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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Free Money at the Tables
On August - 20 - 2009
Poker is a unique game in the sense that players can often put money into a pot as they consider their hand to be good only to bail out of the hand before the turn or river. This is NOT a play money lesson but a lesson of finding free money/chips at the cash tables.
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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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Poker Tournament Success
On July - 27 - 2009
Keep your eye on the prize, being successful in poker tournaments is not easy. At the low level buyins you should be consistently cashing, here are some tips and details on how to improve your tournament success.
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