Posts By: theginger45

It’s that time of year again, and the PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) is just around the corner. Two weeks filled with huge tournaments, huge prize pools, and fancy gold watches for the winners. Anyone who plays MTTs for a living is probably going to be grinding very hard over the next two… Read more »

As a coach, I’m involved in frequent discussions with my students about game selection in MTTs, since it’s such a tricky concept. Many players start out their poker career unsure of exactly which direction to take, what to focus on, and how to keep their game progressing. People are torn between building a bankroll, developing… Read more »

Yeah, you read that right. It’s a myth. Or at least, the way it’s usually expressed is erroneous and outdated, to the point where it’s got a lot of people believing in false logic. I’ve seen a few of my students refer to this idea recently and I think there’s a widespread misconception about it…. Read more »

There has always been a lot of talk in poker surrounding the debate between ‘math players’ and ‘feel players’ – between those who ground their decision-making processes in complex mathematical calculations which represent their interpretations of the different factors involved in making a poker decision, and those who prefer to ‘trust their gut’, or play… Read more »

Recently I posted an article about how to play the small blind in MTTs, or at least a snapshot of some of the different strategies that might help you to improve the profitability of your play from the small blind. Following that up with an article about the big blind was the next logical step…. Read more »

There is a lot of potentially conflicting advice about how to play from the blinds in MTTs going around these days. Much of it comes from the fact that a huge percentage of the hands you’ll play in any given tournament either require you to play from the blinds, or against the players in the… Read more »

Hello, TPE Nation. I recently made a blog post reviewing my 2013 performance and setting my goals for 2014 – it’s that time of year again, the time when everyone is full of motivation for whatever it is they want to achieve in the 12 months to come. Full of visions of winning the Sunday… Read more »

Recently, a few people I’ve spoken to in a variety of different formats have asked me a question that I find really difficult to answer. They tend to phrase it in a specific way, and it tends to come during a conversation about strategy, from someone who’s looking to make the step up to playing… Read more »

I had something of an epiphany today. I’ve been in probably the biggest downswing of my career to date over the last 2-3 months, at least in overall monetary terms, even though my ABI is perhaps two or three times what it was when I had a 1,000-buyin-plus downswing in 2012. It doesn’t worry me… Read more »