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You might have heard this saying: it doesn’t matter if you’re the 8th best poker player in the world if the top seven are at your table. In our never-ending quest to become better at this game we love, we’re inevitably going to hit up against some pretty tough opponents. Here’s what you need to know when you sit down at the shark tank. Leave Behind the Ego Everyone wants to be the best. While it’s great to have this goal, we need to be realistic. We can’t let our pride get in

We’ve already covered why aggression is so valuable and how bluffing is a cornerstone of this strategy. Now, let’s take it one step further. The semi-bluff is a valuable weapon in a poker player’s arsenal. By finding spots to make profitable semi-bluffs and having the nerve to bet them, we can persuade quite a few chips to come our way. Let’s master the semi-bluff. What’s a Semi-Bluff? A semi-bluff involves betting or raising with a drawing hand. If, for instance, we hold two

Slow-playing big hands is a pitfall that trips up many players, and it’s a tell-tale symptom of Fancy Play Syndrome (FPS). Well, we’re here to set the record straight. Slow-playing a big hand refers to passive play with a strong holding. Maybe you limped your pocket rockets. Or perhaps you hit your straight on the turn and only made a tiny bet or, even worse, you just checked. The thinking in these situations is that we’re trying to ‘trap’ our opponents by acting like we’re w

We’ve got some big news at the intersection of poker and technology. As AI has become more sophisticated, we’ve seen it take down pro players in games like Chess and Go. Researchers even found a way to build a machine that could beat elite humans in heads-up poker. For the longest time, however, AI struggled to play full table poker because having to simultaneously compete against so many opponents brought an incredible level of complexity along with it. That all recently cha