Famous poker players Articles
5 Reasons to Routinely Study GTO as a Poker Player (at ANY Level)
Daniel Negreanu, Phil Ivey, Bryn Kenney, Charlie Carrel. Just to name a few. These are all great players; well-known, likable, highly successful. They have all, in one way or another, diminished GTO's value in the eyes of the public or in their own. Some (the guy with the open shirt) even started swearing at it!
Beginner's Poker Course Part 3: Our Position In The Preflop Betting Round
To learn the game from the ground up, maybe we should start at the beginning—the beginning of the hand, even. That, of course, is preflop. In the last article, we explained that Expected Value matters for every decision, and this certainly applies to preflop.
Beginner's Poker Course Part 2: What Is Expected Value (EV)?
In the first article, we got up in the air a bit and talked about the Universe (or God) telling us the best decisions to make and assigning numbers to each option we can take while playing the game. In this article, we aim to make things a bit more practical and down to earth, taking along that initial perspective of choosing an action with the ‘highest value’ assigned to it.
Beginner's Poker Course Part 1: If God Would Be Your Guide
Welcome to the first installment of our comprehensive beginner’s course on the exciting game of No Limit Texas Hold'em cash games. I am assuming you are familiar with the basic rules of the game and nothing more. You might have watched a few hands on TV and noticed that most hands are open-raised rather than open-limped, and that pocket aces are the best starting hand. You may also know that a hand like king-queen is generally better than nine-deuce. Beyond these observations, I will consider you a beginner and will teach everything you need to know after learning the game's rules, step by step.