Poker Strategy

Is Shoving the River the Best Play?

Here’s a pretty interesting hand I played today. Villain’s stats:

VPIP BB: 34%
VPIP SB: 73%
3Bet: 12%
Checkraise: 14%
He’s somewhat aggressive on the flop, but calms down on later streets.

An Interview with HokieGreg — A HU SnG Guru

I’ll be the first to admit that I’m a heads up cash game player and I don’t have…

My Bad River Bluff at $200 NL

I’m playing $200 NL against Cricket Scores, a somewhat decent regular. We stacked off preflop when my AKs ran into his pocket queens. At this point, we’ve only played like 20 hands or so.

Pot Entitlement — It’s Not Over Till It’s Over

In NL hold’em, a very strong hand on the flop can become a marginal hand on the turn or river. But people have a very hard time letting go of a flopped monster. I call this phenomenon, “pot entitlement”. Simply put, they feel they are entitled to…

How to Play 4Bet Pots

In this post, we’ll talk about what you should do when you are on the button, you raise, villain 3bets, you 4bet and villain just smooth calls. Here’s an example of what I’m talking about…