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Winning Poker – It’s About More Than Money

Ben Roberts Full Tilt Pro New players who want to be good students of the game often ask me for advice. In response, I often tell them about emotional stability, which I touched on in my last tip. The next point I’d like to make is that they need to be careful when assessing their [...]


Seventh Street Decisions in Seven-Stud

Keith Sexton Full Tilt Pro A few weeks ago, I offered some pointers for playing fourth street in Limit Seven-Card Stud. For this tip, I’m going and show how you might improve your play on seventh street. My first suggestion for playing on seventh street is that you need to look at your pot odds [...]


Firing the Second Bullet

Team Full Tilt In No-Limit Hold ‘em, one of the trickiest and, sometimes, scariest situations occurs when you bluff at a pot on the flop and get called. The turn brings a blank and you’re left with a big decision: Do I fire a second bullet and continue with the bluff? Recently, while playing in [...]


Big Blind Play in Limit Hold’em

Jennifer Harman Team Full Tilt In Limit Hold ‘em, the big blind is one of the toughest position to play. You’re out of position, and that’s never a good thing, but usually, you’ll be getting excellent odds to continue with the hand. Against a single opponent who has raised, you’ll be getting better than 3 [...]


Fourth Street Decisions in Seven Stud

Keith Sexton Full Tilt Pro In an earlier article, Perry Friedman gave some guidelines as to what you should be looking for at the start of a Seven-Card Stud hand. Perry concentrated on third street, when you make your initial decision to proceed with the hand or not. For this tip, I’d like to go [...]


Finding Your Inner Maniac

Team Full Tilt A couple of years ago, I was wandering a Vegas poker room after busting out of a tournament. I was looking to play a No-Limit ring game, but the higher stakes games had long waiting lists. I decided to take an open seat in a $2-$5 game. When I sat down, I [...]


Beware the Min Raise

Phil Gordon Team Full Tilt Say you’re playing in a low-stakes ring game. The blinds are $.50 and $1, and it’s folded to you in middle position. You find a nice hand – pocket Tens – and bring it in for a standard raise of three times the big blind. It’s folded around to a [...]


Playing Bottom Two Pair

Rafe Furst Full Tilt Pro Players get excited when they flop two pair because they know they’re in a great position to take down a pot. But often, two pair is not nearly as powerful as it seems. This is especially true when holding bottom two pair or top and bottom pair. These hands may [...]


The Other Danger in Slow Playing

Howard Lederer Team Full Tilt You’ve probably heard the standard reason to avoid slow playing: It’s dangerous, because when you slow play, you give an opponent a chance to make a bigger hand at a minimal cost. This is absolutely true. But there’s another reason to play your big hands fast, and this one isn’t [...]


Why I Prefer Cash Games to Tournaments

Huckleberry Seed Full Tilt Pro I’m best known in the poker world for my tournament success. I’ve won four World Series of Poker bracelets, including the World Championship in 1996. With as much success as I’ve had in tournaments, however, I still prefer to spend most of my time in cash games. If I were [...]


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