Poker Strategy Articles
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Reasons For Betting - Revisited
Calculating the EV of your bet on the fly is unrealistic and that's why we came up with the alternative approach of justifying our bets.
Matt VIP• 2,595 Views• 0 Comments
Player Profiling - Three Major Poker Player Types
In this article, we'll give you a basic yet powerful system of player profiling based on three major poker player types.
Matt VIP• 3,988 Views• 1 Comments
In this article, we'll lay out a simple plan that will help you avoid the negative effects associated with playing poker for very long hours and allow you to make your daily grind as painless and efficient as possible.
Matt VIP• 3,413 Views• 4 Comments
In this article, we're going back to basics to try to answer the seemingly simple question: "How to read board texture".
Matt VIP• 12,207 Views• 0 Comments
Four and Five Bluff Bet Strategy
Including a four and five bet bluff in your poker strategy seems risky but can pay off in many spots - read more here.
Matt VIP• 7,024 Views• 0 Comments
Screen Name Changes - Pros and Cons
With the recent introduction of screen name changes being made available in poker, let's review the pros and cons of this addition.
Matt VIP• 6,643 Views• 0 Comments
Advanced Poker Mathematics: Win Rates & Variance
More advanced poker mathematics delves into win rates, variances, and focuses on more specific math situations.
David Nachowitz• 5,864 Views• 0 Comments
Cut Off Poker - Learn to Play the Position
Playing a wide range of hands from the cut off position leaves a lot of areas to optimize your play. Make sure you're getting the most value from this spot.
Adam Jones• 12,521 Views• 0 Comments
Small blind poker strategy is a bit different in comparison to the other positions. Minimize your losses here by knowing how to play poker properly from SB.
Adam Jones• 16,641 Views• 4 Comments
Another common name for Bluff-Catching on the river is the 'Hero Call' - It's where we have a marginal hand which could only beat bluffs, and we make the call in the belief that our opponent is indeed bluffing. In this article we look at very situations and scenarios, and try to make sense of times when we should consider bluff-catching, other than trying to be the start at our home games!
Adam Jones• 6,813 Views• 2 Comments
HM2 Guide to Poker HUD Configuration
Hold'em Manager 2 is a powerful software that can help you increase your winrates by a substantial margin. However, as is usually the case, the devil is in the detail and you need to make your HUD as efficient as possible to utilize its full power.
Adam Jones• 8,475 Views• 3 Comments
Postflop Domination & Exploitation - Part 2
Understanding your opponents and exploiting their tendencies reading into their stats can give you a significant edge when it comes to postflop play.
PokerVIP Coaching• 4,916 Views• 0 Comments
Postflop Domination & Exploitation - Part 1
Understanding your opponents and exploiting their tendencies reading into their stats can give you a significant edge when it comes to postflop play.
PokerVIP Coaching• 5,640 Views• 0 Comments
Poker Balance to Improve Exploitation
Although we may think of balance and exploitation as opposite ends of the spectrum, being aware of balanced lines and exploitative opportunities can make a big difference for our game and our expected bottom line.
Adam Jones• 7,057 Views• 3 Comments
Playing poker with deep stacks, meaning considerably more than the usual 100bb, requires some significant adjustments in order to do it right. This article explains some intricacies involved in playing with deeper stacks.
Adam Jones• 5,871 Views• 1 Comments
What are differences between GTO and exploitative strategy? When GTO approach is optimal and when should we start deviating from GTO in favor of more exploitative approach to increase profitability of our plays?
Adam Jones• 5,313 Views• 0 Comments
Term bucket is not commonly used in poker terminology, but it is essentially just a fancy name for "grouping",. Term "buckets" is more frequently used by university researchers looking to solve poker.
Adam Jones• 5,535 Views• 2 Comments
Want to find out how to deal with a situation where our flop bet is raised? Check out this article for a variant of situations and what your responses could be.
Adam Jones• 5,871 Views• 6 Comments