Value-Betting the River

The river really separates the pros from the amateurs. I don't mean that pros tremble in fear of the river card while amateurs gleefully plan their latest bad beat. Quite the opposite, as the river is probably the betting round where pro players generate the greatest edge over their amateur...

Thursday Sep 18, 2008

published 23 days ago in
Card Player Magazine Volume 21, Number 18

Can a No-Limit Hold'em Game Be Too Loose?

That is the mother of all poker questions. I've probably seen a variant of this question asked almost a thousand times. Can a game be too good, or too loose, or too soft? Do you actually want some good players in your game? Can a bunch of schooling fish turn even the best player into a...

Thursday Sep 11, 2008

published about 1 month ago in
Card Player Magazine Volume 21, Number 17

The No-Limit Isolation Play

The isolation play is one of the most profitable weapons in the professional cash-game player's arsenal. Yet, it is also one of the least understood by most amateur players. Teaching the play thoroughly would take a book, not a column, so my goal here is merely to try to shed some light on...

Tuesday Aug 19, 2008

published about 1 month ago in
Card Player Magazine Volume 21, Number 16

Macro and Micro Poker

Periodically, I'll read an article about "feel" players versus "math" players. The feel players lob a shell: "Math players just don't get it. They make all their calculations, but they just play like robots. A little feel will beat a robot any day." Then the...

Wednesday Aug 06, 2008

published 2 months ago in
Card Player Magazine Volume 21, Number 15

Sniffing Out Bluffs

Your opponent -- perhaps sensing weakness or perhaps taking leave of his senses -- pushes out a huge bet and dares you to call. If he has the hand he's supposed to have, you're crushed. But you think something is amiss and decide that this is it. You're going to take a stand. Just...

Wednesday Jul 23, 2008

published 2 months ago in
Card Player Magazine Volume 21, Number 14

Avoid Adjustment Tilt

Recently, I benefited from a serious case of what I call "adjustment tilt." I was in a live $2-$5 no-limit hold'em game. Most of the players, including me, had helped to start the game a few hours earlier, so we were familiar with each other's play. Some of the players had...

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