Those who know my game well know I don’t particularly like to fold reasonably strong hands. While being a bit of a calling station works well against most good, aggressive players who almost always have at least some bluffs in their ranges, against weaker opponents who play blatantly straightforward and rarely bluff, calling down with good, but not amazing, hands can get you in a ton of trouble. …
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Check out this dicey hand I played in a $1,000 satellite. I thought my opponent was somewhat crazy and trusted my read.
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By Ken Adams:
How do you prepare for playing in the WSOP Main Event? Everyone has their own ideas about what you can do to increase your chances of making a deep run. If you think you can’t learn anything useful by studying Jamie Gold’s successful championship run in 2006, you are mistaken. Whatever your opinion of Jamie’s poker skills, you would do well to copy his habit of snacking on blueberries throughout the long tournament days. …
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I show you how to play a premium made hand on a draw-heavy board when you get raised on the flop.
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Every summer, poker players from all over the world flock to Las Vegas for the World Series of Poker. Luckily for the professional players, most of these visitors have little to no chance to actually come away with a big score because they set themselves up to fail from the start. To last the seven weeks at the WSOP you must remain focused and ready to play your “A” game the entire time. …
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I make a huge fold that I normally would never even consider making. Phil Hellmuth told me to trust my reads and it seems to be paying off!
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I am excited to announce that my newest book, Jonathan Little on Live No-Limit Cash Games, Volume 2, is now available. While Volume 1 explained my default strategies and how to approach the game as a professional, Volume 2 presents 100 difficult hand situations that I played over the course of an intense four-day poker trip to Los Angeles. …
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The WSOP is right around the corner! You can expect lots of educational content from me to help you prepare for the WSOP (or any major tournament series) over the next month or so. For those who do not know, I managed to cash in the 2014 WSOP $10,000 buy-in Main Event for $22,678. I somehow had the chip lead early in day one but couldn’t hold onto it for seven more days. Bad beat! …
Fun hand from the 2014 Main Event Read More »
I am somewhat confused about what to do on the river. What do you think I should have done?
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Now that I have finished my work on the book portion of Excelling at No-Limit Hold’em, I have a little free time. Instead of going out and partying, I am going to sit in my room and study poker. I have heard great things about PokerSnowie, a training program designed to help you learn to play fundamentally sound poker by testing you against its robust poker bots and I wanted to give it a try. I decided to record my first session for you to watch. Within my 30 minutes of play, I found two somewhat significant leaks, which I discuss in the video. …
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Learn how to beat small stakes poker cash games and tournaments with these 2 books! These strategies will help you win more hands and make more final tables.