Cash Game Strategy

LAG vs TAG in No Limit Holdem

Loose Aggressive (LAG) Vs and Tight Aggressive (TAG) in Cash Games

 The two most successful approaches to NL Hold’em can be identified as TAG (tight aggressive) and LAG (loose aggressive). The TAG style is widely considered to be the best way of playing small stakes NL, as you play fewer hands and avoid difficult decisions. … more

Short Stack Strategy

Short Stack Strategy in NL Cash Games

It is a common misconception that short stack poker induces a simpler, more profitable experience for the beginner. Where as buying in for less than the maximum has its merits – it can be less damaging in the short-term for your bankroll and be … more

The 3Bet in No Limit Holdem

Advanced Strategy 3-Betting in NL Hold’em

 The ‘3-bet’, and how you employ it, is fundamental in poker. To 3-bet quite literally means to make the third bet. For example, if play folds round to the button in a game of NL50, he makes a standard 3 big blind raise with A10/o. … more

Playing Mid-Pocket Pairs

Playing Middle Pocket Pairs

It is significantly harder to play middle pocket pairs like eights or nines because neither low pair strategy nor high pair strategy is relevant.  In low pair strategy, you really need to hit your set in order to play the hand postflop.  If you miss you’ll have to … more

Problems with Playing Low Pocket Pairs

Problems With Low Pocket Pairs in Poker

This article goes over potential problems and common leaks made by players with small pairs.

Acting on the Flop  – Problems with Playing Low Pocket Pairs

Unless you intent to fold your low pocket pairs if you miss the flop you’re going to get into an awful lot of … more

Micro Stakes Strategy

Micro Stakes Strategy at Aced

The last couple nights I’ve been playing a bit of NL25 on the 0.10/0.25 tables at Aced, and after playing about 10 hours multi-tabling I’ve decided to leave the following pieces of advice for those regularly playing these stakes.  Feel free to ignore it but … more

Reverse Implied Odds

What Are Reverse Implied Odds?

Reverse implied odds are the opposite of implied odds, which we discussed in the previous article.  Implied odds were when you took into account further action on later streets to make decisions now – based on expected equity.   Reverse implied odds  are the amount you can expect to … more

Multi-Tabling Poker Tips

Multi-Tabling Tips for Online Poker

The art of multi-tabling is a really good skill to have in poker (grinding either cash or Sngs).  Multi-tablers generally earn alot more than regular players because the more winnable games you play the higher your profit/hour will be.  Every successful online poker player I know multi-tables … more

Implied Odds

 Implied Odds in Poker

Since we’ve covered the basics of pot-odds we now need to further our knowledge with a really important concept known as “implied odds”. This is additional factor we take into account when making calls which is based on actions in later streets.

What Are Implied Odds?

Implied Odds are the pot odds to … more

How Much Do Players Make With Rakeback?

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What is Rakeback?

Rakeback is a special life long bonus given to you by poker rooms.  For every pot you play in a cash game, the poker room takes a small peice of it (rake) which is how they earn money.  Usually this figure is so small that most … more

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