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Playing live $2/$5, you flop top two pair against a TAG regular. But when the action gets heavy and stacks are heading into the pot, is it time to think about folding two pair against a likely set? Push play and let's review this poker hand together: This hand was recently shared in the Red […] The post Folding Top Two Pair Against...

Playing live $2/$5, you flop top two pair against a TAG regular. But when the action gets heavy and stacks are heading into the pot, is it time to think about folding two pair against a likely set? Push play and let's review this poker hand together: This hand was recently shared in the Red […] The post Folding Top Two Pair Against...

Today I want to talk to you about studying poker in 2021 and share my study routine with you. This is especially useful if you don’t already have one, but if you do have a study routine, you can take bits and pieces of this process and improve your own. The thing that we have […] The post Studying Poker: Your Weekly Study...

Today I want to talk to you about studying poker in 2021 and share my study routine with you. This is especially useful if you don’t already have one, but if you do have a study routine, you can take bits and pieces of this process and improve your own. The thing that we have […] The post Studying Poker: Your Weekly Study...

The Polk Vs Negreanu challenge is almost drawing to a conclusion. Unless Negreanu makes a miraculous comeback, Polk has this one in his crosshairs. At the moment, he is already up more than $700,000 with fewer than 5000 hands to go. However, apart from the money Polk will make from the challenge, he will make more from side bets....

The Polk Vs Negreanu challenge is almost drawing to a conclusion. Unless Negreanu makes a miraculous comeback, Polk has this one in his crosshairs. At the moment, he is already up more than $700,000 with fewer than 5000 hands to go. However, apart from the money Polk will make from the challenge, he will make more from side bets....

Odds in poker can be a bit…odd. So let's break down pot odds, implied odds, and give you some free tools so you can quickly calculate these on your own. Or skip ahead to the calculator for you: Pot Odds Calculator (Facing Bets) Offering Pot Odds Calculator (Making Bets) Implied Odds Calculator (Facing Bets) Pot […] The post Free Pot Odds & Implied...

Odds in poker can be a bit…odd. So let's break down pot odds, implied odds, and give you some free tools so you can quickly calculate these on your own. Or skip ahead to the calculator for you: Pot Odds Calculator (Facing Bets) Offering Pot Odds Calculator (Making Bets) Implied Odds Calculator (Facing Bets) Pot […] The post Free Pot Odds & Implied...

The woke culture continues to try to take over poker and completely overhaul it in terms of gender representation. According to a wide array of activists, poker playing cards are patriarchally skewed to the male gender and the female gender is forced to take a backseat. So, have you ever heard of Gender-neutral poker cards? To that end,...

The woke culture continues to try to take over poker and completely overhaul it in terms of gender representation. According to a wide array of activists, poker playing cards are patriarchally skewed to the male gender and the female gender is forced to take a backseat. So, have you ever heard of Gender-neutral poker cards? To that end,...

One of the most profitable plays available to you in a game where preflop raises tend to get one or more callers is the squeeze. Done correctly, squeezing can pick up lots of uncontested pots preflop, even when you have marginal hands. But squeeze in the wrong spots, and you will bleed chips quickly. So […] The post The +EV Poker Squeeze first...

One of the most profitable plays available to you in a game where preflop raises tend to get one or more callers is the squeeze. Done correctly, squeezing can pick up lots of uncontested pots preflop, even when you have marginal hands. But squeeze in the wrong spots, and you will bleed chips quickly. So […] The post The +EV Poker Squeeze first...

Folding is the least sexy topic in poker. Folding is just so…final. Your cards hit the muck, you concede the pot to your opponent, and you’re off to the next hand. But the honest truth is that poker players fall into two main categories: Players that fold far too often Players that fold far too […] The post Folding Correctly In Poker first...

Folding is the least sexy topic in poker. Folding is just so…final. Your cards hit the muck, you concede the pot to your opponent, and you’re off to the next hand. But the honest truth is that poker players fall into two main categories: Players that fold far too often Players that fold far too […] The post Folding Correctly In Poker first...

Poker contains a lot of repetitive math, especially when studying poker hands away from the table. While you can use software to do a lot of this math, sometimes a good 'ol fashioned spreadsheet is the best way to visualize and play with the numbers. So to save you a tremendous amount of time, I […] The post Free Poker Spreadsheets first appeared...

Poker contains a lot of repetitive math, especially when studying poker hands away from the table. While you can use software to do a lot of this math, sometimes a good 'ol fashioned spreadsheet is the best way to visualize and play with the numbers. So to save you a tremendous amount of time, I […] The post Free Poker Spreadsheets first appeared...

Huck Seed is a reputable American professional poker player born on Jan 15, 1969. Seed spent most of his formative years in Corvallis, Montana. At a young age, his heart laid elsewhere, basketball. Thanks to his height and enviable basketball skills, he excelled on the court and managed to form Montana All- state and Caltech basketball teams. However, he took a hiatus from college...

Huck Seed is a reputable American professional poker player born on Jan 15, 1969. Seed spent most of his formative years in Corvallis, Montana. At a young age, his heart laid elsewhere, basketball. Thanks to his height and enviable basketball skills, he excelled on the court and managed to form Montana All- state and Caltech basketball teams. However, he took a hiatus from college...

Over the past year, Phil Galfond has been hosting poker challenges known as “The Galfond Challenge”. Simply put, the Galfond Challenge is a high-profile heads-up match between Phil Galfond and handpicked challengers. Since announcing the challenge in 2019, Galfond has already played against several challengers, winning all the challenges. Well, his most notable win was against his very...

Over the past year, Phil Galfond has been hosting poker challenges known as “The Galfond Challenge”. Simply put, the Galfond Challenge is a high-profile heads-up match between Phil Galfond and handpicked challengers. Since announcing the challenge in 2019, Galfond has already played against several challengers, winning all the challenges. Well, his most notable win was against his very...