Strategy Insights 06: Unusual people and situations (Part I): Playing with Maniacs
Poker is a game of situations and decisions. Most of these situations are rare, but some recur with some regularity. With that in mind, we conclude this series on pre-flop play with a look at several situations and people that you will [...]
Strategy Insights 04: Playing Pairs and Big Cards Pre-flop
Pocket pairs and big cards represent almost all of the hands you should be playing, and where almost all of the profit comes from. This lesson covers when and how to play these critical hands in the context of the three previous lessons on [...]
Strategy Insights 03: Tight Games
Tight games are unpopular with many players, even tight ones. They try to avoid them, or complain when they have little choice but to play in one. In fact, many tight games can be as inviting and profitable as loose ones. This lesson will [...]
Strategy Insights 01: Introduction
Introduction: Hi. I am Barry Tanenbaum. Allow me to introduce myself. My poker background goes back around 15 years, working my way up through cash games starting at $1-$2. Presently, you'll find me playing professionally five days a [...]
Strategy Insights 02: Loose Games
Most of the poker games you will encounter will be loose games. This lesson will help you understand the characteristics of these games and investigate some facts about them. Here is what we will be discussing about loose games: What [...]
Strategy Insights 05: Playing Suited Connectors and Big Gap Hands
Lesson 04 covered the vast majority of hands you will play, but it covered only the minority of hands you will be dealt. Many of the hands you get will be so horrible that they present no problems; you already know not to play 83 or J2 or 94. [...]
A Little Help From My Friends
Poker Lesson #4 Writing a regular column about poker provides certain advantages. One advantage is having the opportunity to talk to a wide variety of interesting people and communicating with poker players all across the spectrum -- from [...]
Poker Glossary
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Tunica Is A Long Way From Vegas Baby!
I suppose the aroma from the numerous barbeque grilling pits along the road from the Memphis Airport (some 45 minutes car ride in traffic), was my first indication I was in the deep south. My second clue was the massive amount of signage along [...]
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