Player Types In Online Texas Holdem Poker Games - Part 2

This article is the second part of the Texas Holdem Player Types series.
Tight-aggressive players are often the most profitable opponents you will meet. By combining good starting hands with aggressive and positive play they ensure that the money goes into the pot when they have the ‘best of it’. Beware of building large pots by [...]

Player Types In Online Texas Holdem Poker Games

Online poker attracts many types of players, and paying attention to the tendencies and patterns of your opponents can make your play very profitable. This article looks at the types of players you will meet in online poker based on the two main ‘axis’ by which play can be measured. These are loose vs tight [...]

Continuation Bets: Five Tips to Use Online

In Texas Holdem Poker games any unpaired hand will completely miss the flop approximately 66% of the time. Unless your opponent started the hand with a pair, they will often find it difficult to call a bet on the flop based on the strength of their hand. This means that you will often [...]

Short-Handed Sit and Go Example: part 5

This is the fifth part of the series about the following tournament:
Details:
Full Tilt Poker > $22+$2 Texas Hold’em Sit and Go Tournament
6 Players; Starting Chips: 1,500
Prize Pool: $132 (1st $85.80 2nd $46.20)

Part #5

After a disastrous suckout of a full house versus [...]

Short-Handed Sit and Go Example: part 4

This is the fourth part of the series about the following tournament:
Details:
Full Tilt Poker > $22+$2 Texas Hold’em Sit and Go Tournament
6 Players; Starting Chips: 1,500
Prize Pool: $132 (1st $85.80 2nd $46.20)

Part #4

With the blinds at 300/600 only one player away [...]

Short-Handed Sit and Go Example: part 3

This is the third part of the series about the following tournament:
Details:
Full Tilt Poker > $22+$2 Texas Hold’em Sit and Go Tournament
6 Players; Starting Chips: 1,500
Prize Pool: $132 (1st $85.80 2nd $46.20)

Part #3

Blinds: 120/240
Chip Stack: 2,725
Position: Dealer
Hand: 7♥ 7♦

In early position [...]

Short-Handed Sit and Go Example: part 2

This is the second part of the series about the following tournament:
Details:
Full Tilt Poker > $22+$2 Texas Hold’em Sit and Go Tournament
6 Players; Starting Chips: 1,500
Prize Pool: $132 (1st $85.80 2nd $46.20)

Part #2
The next few hands were very weak and I opted [...]

Short-Handed Sit and Go Example: part 1

We will start today a five part article series about a sit-and-go real situation, with strategy advice and explanations.
Details:
Full Tilt Poker > $22+$2 Texas Hold’em Sit and Go Tournament
6 Players; Starting Chips: 1,500
Prize Pool: $132 (1st $85.80 2nd $46.20)

Part #1

Blinds: 15/30
Chip [...]

Playing Mid-range Pocket Pairs

Mid-range pocket pairs can be a huge profit winner for you if you play them right or they can lead do your downfall. Depending on how you play your pocket pairs will determine your success with them. I have changed my way of thinking on how to play them over the course of time and [...]

How to Play no Limit Texas Hold’em part 2 - pot odds and bet sizes

Pot Odds:
Another key to success at the poker table is to look at the pot odds. You always want to think about what your odds of catching the draw are. For instance, if you have an open ended straight draw, your chance of catching the straight are 5:1. If the pot size [...]

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