In business, leverage usually refers to what you have to push against someone who is trying to get the better of you in order to assert your position. If someone is trying to push a lowball job offer on you, having another job offer gives you leverage to push back. In poker, leverage refers to [...]

Found @ PokerMunch.com In any poker tournament, no one wants to be the one to burst the bubble, in other words no one ever wants to be the last person to be eliminated before a prize is awarded. Experienced successful tournament players will tell you one of the most important stages in tournament play is the [...]

From Heads-Up-Poker.org Heads-Up Poker games, where you face just one opponent, are an exiting and demanding variation of the usual ring-game format. This article contains 10 tips that will get you winning at heads-up poker. Heads-Up Poker Tip #1 – Position Acting last after the flop is a huge advantage in poker. You get to see [...]

by Niche Poker Small pocket pairs can be very profitable starting hands in Texas Holdem poker. However, many people misplay these hands or play them in the wrong circumstances – ending up losing money with them. This article looks at how to play small pocket pairs both before and after the flop in order to maximize [...]

By Jennifer Harman In Limit Hold ‘em, the big blind is one of the toughest position to play. You’re out of position, and that’s never a good thing, but usually, you’ll be getting excellent odds to continue with the hand. Against a single opponent who has raised, you’ll be getting better than 3 to 1 and, [...]

By Daniel Negreanu. There’s a common misconception about how, and more importantly, when to read other players’ tells. I get a kick out of the whole stare down thing after an opponent makes a bet on the river. Even though the bettor never flinches, the staring continues because one player (mistakenly) hopes that if he stares long [...]

By Todd Brunson, Cardplayer.com As I mentioned in my last column, I placed 15th in the Doyle Brunson Classic, a WPT event held at Bellagio. Not only would it have been great to win my father’s tournament, but the first prize was $2.5 million! This is one of the biggest tournaments in the world outside the [...]

by Paul Wasicka One of the most critical aspects to surviving – and thriving – in deep stack tournaments is learning how to control the size of the pots you play. In short, your goal should be to play big pots when you have big hands and small pots when you don’t. When you and your [...]

by Allen Cunningham In poker, image matters. Throughout a tournament, your table image will help determine how much action you’ll get and, ultimately, how you can manipulate your opponents into making big calls or big laydowns at the wrong times. While establishing a loose, aggressive image early on can help build your initial chip stack, I believe it’s [...]

By Joe Navarro with Marvin Karlins …..Pacifying Behaviors Involving the Neck: Neck touching and/or stroking is one of the most significant and frequent pacifying behaviors we use in responding to stress. I have observed over the decades that there are gender differences in the way men and women use the neck to pacify themselves. Men usually [...]