Far too many players, especially those new to the game, think poker is all about bluffing. Actually, the power of bluffing is used far less than these players imagine.
The basic principle of bluffing is that you want to bluff with a little more than you need to get the job done; i.e. your opponent […]

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One of the poker concept often mentioned is the importance of position. This concept is fundamental to the difference between winning and losing and will effect how you play every hand.
If you are in an early position, in a full ring of 10 players it’s the first three position after the BB, you should […]

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Backdoor draws are when you need the turn and the river to complete in order to make a hand. For instance, you hold two suited cards and one of your suit appears on the flop… you’d need both the turn and the river to be of your suit in order to complete the flush.
Backdoor […]

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The gap concept is a term coined by David Sklansky. It is a tournament strategy concept relating to the idea that it takes a stronger hand to call a raise preflop than to make the original raise. In essence, there is a “gap” between the hands that can make a raise and hands that can […]

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There are two main errors that beginning poker players make preflop… and although, not nearly as costly as the errors made on later streets, avoiding these two errors can save you from continuing to play your made hand on a later street where your odds are worse than 50/50.
1. Playing weak hands out of […]

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Poker is a game of many skills. One of those first things that you have to master is knowing your odds. If you were to go to showdown every hand without a set bet, it would be all about percentages and if you’re going to go all the way to the river with […]

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In a previous strategy article, I talked about how many players over-value suited hands. After all when you hold two suited cards, your suit will appear by the river a little less than 6% of the time. Typical, that’s not enough added value to play…
But now I’m going to talk about opposite, not […]

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