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Poker Articles

If you want to keep up with all the strategy articles I've written, then look no further! Sort by topic, publication date, or alphabetical order. Some articles are available here in full. For others, check out the abstracts, and use the citations to obtain the articles in full.

The Art of Reading Your Opponents

Poker Helper, Jan 2007

You are playing in a $500NL game with $2-$5 blinds. You are on the button, and action folds to you. You look down at your hole cards and see J♥J♠. You raise to $20. The small blind folds, and the big blind calls. You have about $600 left, and your opponent has about $400 left. The flop is 2♠4♦8♣. Your opponent checks to you, you bet $25, and he calls. The turn is 2♣. Your opponent checks to you, you bet $60, and your opponent calls. The river is 2♥. Your opponent bets $100, and after thinking, you decide to just call because you can’t imagine your opponent calling a raise with many hands that you have beaten. Your opponent shows JT and says “I can’t believe you called me with AK” As he says that, you show your JJ and take down the pot. Your opponent made a fundamental error made by many poker players; at the beginning of the hand, when you could have done the same action with several hands, your opponent put you on a specific hand. In addition, he never changed his mind about his read as he gained more information throughout the hand. ...

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