It’s been awhile since I’ve had something about the basics. Probably because, I wrote most of that stuff when I was learning it myself (which wasn’t that long ago). But, in my home game, we regularly have some new players who genuinely want to play better poker. The home game ends up […]

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This isn’t about splashing the pot or acting in turn… what I’m talking about here is mature civility at the poker table.
In live play, people are usually more polite for a couple of reasons.
1. Being rude to someone’s face takes a lot more “balls” than flipping someone off while driving or something else with some […]

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This is probably one of the most hotly contested debates in all of poker - the proper way to play low and medium pocket pairs.
First, low pocket pairs… there are two schools of thought on them, limp or fold.
The school that says limp is basically hoping to hit a set on the flop. Course, […]

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Recently I read Phil Helmuth’s Play Poker Like the Pros. I will save the overall impression of the book for a later time. But, I do want to talk about a specific concept that Phil has developed to help you better know your opponents and use their weaknesses against them.
Most of us are […]

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Sometimes at the home game I get asked about odds of making a hand. It’s pretty simply really… no need to have to figure it out each time. There are a few situations you’ll want to memorize and the rest you can figure yourself.
One nice rule is the 4-2 rule. It’s not […]

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Nothing deceptive about a value bet. You had two good cards before the flop and now the flop has helped in some way, giving you a hand which you think is best, such as top pair. Now you want to get maximum value out of your winning hand.
Unless you flopped a monster, you […]

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A continuation bet is a bet made after the flop by the player who took the lead in betting before the flop.
According to Harrington, three conditions must hold true for it to be a continuation bet.
1. The player making the bet was the betting leader before the flop.
2. After the flop, no other […]

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