POKER STRATEGY

May 2012

PokerPAL: Be a Winner at STTs PokerPAL: Be a Winner at STTs

Poker beginnings


The STT, or sit-n-go, is one of the best ways to get a poker grounding. They don’t take very long and you get to experience playing with various stack sizes. Players of all abilities will find a level that suits them, whether it’s for play money or a high-roller buy in. You can also find varying types of tournaments, from super-turbos to double-ups.

April 2012

The Biggest Leak: Social Media The Biggest Leak: Social Media

Web 2.0 started off optimistically. It was supposed to be the ultimate form of mass media communication. The first stage was broadcasting, which was one to many – think early TV and radio. This evolved into narrowcasting, which was one to few – think Sky or cable TV with hundreds of channels.

March 2012

PokerPAL: Size Matters, Again! PokerPAL: Size Matters, Again!

You may think that I am obsessed with size, having talked about it in relation to MTTs last month. However, this month we will be looking at cash game bet-sizing, and in particular six-max NLH.

Luck Horizon Luck Horizon

A number of times I’ve wanted to write about the “long run” in poker. Each time I try to articulate the concept, and especially poker players’ general lack of appreciation of it, a clunky phrase comes out. I’ve said things like “the long run is longer than you think” and “variance in some forms of poker is higher than in others”.

MTTs – Size Matters MTTs – Size Matters

We all have our own way of playing multi-table tournaments (MTTs) and hardly anyone agrees on the strategy from start to finish. Whether it’s trying to get chips early by playing every hand or sitting pretty and waiting for monsters before investing any chips, there are numerous ways the pros will tell you to play to improve your results.

February 2012

PokerPAL: Ranges and Combinatorics PokerPAL: Ranges and Combinatorics

Once you have worked out an opponent’s range, using software tools or otherwise, you will then need to calculate the probability of them holding a specific hand or type of hand, such as a flush draw, one pair, etc. This can be useful pre-flop and post-flop but as more variables are added, it takes longer to calculate so it’s recommended that you familiarise yourself with using combinatorics while reviewing past hands.

Why you are not Jason Mercier Why you are not Jason Mercier

What is it that separates the best players in the world from the rest of us? You may be inclined to answer that it is their technical knowledge of the game and their fundamental skill sets that are practiced and honed over time to near perfection.

Mid to low pocket pairs in early position Mid to low pocket pairs in early position

Playing mid to low pocket pairs in early position can be sticky situation, especially when you’re playing 15 to 20 big blinds in the middle to late stages of a tournament. Here's Paul Zimbler on how to play them profitably.

How to get rich playing poker Part II: Exploiting the Matthew Effect How to get rich playing poker Part II: Exploiting the Matthew Effect

Last month I looked at how to get rich playing poker. I considered there to be two ways: 1) the Joey Knish way – of grinding, day in day out, until you’ve made enough to call yourself rich; or 2) the easy way.

January 2012

The Art of Thin Value Betting The Art of Thin Value Betting

By Andrew Moseley


I want to share some of my thinking behind thin value betting and when it should be executed against different types of opponents. Thin value-betting is one of those sexy poker terms that people like to throw around without much inclination of how or when to utilise it. In basic terms a thin value bet is when you make a bet for value with a marginal hand.