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  2010/01/07 Aaron Hendrix MTT Tournament Strategy

  How To Play A Big Stack
  

  The start of your tournament has been good to you. You've quadrupled your starting chip stack and easily outdistanced the other players at your table. Too often, when players run into this situation they don't know what to do. They will play recklessly, feeling as if they are unbeatable, and before they know it they find themselves back to where they began, or even worse out of the tournament all together.

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  2010/01/01 Aaron Hendrix Advanced Poker Strategy

  Considerations For Playing With A Short Stack
  

  In tournament poker, it is inevitable that if you play long enough you will find yourself short stacked. It's easy to just shove all your chips into the middle and hope you get lucky and double up, but there is a better way of approaching how to play a short stack and if done properly, you can make it deeper in tournaments and possibly even turn a short stack into a big stack.

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  2009/12/23 Aaron Hendrix Beginners Poker Theory

  ONLINE POKER TOP10 Beginner’s Tips No Limit Holdem – Part V - Playing After the Flop
  

  Unlike Limit Hold’em, No Limit Hold’em is not considered a ‘drawing game.’ Because of the fact that there is no-limit to the amount that can be bet, much of the action in NLH is pre-flop and on the flop betting.
     
  When you are playing a hand and are not all in before the flop, how you play the flop depends on how you hit the community cards. If you hit a big hand, how you play is easy – you go all-in. But what if you don’t hit a big hand?

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  2009/12/21 admin Beginners Poker Theory

  ONLINE POKER TOP10 Beginner’s Tips No Limit Holdem – Part IV - Betting Before the Flop
  

  The biggest question for new No Limit Hold’em players is which hands to play and how much they should bet.

  As we said before, when playing the Short Stack Strategy, you never just call, when you decide to play a hand, you always raise. But the question is, how much should you raise?

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  2009/12/18 Aaron Hendrix Beginners Poker Theory

  ONLINE POKER TOP10 Beginner’s Tips No Limit Holdem - Part III- Game Selection and Position
  

  Now that you have found a table and bought in with 20 Big Blinds, when you are dealt in, you have to decide - should you play the hand or not? Now we will discuss Short Stack Strategy and what hands to play in what positions.

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  2009/12/17 admin Beginners Poker Theory

  ONLINE POKER TOP10 Beginner’s Tips No Limit Hold ‘em - Part II - Moving Up in Limits
  

  Now it is time to map out your route to be a successful poker player.

  When you first sit down in a game, never post a blind out of turn. Usually when you first enter the game, you won't be in the Big Blind position. Therefore you will be given the option of posting a Big Blind (BB) out of turn and being dealt in, or waiting for the BB to reach you. Never post the BB out of turn, a single BB may not seem like much money, but over time it adds up to quite a bit and needlessly damages your Bankroll.

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  2009/12/16 admin Beginners Poker Theory

  ONLINE POKER TOP10 Beginner’s Tips No Limit Hold ‘em – Part I
  

  Short Stack Strategy and Bankroll Management

  Our tips for No Limit Hold'em (NLH) will be based on the Short Stack Strategy. By using probability and poker theory, these methods have been proven to be a successful winning method in No Limit Poker. The 'stack' refers to the chips you have in front of you at the table, a short stack is a player with few chips, or fewer chips than most other players at the table.

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  2009/12/14 Aaron Hendrix Texas Hold'em Strategy

  Playing Draws – What Are Your Options?
  

  Playing Draws – What Are Your Options?

  Playing draws is one of the toughest parts of playing No Limit Holdem poker. The question often arises in a player's head as to what they should do. Do I raise? Do I just call? Do I fold? In poker, there is almost never one certain and definite answer, but there are some things that you should be evaluating. This article is going to look at draws from three perspectives, folding, calling, and raising. Hopefully from reading this and implementing it into your game, you'll come to learn it's better to raise than call with a draw.

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  2009/11/24 Aaron Hendrix Advanced Poker Strategy

  Is Fold Equity Over Rated?
  

  Poker experts and theorists around the world often talk about a concept known as fold equity and it's importance in given situations. The technical definition for fold equity is the equity a poker player gains due to their opponent folding to a bet. The layman's definition is do I have enough chips or is my bet big enough to induce my opponent to fold.

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  2009/11/23 admin Beginners Poker Theory

  ONLINE POKER TOP10 Beginner’s Tips Fixed Limit Holdem – Part III - The Turn and The River
  

  The Turn and The River

  Now that we have covered the strategy for the first two betting rounds, we will explore the options for the last two betting rounds – the Turn and the River. How you play in these rounds largely depends on how you have played your hand so far, before and after the flop.

