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Following on from our pre-flop concepts article for Texas Hold’em poker you should now be in a position to make better pre-flop decisions. The benefit to doing so cannot be overstated because the better you play preflop in poker the only hands you will be playing are those that hold some value for you. Tightening [...]

The first and arguably most important decision you can make in a game of NL Texas Hold’em is whether to play a hand or fold before investing any money into the pot. This fundamental part of poker demands thought and study and this article outlines some of the key considerations to make before folding or [...]

Mastering online Texas Hold’em poker is something I have been trying to do for many years. I was playing on one of the low buy-in Sit and go poker tournaments on bwin.com yesterday and I felt in control and genuinely better than the competition. I was spotting mistakes, spotting opportunities and if it had not [...]

In 2006 a DVD was released called “The Secret” which proved to be an overnight sensation. Much of the DVD is about using the power of visualisation and thought to alter your perception of the world and therefore your experience of it. Research strongly points towards positive things happening to positive people and this led [...]

We have discussed in part 1 of this feature how you can use the law of attraction to put yourself in a position where all of your energies are correctly channelled towards achieving what you want to achieve from online poker games

Also by merely calling down in this way then you are giving your opponent every chance to overtake you if they have a hand like A-Q or K-Q for instance. But the most destructive situation is when you are out flopped and are behind from the get go. Opponents who are aware of this betting [...]

This first hand is a hand that was sent to me by one of my students in 2008. I actually began my Project Pokerquest in the spring of 2008 and in this, I attempted to transform novice poker players who play poker online or live into very successful online players and if possible, get them [...]

There is still plenty of room for creative play in short handed Pot Limit Omaha Holdem poker and especially if you know your opponent to be somewhat tricky. It was folded around to me in the cut-off and I open raised with the As-9c-9d-7h. Both blinds called and we had a three way pot. The [...]

Much of the so called expert Holdem poker advice actually seems valid on the surface and especially at first glance. But once you start to analyse and examine it then much of it falls short or is nowhere near extensive enough to be worth anything. The big stack myth is one such piece of advice. [...]

But I have already stated how the phrase “evolution not revolution” is my all time favourite poker saying. Well my second all time favourite poker saying is in relation to deciding what level to play at and that is that you should play at a level that “motivates not intimidates”. These little gems of wisdom [...]