Amid all of today’s complex poker terminology, it’s easy to get caught up in misapplication or misinterpretation of terms. People have been misusing the word ‘polarized’ for a long time, but its antithesis, the word ‘linear’, is strangely under-used. In this article I hope to explain the differences between the two as they relate… Read more »
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Mental Health Management as a Poker Player
It’s very easy these days to find information that will help you if you aspire to be a professional poker player. Strategy advice is everywhere on the Internet, and if you’re on TPE you’ve probably already spent a good deal of time on your at-the-table strategy. Even when it comes to off-the-table behaviours, it’s… Read more »
Improving in Multiple Directions
The title of this article might seem confusing at first. But I want to outline why most people think about learning in an unhelpful way, and this seemed like the best way to do that. The reason ‘multiple directions’ is applicable here is because most people think about learning in a linear fashion –… Read more »
Choosing your Bluffing Ranges
One thing a lot of people struggle with when they first start developing their poker game is picking the right opportunities to bluff. They tend to make somewhat haphazard decisions when it comes to bluffing – they either make the decision on a particular street that they think their opponent doesn’t have a strong… Read more »
Who is ‘Nash’, and why does he play so aggressively?
Every poker player, throughout the course of their poker career, will experience a variety of what are commonly referred to as ‘A-ha moments’. Those times when you were studying a particular concept, trying to improve, struggling to get to grips with it…when all of a sudden, ding! The lightbulb appears above your head, and… Read more »
Poker Bankroll Management for Beginners
When starting out as a tournament poker player, it’s very easy to get caught up trying to follow specific rules about what to do with your money. You have several options as to how to approach it, but because you haven’t yet proven yourself as a winning player, all of them make bankroll management… Read more »
Staking and Getting Staked: An Introduction
Over the past few years, it’s become commonplace amongst the poker community for professionals and recreational players alike to get involved in staking or backing groups, selling pieces of their action on forums, or swapping action with friends in a high-profile tournament. Much like many other aspects of poker, the complexity of determining what… Read more »
Why You Need To Stop Slowplaying Big Hands So Often
One of the most common themes that tends to come up when I work with low-stakes MTT players on a ‘Leakfinding’ basis is that almost everyone tends to slowplay big hands, often by default. It’s extremely common to hear a player explain their decision to flat-call the nuts on the flop with logic such… Read more »
How to Combat ‘Bullying’ and Aggression in MTTs
I’ve spoken to a few students lately who have been having issues when playing against particularly aggressive players. They get 3-bet several times, their c-bets get raised, or a player with a big stack is opening a lot of pots, and suddenly the usual dynamics of MTT play start to shift. Here are some… Read more »
Postflop: It’s Where The Edge Is
When you first start out in poker, it’s very easy to get caught up thinking a lot about what ‘style’ is best to employ at the tables – should you be the aggressive type who gets into a lot of 3-bet pots and runs big bluffs, or should you be the more passive, flat-calling,… Read more »