Dan Harrington introduced the Tournament M Value to poker players in his book Harrington On Holdem Volume 2 End Game. The tournament M value is a math equation you perform to determine how you should currently be playing at the poker table based on your current chip stack. Different size stacks represent different actions that [...]
When new players come into no limit Texas Hold’em then they often struggle with the way that pots escalate. Let us look at an example here to show you what I mean. Unlike in tournaments then cash game players are frequently playing with 100bb or more during their session and on multiple tables if they [...]
Early Position Starting Hands Ace of Spades Ace of Hearts There are 169 starting hands in Texas Holdem, and ace-ace (also known as pocket aces or pocket rockets)is the strongest of all of them. However, the strength of this starting hand makes you more likely to lose a lot of chips if you play it [...]
Now I’ve been doing a lot of watching of the hit series “Lie To Me” lately and have also now began studying the website belonging to the man who is the real life version of Dr. Cal Lightman. Anywho, I read something related to the baseline that these human lie detectors hunt for when determining [...]