Category Archives: MTT

I am fortunate enough to have worked for many years with the mental game coach Jared Tendler,…

03/07/2023 17 min. / 41 sec.

Playing out of position is tricky, but it’s an essential part of tournament play. With so much…

20/06/2023 7 min. / 24 sec.

Success as the BB in limped pots begins before the flop. The BB’s equilibrium strategy at all…

19/06/2023 8 min. / 28 sec.

MTT confrontations between the small blind and big blind force no-limit players into uncomfortable situations, compelling them…

29/05/2023 9 min. / 27 sec.

“Donk betting”, or betting from out of position into the player who was the aggressor on the…

15/05/2023 11 min. / 58 sec.

This is a companion piece to Probe Betting. It stands on its own, but understanding how to…

09/05/2023 9 min. / 7 sec.

As far as rules of thumb go in poker, “check to the raiser” is a pretty good…

08/05/2023 7 min. / 22 sec.

This is a companion piece to this article on the SB’s strategy for blind vs blind play…

02/05/2023 7 min. / 15 sec.

ICM incentivizes more conservative play, which means that at stages of the tournament where risk premiums are…

01/05/2023 6 min. / 26 sec.