by Rep Porter | Published: May 17, '16

In my last article, I discussed the idea of accumulating versus surviving in a poker tournament. I feel strongly that accumulating chips in the early parts of poker tournaments gives you a pretty big leg up on the field. I am sure there are a high percentage of people reading this thinking, that sounds great, […]

by Rep Porter | Published: Mar 23, '16

In my last column, I wrote about how the value of your actual cards changes with the circumstances you find yourself in. While this is a concept that is unique to poker among card games, it certainly is not unique just to preflop play. There are many situations post-flop where the value of a hand […]

by Rep Porter | Published: Feb 28, '16

Recently I have been writing about the value of aggression and position in limit hold’em. I have been focusing on how being aggressive preflop increases your chances of being in position post-flop. I’ve also talked about how being the player with the tempo from preflop makes all your hands more profitable post-flop. There is one […]

by Rep Porter | Published: Feb 10, '16

In my last column, I asserted that having position and being the aggressor is the most profitable situation you can find yourself in as you move to the flop in limit hold’em. I suggested that when you are entering the pot, you should almost always be raising. You should be trying to limit the amount […]

by Rep Porter | Published: Feb 03, '16

Today, I want to write a little more about limit hold’em. Specifically, I want to talk about how aggression and position pair together to make a solid preflop strategy. Being aggressive preflop, and by that I mean raising when you come into the pot, leads to having better position after the flop. This, in turn, […]

by Rep Porter | Published: Nov 16, '15

Today, I want to talk about playing on paired boards, in particular, when the flop comes with a pair and an unrelated third card. The unrelated third card is an important part of this concept. The 9-9-4 rainbow board is far different from the 10-9-9 two clubs flop, but we will come back to that […]

by Rep Porter | Published: Nov 04, '15

In my last column, I introduced you to the idea of floating. I described floating as calling in position on the flop in a heads-up situation with the intention of trying to win the pot on a later street with an aggressive action. I also discussed this as part of an overall approach to playing […]

by Card Player News Team | Published: Mar 22, '17

In the corner of the world’s busiest poker room at the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles, Rep Porter sits quietly behind a mountain of white, hundred-dollar chips. He’s playing the $200-$400 mixed game, a game in which he travels to LA frequently to take a seat. Rep’s normal routine involves playing far more cash games […]

by Rep Porter | Published: May 03, '16

In my last article, I discussed the idea of accumulating versus surviving in a poker tournament. I feel strongly that accumulating chips in the early parts of poker tournaments gives you a pretty big leg up on the field. I am sure there are a high percentage of people reading this thinking, that sounds great, […]

by Rep Porter | Published: Apr 19, '16

Recently, we ran a webinar at ThePokerAcademy.com to support our 12-week challenge. This webinar was for session eight in our no-limit tournament course. Session eight covers the stages a poker tournament goes through and the adjustments you need to make to your basic tournament strategy based on the various points in the tournament. People are […]