Blog: Smart Poker Study

Tracking your quarterly statistics and win rates leads to great insights into your developing skills and current leaks. Download the tracker below, whip out PokerTracker 4, then follow the 8 steps outlined here to analyze your numbers and find your areas of weakness. Then of course… get to work on building the skills that will move the needle the most! Start by downloading...

Poker leaks are actions that you continually make that cost you money. They can be preflop leaks like too frequently limping or calling from the small blind. They can be post-flop leaks like folding to every cbet without holding a pair or triple-barrel bluffing too often. Or they can even be mental game leaks like anger and revenge hijacking your brain, or even...

Showdowns are where you learn the most about each player. If you watched, and can remember, the action of the hand from preflop through to showdown, you can replay the hand in your mind and learn a lot about how a player thinks. This means it’s critical that you pay attention to every hand dealt, even after you fold 72o from under the...

How are you going to crush poker in 2023? Take daily action with either studying or playing. Watch this podcast on YouTube:...

Here are my top 10 hands of 2022, the 7 winningest and 3 losingest. Let's review 'em and learn from my wins and my mistakes! Watch me review these 10 hands:...

I truly believe the old maxim, "Actions speak louder than words." And that's no more true anywhere than in poker. I believe that most players tell me what they have about 99% of the time (but that doesn’t mean I listen 99% of the time ). In this post (with video and podcast below), I help you learn to...

I gave myself a preflop range challenge: Play 5,000 hands in 5 days strictly with my KISS Cash Game Ranges. Spoiler: I crushed it! $45 in winnings ($5 buy- in games) with a +17.84bb/100 hands win rate, while running a super tight 14/11 game. Get the KISS Cash Game Ranges and the Challenge Tracker here: I review my own...

I love answering questions from my Poker Forge students! You'll find Q&A podcast episodes along with videos, pics, downloads, Poker Forge study recommendations and more below. 6-Question Poker Forge Q&A from November 2022 Watch the video for this Q&A #418:...

I misclick called a 3bet from the big blind, putting me out of position in a multiway pot… and I just had 75s! In this article (also with video and podcast, links below), I discuss how I made the best of my misclick call. I analyzed the situation, my opponents, my options and I made the perfect play that won me a 24bb...

Have you ever bought a poker course, but failed to finish it? Yeah, me too! Been there, done that, way too many times. What a waste of a great opportunity, not to mention the money I spent on the course. So, after getting fed up with wasting my money on 3 different courses by NOT completing them, I decided to make a change...

Do you pay attention to flop textures? You probably find it easy to cbet the flop for value. TPTK? Easy cbet. Flop a set? Easy cbet or raise. But, as you know, you frequently MISS hitting a pair or better, so you gotta bluff often. And that can be difficult for some to do. In this article, I’m going to teach you how...

Do you ever feel like your progress is stagnant and you're not using new strategies? Like, you’re studying and trying to improve, your wheels are spinning, but you’re not going anywhere? I’m giving you my top strategies for purposeful practice, for playing and studying, that will grow your poker skills....

I wish I knew these things at the start of my poker journey! It took me YEARS to become a winning online poker player. Loads of playing and studying, and along the way, there were many lessons learned. Too bad I didn't learn 'em sooner (like in the first 5 years ). I’m going to teach you the 6 things I wish I...

"Learn something, do something" is a great life concept that we can, and should, apply to poker. However, many of us watch poker videos, subscribe to training sites, read books, listen to podcasts… but our skills are NOT improving. I think this is because we don’t purposefully practice the things we learn. Well, I'm going to help you efficiently improve your poker skills...

Have you ever heard the term, "gird up your loins"? It means to prepare for action, and it's from the olden days and the Bible: Proverbs 31:17....

Let me teach you the easy way to become a 3bet bluffer with this podcast episode and 5 videos on YouTube. Listen to this episode as you follow along below:...

I know that hand reading is a tough, time-consuming skill to learn. But, I want to help you learn it the easy way today. Listen to the episode as you follow along below:...

I credit using Flopzilla Pro for most of my poker improvement. These are the 5 things I use it for during EVERY study and coaching session. You MUST use Flopzilla Pro, regardless of an online or LIVE poker journey (get Flopzilla Pro here). It’s incredibly useful for reviewing hands, learning equities and hand reading. The $25 you spend on Flopzilla and the...

Let's discuss the number of hands it takes for HUD reliability, as well as individual HUD statistic sample sizes for trusting the percentages. Listen to episode #407 as you follow along below:...

Here are my 5 favorite questions and answers from the Daily Poker Tips Podcast in August 2022. I answered your questions daily for the month, and I think the 5 answers below are going to be the most helpful to my audience. Answers to questions on downswings, the red line, auto-piloting, better bluffing and fighting fear. Enjoy!...