Category Archives: Theory

In his book The Art of Learning, chess and Push Hands champion Josh Waitzkin describes a training…

16/05/2023 5 min. / 46 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.

The mathematics of poker holds a little-known secret: the first bettor enjoys better bluffing odds than someone…

25/04/2023 5 min. / 46 sec.

When you have a lot of chips at a final table or in another situation with extreme…

24/04/2023 8 min. / 49 sec.

Our never-ending quest for money and fame leads us to the flop. We open the button, the…

18/04/2023 10 min. / 54 sec.