Playing Limped Pots as the BB in MTTs
Success as the BB in limped pots begins before the flop. The BB’s equilibrium strategy at all…
Playing Limped Pots as the SB in MTTs
MTT confrontations between the small blind and big blind force no-limit players into uncomfortable situations, compelling them…
The Art of Learning Poker
In his book The Art of Learning, chess and Push Hands champion Josh Waitzkin describes a training…
Is Donk Betting for Donkeys?
“Donk betting”, or betting from out of position into the player who was the aggressor on the…
Delayed C-Betting
This is a companion piece to Probe Betting. It stands on its own, but understanding how to…
Probe Betting
As far as rules of thumb go in poker, “check to the raiser” is a pretty good…
ICM and Blind Battles: The Big Blind
This is a companion piece to this article on the SB’s strategy for blind vs blind play…
ICM and Blind Battles: The Small Blind
ICM incentivizes more conservative play, which means that at stages of the tournament where risk premiums are…
Mastering the Chiplead: The Scalpel and the Sledgehammer
When you have a lot of chips at a final table or in another situation with extreme…