Bluff Catching with Dan Colman

I am excited to announce that I recently started making monthly tournament videos for Crush Live Poker. Each month, I will review hands using live poker footage, allowing me to analyze the “full picture” instead of only the technical side of the game. You can sign up now using my affiliate link to get a FREE month at Crush Live Poker. As an added bonus, at the end of my videos on CLP, I explain how you can get a PDF copy of my best-selling book Strategies for Beating Small Stakes Poker Tournaments for FREE. In the video below, I show an insightful hand that Dan Colman, one of the hottest players in the world at the moment, played deep in a major $5,000 buy-in event.


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Revisiting a tough hand from a $25,000 WPT event

I played with Antonio Esfandari in the World Poker Tour Tournament of Champions the other day and every time I see him, I am reminded of the time I bubbled the $25,500 buy-in WPT Championship event in 2013 at Bellagio. The following is an article I wrote after that excruciating bubble. I didn’t particularly enjoy the experience. I hope you do! …

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2016 World Poker Tour Championship Vlog + GPL Match 1

A LOT has happened in the last few weeks. I won my first Global Poker League match, cashed for $58,000 in a World Poker Tour event, and played in the WPT Tournament of Champions. On top of that, two of my friends won events for $650,000 each. Finally, I released my new interactive poker training site, PokerCoaching.com. Check it out and let me know what you think.

Here is my video blog from my trip to Florida for the WPT.

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Risky river bluff

AceKing226-620x400Today I will share with you a hand from the $1,111 buy-in Little One Drop event that took place during the 2015 World Series of Poker. This event attracted a huge field of 4,555 people. I managed to take 67th place for $7,215, which is always nice. When playing in a tournament consisting of mostly amateur players, it is important to steal lots of pots by making your opponent feel as if his entire stack is at risk while only risking a small portion of yours. It is also important to quantify your opponent’s range and choose bet sizes that will allow you to achieve whatever result you want. …

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