Poker Strategy

Cash game players are used to playing with hundreds of big blinds in their stacks, but playing deep stacked is a luxury that MTT players often can’t afford. In fact, if you are a tournament […]

There used to be a time when poker nits were able to dominate the game and win big at the poker tables, much thanks to the generally low level of play across the board. As […]

This is a hand I played in a $3/$5 NLHE game that has a mandatory $10 straddle. It had some interesting features that made me bring it to the PokerCoaching Discord group.  Preflop Action – […]

Both live and online poker operators these days offer dozens of different tournament formats like PKOs or re-buy, each offering a slightly different approach to the game. Back in the day, however, freezeout poker tournaments […]

If you have watched a single episode of a poker TV show or an hour of a poker live stream, you have surely heard the term 3-bet at least once, as it has become one […]

Of all the player types you may find at poker tables, calling stations should definitely be your favorites, as they are both very profitable and very easy to play against.  In this guide, I am […]

Big poker tournaments offer a chance to win life-changing money, but top events can be a bit out of the price range of an average player. This is exactly why poker satellite tournaments exist, allowing […]

Playing fundamentally good strategy is the secret to success in the game, and mastering basics like your preflop ranges and c-bet situations is the first thing you should learn. However, the more advanced plays like […]

The loose aggressive (LAG) poker playing style is one of the most complex playing styles in the game, and it can lead to great success and massive failure depending on how well one plays it.  […]

Sometimes, it seems that the Universe is determined for me to find growth edges in my life. Day before yesterday was one of those.  First, playing ace-queen offsuit wrong We had just gotten the afternoon […]

Poker is always a game of strategy, but the variety of plays available with a shallow stack is quite limited compared to advanced options with deeper stacks. While playing deep stack is mostly reserved for […]

Someone once said that poker is a game that takes a day to learn and a lifetime to master, and those words could hardly be truer, as poker is constantly evolving. Unlike many other games […]

Poker EV, or expected value, is one of the most commonly used terms in modern poker theory. When looking to make a difficult decision at the poker table, the best players out there look to […]

There is more than one way to win a hand of poker, and while making the nuts is fun, seeing your opponent muck their cards when you are bluffing is an even better feeling. The […]

It’s long been said that poker is a game that takes a day to learn and a lifetime to master, and it’s one of the hardest truths about the game. If you are here, you […]

Here’s another hand from the PokerCoaching Discord. Our hero, Matt, is in a $5/$5 no-limit hold’em cash game in the Los Angeles area, and is delighted to find K♥K♦UTG7 (traditionally called “UTG+1” – there are […]

The game revolves greatly around mathematics, and concepts you need to be good at differ from very simple to fairly advanced. Counting outs in poker is probably the simplest of them all.  It literally only […]

Implied odds are one of those concepts that you often hear being thrown around in poker conversations but that many players don’t fully understand. In fact, it could be said that a vast majority of […]

Poker is a game of mathematics, regardless of what anyone will tell you, and pot odds are one of the most important concepts in the game. Many poker players learn how to calculate their odds […]

“Hold it, Lee – how can I make a mistake on a street that doesn’t even exist?” Au contraire, my poker buddy. Firstly, ever since there has been seven-card stud, there have been sixth (and […]

The biggest challenge players face when learning how to play poker is figuring out what hand their opponent is holding. While many players focus on guessing the exact two cards their opponent has, poker pros […]