What I learned writing Excelling at No-Limit Hold’em

If you want to become great at anything, you should find people who are better than you and learn everything you can from them. It is not uncommon for an amateur student to come to me thinking they play great, and after one private coaching session, realize they have a lot to learn. Most of these players diligently apply the concepts I teach them and see an immediate improvement to their win rate. If you only talk poker with people who play the same games that you play, expect to stay stuck at that level forever. This is one of the main reasons why many small stakes players never progress beyond the small stakes games. …

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Playing/Commentating at Stones + LAPC

I recently had the pleasure of playing and commentating at Stones Gambling Hall in Sacramento, California (thanks to Justin Kuraitis). It was a ton of fun. If you have never been, you are missing out. There are links to my four days of play/commentary below the video blog.

After a great time at Stones, I traveled to Los Angeles for the World Poker Tour LAPC main event. It did not go well.

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Demonstrating my free Push/Fold App

My team and I have been working hard to make the FloatTheTurn Push/Fold app the best Push/Fold app on the market. In addition to being the most accurate, it is also completely free. We recently added calling ranges as well as a fun quiz feature. Check out the videos below and let me know what you think!

Click here to use the app in your internet browser.

Click here to download the app in the iTunes app store.

Click here to download the app in the Google Play app store.

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Setting up and profiting from your image

I recently had the pleasure of traveling to the Borgata in Atlantic City for their $3,500 buy-in World Poker Tour event. The following two hands illustrate a dynamic that I constantly strive to set up to give me the best possible chance of getting paid off when I happen to make a premium hand.

With blinds at 200/400-50, everyone folded to me on the button and I raised to 1,000 out of my 40,000 stack with Qs-9s. A tight, aggressive kid in the small blind 3-bet to 2,600 and I called. …

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