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by Greg Raymer | Published: May 12, '23

Please let me encourage you to reach out to me with article ideas and questions for future columns. You can tweet to me at @FossilMan, or send me a message at info@fossilmanpoker.com. In 2019, I published FossilMan’s Winning Tournament Strategies, a 42-chapter book covering all of the basic concepts behind being a winning tournament player, […]

by Julio Rodriguez | Published: Aug 07, '18

In 2016, John Cynn watched as nine players celebrated making the World Series of Poker main event final table. The Northbrook, Illinois poker pro had just finished 11th, earning a huge payday of $650,000, but it was just a consolation prize for coming so close to poker immortality. While it could have easily taken a […]

by Ed Miller | Published: Mar 06, '18

In no-limit cash games at the $2-$5 level many players begin to experiment with bluffing, including multi-street bluffing. But I see a lot of bluffing patterns that are inefficient and sometimes even downright bad. I wanted to run rapid fire through a few principles of multi-street bluffing in small stakes games that will help you […]

by Ed Miller | Published: Sep 07, '16

In 2015, I released one of my most popular books, The Course: Serious Hold ’Em Strategy For Smart Players. It’s a step-by-step guide to mastering the live no-limit hold’em games that you will find in most cardrooms around the world. The book starts with the most important skills that you need to beat $1-$2. Then […]

by Ed Miller | Published: Jun 03, '14

Lately I see more pro-level players in the lower level — $2-$5 and $5-$10 — no-limit games. I don’t have a clear definition for what it means to be “pro-level,” but the general sense is that simple tricks won’t work very often against these players. You can three-bet them light preflop, but they will defend […]

by Craig Tapscott | Published: Dec 11, '13

Craig Tapscott: Many players continuation-bet (c-bet) way too often and others not enough. Can you indentify some leaks regarding c-betting you have consistently seen during tournament play? Steve Gee: Players today have a much better understanding of aggressive play and the importance of continuation betting. However, I still see too many instances of mistakes made […]

by Brian Pempus | Published: Oct 03, '13

The World Series of Poker main event always draws thousands of amateurs, but also hundreds and hundreds of the game’s best pros. Very few skip the most prestigious tournament in the poker world, and so, it’s not a total surprise when many excellent players make the final table. However, the 2013 World Series of Poker […]

by Brian Pempus | Published: Aug 19, '13

The World Series of Poker main event always draws thousands of amateurs, but also hundreds and hundreds of the game’s best pros. Very few skip the most prestigious tournament in the poker world, and so, it’s not a total surprise when many excellent players make the final table. However, the 2013 World Series of Poker […]

by Julio Rodriguez | Published: Aug 12, '13

It’s been an incredible twelve months for Paul Volpe on the live tournament circuit. A 20th-place finish in the 2012 World Series of Poker main event put the Philadelphia native on the map, but it was his eight subsequent final table appearances and 14 cashes so far this year that put him on top of […]

by Ed Miller | Published: Jun 05, '13

One of the beauties of no-limit hold’em is that you can size your bets however you want. I’ve noticed, however, that many — if not most — players don’t take active advantage of this option. Their bet sizes all fall within certain prescribed amounts. When figuring a bet on the river, these players might try […]