In the game of Hold ‘em, especially No Limit, aggression is usually rewarded. By being aggressive, you are putting your opponent in an uncomfortable situation and forcing him to either make a hand or make a bluff. You take over control of the pot and put yourself in the driver’s seat.

Going through the blog posts of late, I know you should know by now I’ve had a rough, like really worse than cooler run lately with the cards. Although it may seem like it’s been almost a month since I’d posted a good win, the actual sample of hands played isn’t that great. I haven’t [...]

Table image can be a very powerful tool at the poker table, especially in ring games where you can expect to play a long session against the same opponents. But when it comes to tournament play, trying to project a certain table image can often times prove to be a futile endeavor. Your attempt might [...]

Reviewing many of my tournaments I have come to an interesting conclusion: surviving in a tourney is somewhat more advantageous long term than squaring off headsup vs a hand you figure to have marginal edge against. This may be a little hard to understand at first but bare with me as you read on …

I’ve been combing over my recent stats and discovered to my surprise that my ROI at $20 single table SNGs was a whopping 56% over an alright (not great) sample of games. So I figured, hell why not try to stab more at those and see where it would lead. I’ve only played 5 games [...]

I played at Riv this Sunday. Had a solid session and left with $800 profit. That offsets $260 loss the day prior at the Starlight.. both times played at the top of my game, it’s just that sometimes you can’t will a win even if your life depended on it. I think I’ll make live [...]

I’m doing so much better at these lately. I’ve spent the past bunch of weeks really studying the game, reading up on it, buying hand histories off known pros.. and finally see a payoff. From $3 just a week ago, I’ve grinded to $114 on Stars. I’ve also made steady gains on FTP.
It’s a [...]