Listen to Your Opponents at the Poker Table
If you pay attention to what your opponents say and how they play, then you’ll be able to make more effective reads, lay better exploits, and win more chips. Poker is just as much a game of psychology as it is about math and cards. That’s why you need to keep your ears open. You might just be surprised how many people will tell you how to beat them if you listen closely. This can be as subtle as harder breathing when they’re excited and get a good hand, or it can be as blatan
How to Play Draws
It’s always great when you smash the flop and hit a flush or straight right away, but, unfortunately, that’s just not often the case. What’s more likely is that we end up with 4 to a straight or flush with two streets left to play. These hands are called draws. How do we play them optimally?
Start by assessing the context. How good is your draw? Are you drawing to the nut flush or to a bottom straight? Then factor in other elements like position, stack sizes, and your oppon
How to Play the River
The river is the last street in a hand of No Limit Texas Hold’em, and it’s easily the most complicated street to master. And the stakes are high. Given the fact that the pot size exponentially increases when we make bets on each street, we often find the biggest bets and the most all-ins on the river.
On top of that, the river plays differently than other streets. Most notably, we no longer have draws or semi-bluffs. We simply have value bets and bluffs. As a result, we nee
Dealing with Burnout
Whether it’s from your job, stressors like family drama, or even a game like poker, burnout always sucks. It makes us feel lethargic, decreases our motivation, and certainly has a negative effect on our overall win-rate. How do winning poker players deal with burnout? How do we effectively recover? Are there any mental tactics we can employ to fight it? When it comes to poker, we can categorize burnout into two classes. Our response will likewise vary depending on which type
