Category Archives: Theory

With the advent of solvers, some troubling new turns of phrase have entered the poker lexicon. In…

03/10/2023 12 min. / 51 sec.

When there’s been a raise and re-raise before the action is on you, you will have to…

02/10/2023 14 min. / 33 sec.

If you have read my previous GTO Wizard articles and my books, you’ll know I am a…

26/09/2023 13 min. / 53 sec.

One of the criticisms of ICM is that it is boring and robotic. In my opinion, nothing…

25/09/2023 14 min. / 7 sec.

In a previous GTO Wizard article, I asserted that “Playing against an in-position cold-caller is dramatically different–and…

21/09/2023 9 min. / 20 sec.

Playing a short stack well is an essential tournament skill. It is extremely rare to win a…

18/09/2023 10 min. / 19 sec.

In my last two articles, I wrote about the effect field size and payout structure have on…

12/09/2023 16 min. / 26 sec.

Last time we discussed the ICM considerations in game selection, we looked at field size, which has…

11/09/2023 14 min. / 29 sec.

When you three-bet before the flop and the original raiser calls from out of position, you have…

05/09/2023 10 min. / 7 sec.