Aggressiveness in Tournaments

For many years, poker authors have advocated aggression as one of the key elements for success in tournament poker. The correctness of this advice was proven by the fact that aggressive players won more than their fair share of tournaments, mostly at the expense of the more conservative players,...

Wednesday Jul 09, 2008

published 51 days ago in
Card Player Magazine Volume 21, Number 13

Trusting My Reads

Ask any professional poker player what he thinks is his most valuable skill, and he probably will say: "The quality of my reads." I agree -- as this is what separates the merely decent players from the good and very good players. However, even more important than making good reads is...

Wednesday Jun 11, 2008

published 79 days ago in
Card Player Magazine Volume 21, Number 11

The Overbetting/Shoving Strategy

In my last column, I gave a few pros and cons regarding two important -- and related -- tournament concepts: overbetting and shoving. I explained that the big reraise has become an integral part of my poker-weapons arsenal, especially in the later stages of an event, when the money is usually...

Friday May 30, 2008

published 91 days ago in
Card Player Europe Magazine Volume 5, Number 6

Poker Authors Analyzed

Editor's note: Former Card Player Europe Bureau Chief Rolf Slotboom has read just about every poker book available, and in this series of columns, he analyzes one poker strategist at a time. He looks at the strengths and weaknesses of both the person and his products -- whether it's...

Wednesday May 14, 2008

published 107 days ago in
Card Player Magazine Volume 21, Number 9

Shoving is Fun!

It's a recent phenomenon. In just about every no-limit hold'em poker tournament, you will see people making huge overbets or all-in raises or reraises -- often with hands that are mediocre, at best. Despite the fact that they risk so many chips with cards that don't seem to warrant...

Thursday May 01, 2008

published 120 days ago in
Card Player Europe Magazine Volume 5, Number 5

Poker Authors Analyzed

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