Defending against preflop 4bets can be a tricky business, as there are many factors to consider when deciding on the best approach to the issue. Depending on your opponent's perceived ranges, how deep the effective stack is and what our implied and reverse implied odds look like at any given moment and with different types of hands.

Adam Jones• 13,921 Views • on 8/6/15

Most of us spent a lot of time learning a proper strategy to play 100+ big blinds deep. For this reason, even many good regs make mistakes when they find themselves in a situation where they have to play against shorter, mid-sized stacks. This article aims to improve your mid stack poker strategy and help you understand and implement some important adjustments needed for these types of situations

Adam Jones• 19,883 Views • on 7/6/15

There are certain tricks you can use to help you read your opponents' hands at the tables. Learn Hand Reading tricks by reading this article at PokerVIP.

Adam Jones• 21,895 Views • on 4/6/15

Taking creative, innovative lines at the poker tables can help you take your opponents out of their comfort zone and increase your profitability at the tables. If you are able to approach the game and think about it in a way that does not fit the standard frame-work, you will be able to throw off your opposition and gain an upper hand even in situations where you wouldn't think it was possible at first.

Adam Jones• 10,938 Views • on 2/6/15

C-betting out of position is a topic in its own right as having positional disadvantage brings other factors in play when making a decision. Learn about it at PokerVIP.

Adam Jones• 24,033 Views • on 1/6/15

This is part 2 of the c-betting series on PokerVIP and in this part we are going to learn how to analyze hands and learn how to proceed on certain textures

Adam Jones• 13,107 Views • on 31/5/15

Although c-betting is a basic poker concept, it has evolved significantly over the time and there are advanced concepts that you need to be aware of in today's games.

Adam Jones• 19,281 Views • on 29/5/15

Although stats are important factor in our postflop planning, stack sizes play equally important role for our decision making processes.

Adam Jones• 10,360 Views • on 28/5/15

Planning your game ahead of time is crucial to your success. This article explains some relevant stats for your postflop planning strategies and how to read these stats in order to make the best use of them. Knowing the best play in isolation is often not enough and you need to combine that knowledge with the knowledge about your opponents, garnered through experience and, more importantly, their stats.

Adam Jones• 20,168 Views • on 27/5/15

What is poker combinatorics and how it can be applied to your game? Learn how poker maths can help you determine your opponents ranges and hands.

Adam Jones• 31,235 Views • on 26/5/15