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  2009/11/20 seemas Beginners Poker Theory

  ONLINE POKER TOP10 Beginner’s Tips Fixed Limit Holdem – Part II - Betting The Flop
  

  Betting The Flop

  The first betting round happens before the flop. Assuming you are playing hands according to the rules of what constitutes a premium, strong, or mediocre, etc., hand, the way you play these hands in what position is very important. If you have one of the hands you should be playing, now what do you do after you see the first three community cards (the flop)?

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  2009/11/20 seemas Beginners Poker Theory

  ONLINE POKER TOP10 Beginner’s Tips Fixed Limit Holdem – Part I - Position
  

  Position

  Welcome to the ONLINE POKER Top 10 beginners course for strategy for Fixed Limit Texas Hold'em. Our basic but comprehensive Holdem tips will help you on your way to earning money while having fun playing Holdem poker online.

  Even if you aren't aspiring to be a professional player and prefer to play poker for fun as a hobby, our articles on Texas Holdem will show you how to win at the poker table. And winning will keep you in the game and guarantee you many years of enjoyment playing the great game of Texas Holdem poker.

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  2009/11/12 Aaron Hendrix Texas Hold'em Strategy

  Buying Cards And Bluffing On The Flop In A Limit Holdem Cash Game
  

  While pre-flop play is a big part of defining what happens in a limit holdem cash game hand, it is the flop that will set up most of your wins and losses. Often times play on the flop is straight forward. If you have a made hand, you bet or raise it. If you have a hand that failed to improve, you fold. It is in the times where the play is not so apparent that determines the big winners and losers in a cash game. This article is going to look at two specific situations that can help you extract additional bets and value in your cash game sessions.

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  2009/11/02 Aaron Hendrix Texas Hold'em Strategy

  Stealing The Blinds In Limit Holdem
  

  Most people who play limit hold em cash games have the failed belief that stealing blinds is a worthless proposition. After all, it's only one small bet for the big blind to see the flop. Understanding when and when not to steal the blinds can make the difference between a winning and losing session in Limit Hold Em.

  For this discussion, stealing is open raising first to act from either the cutoff, button, or small blind. There are four specific factors you should be looking at when deciding whether to steal or not.

  #1 – the actual strength of your hand.

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  2009/10/27 Aaron Hendrix Texas Hold'em Strategy

  Defending The Blinds In Limit Hold Em
  

  In Limit Hold Em cash games, many people either over defend or under defend their blinds when someone has made what appears to be an apparent steal raise. Understanding when and when not to defend the blinds can turn a significant loss into a win.

  Since very few people will fold to a three bet after they've opened for a raise, there are primarily three main factors to consider when deciding whether or not to defend your blind.

  #1 – the actual strength of your hand.

  #2 – the probability that the initial raiser is indeed stealing.

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  2009/09/21 Aaron Hendrix Poker Psychology

  Six Slow Playing Screwups
  

  Imagine you're playing in the biggest poker tournament of your life. A maniac at your table has been bullying you around and you're sick and tired of it, but you're being patient and waiting for the perfect opportunity to get all of his chips. Finally, you get a monster in the form of pocket aces. It's your big blind and you can already see the delight in the maniac's eyes as he looks at you and grabs some chips. “I raise,” he says. The action is folded to you and you decide that you're going to get tricky. You just call.

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  2009/09/07 Aaron Hendrix MTT Tournament Strategy

  How Important Is The Average Stack Size In A Tournament?
  

  One common discussion that tournament poker players often have revolves around having an average stack. Often in these discussions, you will hear a player discuss the importance of maintaining an average stack and how they go about doing so. Is maintaining an average stack important? What exactly does it mean to maintain an average stack and how do players typically do so? This article is going to explore these questions and more in regards to the average stack and how important it is.

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  2009/08/31 Aaron Hendrix MTT Tournament Strategy

  Defending On The Bubble
  

  You're three away from the money in an online tournament and have 25,000 in chips with the blinds at 500/1,000. You are in the big blind and have A-10. It is folded to the small blind who has 55,000 in chips. He raises it a whopping 8 times the big blind. What do you do? For most players, it is a no brainer. They fold, survive to move on to the next hand, and fume a little about that small blind bullying them. The simple truth of the matter is there is a ton of poker articles about attacking the bubble. Almost everyone has read it and the good players apply it to their game. What isn't discussed often is how to defend against these bubble attackers. Learning how to properly defend on the bubble can turn a minimum cash into a big one.

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  2009/08/31 Aaron Hendrix MTT Tournament Strategy

  The Value Of Going Deep
  

  Many of the top internet professionals have what appears to be a reckless, carefree attitude when it comes to playing tournament poker. They'll bust out early event after event and shrug it off as if it is no big deal. Most of these players make the money at a rate well less than 20% of the time but they are still turning huge profits. Why? Because when they do cash, they go deep.

  Here is a typical player who cashes a lot but doesn't make it deep:

  100 tournaments played (assuming a $100 buy-in on average)
  21 cashes

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