tournaments
On June - 27 - 2009
When playing poker tournaments it is crucial to wining and cashing in them by stealing blinds to get yourself extra chips to keep from floating. Knowing where you can steal blinds from and attacking the right players is the key to successful attempts.
Lets look at those points supported with an outline.
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