In one word, my trip to the 2015 European Poker Tour series in Malta was “brutal”. In almost every event, I doubled up in the first two hours only to either get unlucky in a huge pot or go super card dead, eventually busting near the end of the first day. This lead to me having zero cashes in the eight events I entered. Despite the abysmal results, I am very happy with how I played and focused throughout the trip. …
Tough hand from EPT Malta Read More »
I flop an open-ended straight flush draw in a multi-way pot. Do you try to get all-in on the flop or do you play it cautiously?
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Weekly Poker Hand #86 Read More »
This is the longest video blog I have made, but that is because a lot has happened in the last three weeks. I got drafted to the Global Poker League team, the Las Vegas Moneymakers, I spent a bit of downtime in Los Angeles, and then one of my best friends effectively won the Bay 101 World Poker Tour event. I even got to watch some of the best poker players in the world play basketball. Let me know what you think about this video blog in the comments section below. яндекс
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2016 California Swing Video Blog Read More »
I get tricky with A-A, hoping to induce a gigantic blunder from my opponents. Do you typically reraise in this situation or just call?
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Weekly Poker Hand #85 Read More »
I don’t usually write about spots that come up infrequently but recently I witnessed this hand I thought was uniquely instructive. Everyone started with about 150 big blinds. Player A in 1st position raised to 3 big blinds, Player B, a good tight aggressive kid in 2nd position, reraised to 8 big blinds and Player C, a mediocre loose aggressive kid in 3rd position, 4-bet to 22 big blinds. …
Should you ever fold pocket Kings preflop? Read More »
I have to figure out how to get full value from middle set in a three-way pot. Would you have played this situation the same way I did?
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Weekly Poker Hand #84 Read More »
I have been spending a lot of time working on my game recently, and one of my favorite tools to use is ICMizer’s SNG Coach feature. This program puts you in numerous tricky situations and you have to decide which hands you should go all-in with and which you should fold. While I am decently good at these situations, I am far from perfect. I am confident that if I study diligently, I will eventually become quite close to perfect. Since I strive to bring you the best educational poker content, here are two videos two me studying with ICMizer’s SNG Coach feature. Be sure to click the “full screen” option at the bottom right of the video so you can see all the numbers. …
More ICMizer and SNG Coach Study Read More »
I flop a premium draw, miss, and then have to figure out how to make my opponent fold a decently strong hand on the river. Would you have made the same play?
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Weekly Poker Hand #83 Read More »
The following hand is from one of my newest books, Jonathan Little on Live No-Limit Cash Games, Volume 2, The Practice. This book is a collection of 105 in-depth hand quizzes that I played at $10/$20 and $20/$40 No-Limit at the Commerce Casino. My students have told me this is one of my best work to date. If you haven’t check it out already, I suggest you do so. Would you have played this hand the same way I did? What do you think about this quiz format? Let me know!
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Combating a Maniac Read More »
I find myself facing a river bet on a 4-flush board with only middle pair. Do you make the hero-call?
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Weekly Poker Hand #82 Read More »
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