The Power of Position in Poker
Introduction The power of position and positional advantage are two crucial concepts all poker players should understand and have in their arsenal. In fact, positional advantage is so strong that it can even trump card advantage at times. To be a winning poker player, it is essential that you understand and utilize these concepts in […]
Understanding Tilt in Poker
Tilt Defined What exactly is tilt? Tilt, tilting, or being tilted is an altered mental state when you are at the poker table, specifically being angry or in a frustrated emotional state of mind when playing poker. This negative altered state can cause you to make bad decisions that you would not normally make. Essentially, […]
6-Max Pre-Flop Open Raising Ranges
I originally created this blog post in 2015 to provide conservative pre-flop ranges for beginning and struggling micro stakes poker players, including open-raising ranges, cold-calling ranges, and 3-betting ranges; however, my advice on implementing those ranges has changed over the years, so I’ve decided to limit this blog post to focus solely on conservative open-raising […]
Positional Awareness in Poker
To say that position is important in poker is like saying having gasoline is important to driving an automobile. Knowing which hands you should play and how you should play them according to where you are sitting at the table in relation to the dealer button is one characteristic that distinguishes a winning poker player […]
The Biggest Hurdle: The Mental Game & Tilt
If there is one thing in common that I see most micro stakes poker players struggle with, it’s their mental game. Coaching students one-on-one and teaching them in my classes, I often see one commonality: most tend to struggle with tilt. In fact, it is one of the things I struggled with myself when I […]
Slow and Steady Wins the Race
What’s the Rush? In poker, patience is key, especially for beginning and struggling micro stakes players. I think that patience is greatly overlooked and, therefore, commonly pushed to the side when people play poker. And I’m not talking about just patience with in-game play, but patience in all aspects of poker for someone looking to […]