I was doing a lesson the other day with a Peruvian student. We came to a hand where he had 17 big blinds UTG+1, five off the button. He had an M of 6.37, which is to say he had 6.37X the size of the pot in his stack.“What do [...] Read more »

What you do is get four cards. Doesn’t matter much what  they are because nobody really looks at them anyway. Next, they put three cards  on the board. It doesn’t matter what they are because nobody really pays any  attention to the flop either. Then one more card for the [...] Read more »

This hand is from a $10,000 online tournament, which is the largest buy-in event that runs online. The blinds are 25/50. Everyone has around 500 BBs.Action folds to me on the button and I raise to 3 BBs, or 150, with A♠9♣. A player in the big blind, who I [...] Read more »

I know, I know, I know.  The following post breaks the mold for a strategy blog.  That’s part of my strategy.  Because success and victory comes not from the five-bet you make at perhaps the right time, but from the way you behave at all times. -  JDW…. It happens to [...] Read more »

I was cleaning up my computer and came across some, ummm, “insight” by the formerly respected Mr. Lederer.  The material is dated September 2006, but was written earlier.  I am amused by the irony and the historical nature of thinking by the now disgraced Full Tilt entrepreneur….. – JDW———–Viewer Beware>> [...] Read more »

And I heard as it were the noise of thunder…One of the four beasts saying come and see and I saw…And behold a white horse…There’s a man going around taking names…And he decides who to free and who to blame…Everybody won’t be treated all the same…There’ll be a golden ladder [...] Read more »

How to Play an Ace Wheel CardIn No-Limit Hold’emTournaments by T. J. Cloutier…I was sweating in thebleachers in 1997 when the great Stu Ungar won his third world championship tobecome the only player ever to win it three times against a full field. And hedid it with a hand that most [...] Read more »

Found this note from Full Tilt, dated sometime in the fall of 2006.  Long before they raped the poker community….An experienced player has the ability to think about what his opponent is likely to hold. Beyond that, a top-quality player – a pro – will think a level deeper and [...] Read more »

……….If you do not bluff, there is no chance you will be a successful poker player.1. Bluff no more than one or two players at a time.  For every player you have to trick, the odds of doing so successfully diminish greatly.  Position counts even more when you don’t have [...] Read more »

This was an interesting hand I went over with my student Galianza, an up-and-coming Peruvian professional.Villian was playing 18/16 with a 10% 3bet. Aggression frequency on the river was 20%(20). The sample size is 318 hands.PokerStars Game #66686746032: Tournament #435010647, $10+$1 USD Hold’em No Limit – Level IX (125/250) – [...] Read more »