Micro Stakes Poker Bet Sizing Concepts
Common Bet Sizing Beginner Mistakes Most beginner and many intermediate poker players suffer from making poorly sized bets at bad times. Instead of considering how their opponent views their range and how he is likely to react to particular bet sizes, they just tend to click the preset or default bet size buttons provided by […]
Introduction to Hand Ranges in Poker
Introduction We utilize the concept of hand ranges when we’re trying to determine what possible hands our opponents can have in any particular poker hand. We use ranges because it’s much easier to put our opponents on a range of hands rather than on a particular hand. Why’s that? Because poker players do certain things […]
Understanding and Embracing Variance in Poker
Introduction Many people involved in poker will have heard the term variance as it is thrown around a lot, but many people do not always understand what it actually is. As we all know, poker is a game of statistical distribution; every hand we play is at the mercy of probability and what all poker […]
Understanding Win Rates in Poker
Introduction When playing cash game poker, a critical concept to understand is your win rate. Your win rate is essentially the average amount of money you win over a set period of time, similar to an hourly wage at a job. Moreover, your win rate is the metric in which you can judge your long-term […]
Moving Up In Limits Poker Strategy
Introduction Moving up a limit in poker is often a daunting prospect for many players. I have noticed several problems players seem to have had and some of which I have experienced personally, so hopefully, this article will help some people make a smoother transition and help make shots taken at higher limits more successful. […]