This article was written by blackrain79.com contributor Fran Ferlan. Imagine flopping a top set against a recreational player. You make a continuation bet, they raise. You shove all-in, they call. You show your set, and they flip over J♦2♦. There’s only one diamond on the flop. The turn: a diamond. The river… A diamond. No paired board. Situations like these make you question...
This article was written by blackrain79.com contributor Fran Ferlan. You’ve been told that the best way to make money playing poker is to play against the recreational players, aka the fish. You already know you need to play tight, play in position, and value bet your hand relentlessly, so you do just that. You get dealt pocket Aces, isolate the fish preflop, bet...
I hang around online poker forums from time to time to keep up on the microstakes scene and offer any advice on hands or more general topics where I can. A common sentiment that I have seen many times from newer players is that they would rather play against good poker players because they can "read them better." This is so crazy that...
Being able to quickly identify the bad poker players is crucial to your success in poker. As I mentioned recently in my state of microstakes cash games article table selection in today's games has become vitally important. That is, making sure that you are always playing against bad poker players. Example hand versus a very bad poker player (didn't get enough of his...
Ah bad poker players, you gotta love them. These are the guys who play way too many hands, call you down with anything and ultimately just give away their money in the long run. But many people do not know how to get the maximum value out of them when they finally get a good hand. They leave serious amounts of money on...
We have all been there when playing poker. You bet your overpair the entire way and a bad poker player shows up with some bizarre two pair that he hit on the river. Or you flop your trips and there is simply no amount of money on earth that you can bet to get them to fold their flush draw (trust me I...
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