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• Strategy for handling three bettors in 6 max cash games

  In no-limit hold ‘em 6-max cash games, there’s one thing most of my students bring up when I ask them to tell me an area they have trouble with: dealing with 3-bets, specifically, when getting 3-bet by their opponents.
  It’s a spot that comes up often   …full article

• Playing limped pots in 6 max no limit cash games

  The following is an excerpt from Bill Vosti’s excellent ebook covering winning 6 max cash play online that Vosti was nice enough to provide to PTP readers. If you’re new to 6 max play or looking polish up your game, Vosti’s book is a   …full article

• Winning at heads-up, no limit poker: Advanced Strategies

  As I articulated in part one of this three part article (Winning at heads-up, no limit poker: Basic strategies), aggression is key to winning at heads up, no limit poker. When you’re more aggressive than your opponent, you’re in the driver’s seat. As I stated,   …full article

• Winning at heads-up, no-limit poker: Basic strategies Part 1 of 3

  Competition is a complex enterprise. And those complexities are magnified significantly when we are playing on a team, competing together to beat an opponent. Baseball, football, hockey and other games require us to formulate strategies with our teammates in order to win. We win as   …full article

• When should you continuation bet? Answers for no limit hold em cash games

  The dominant approach to low and mid-stakes no limit holdem cash games, especially shorthanded games, emphasizes a high level of activity preflop. While you’ll find plenty of articles and videos that deal with aggressive preflop play, you’re likely to find slightly less material that   …full article

• Reasons to raise preflop in shorthanded no limit holdem

  Recently, I was talking to a friend of mine who is a casual poker player and we got on the topic of the hyper-aggressive preflop style that’s promoted by the Cardrunners set. When I started describing the preflop raising frequency some of the pros   …full article

• The weak lead in no limit holdem cash games

  In this article I want to dissect the often derided line of leading for a weak bet into a preflop raiser. Commonly referred to as ‘donking out’, the weak lead isn’t an inherently bad line. Like any tool, you just have to be   …full article

• Playing against a light three bettor: a sample scenario

  As no limit cash games get more and more aggressive, many players are finding that they’re forced to develop ultra-aggressive counter-strategies that would have been pretty controversial even a few months ago. The old adage, popularized by (I believe) T.J. Cloutier,that a fourth raise   …full article

• Bluffing with beggar bets in no limit holdem cash – a primer

  A ‘beggar’ bet is generally a pretty small bet, relative to the size of the pot, that takes its name from the fact that the person making the bet usually appears to be begging for a call. There’s no accepted standard on when a   …full article

• The trouble with trouble hands

  The game was $500 Max NL Nevada-style, that is with 3 and 5 blinds. I was staying overnight at the Oasis in Mesquite on my annual forage to go flyfishing in Montana (if you ever stop here do order the classic combo pizza in the   …full article