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The game of poker has come a long way since the Wild West when cards were played in smoke-filled rooms with pistols around the waist in case someone was cheating. Back then catching a cheater triggered a gunshot. Thankfully these days we look to catch gutshots. But how profitable is the chase with low equity […]

Once you have played poker long enough, particularly at micro or low buy-in stakes, you will come across a player who, for whatever reason, wants to try and bluff at every other pot. We call this type of player a ‘maniac’ or ‘aggro fish.’ To be able to properly defend against this type of player […]

Beat your Opponent: Part 2 – The Loose-Aggressive Player On a wonderful and relaxed Saturday, you decide to play some online poker and jump into the action in the GGMasters Bounty $105. You find your opponents in the poker room to be all very loose and very aggressive no matter what he community cards are. […]

Beat your Opponent: Part 1-The Calling Station You are playing Texas Holdem poker in the GGMasters $25 Double Stack, and your opponent is never folding. How do you handle this type of poker opponent? Do you keep betting? What if your opponent plays a ridiculously wide preflop range? How do you adjust to this style […]