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You have to decide if you believe you have the best hand or not ON THE FLOP and then build a plan of how to play the hand around that. That means that if (that's a BIG if) you decide to put any more...

One thing I'll say is that when you have position and you are leading the betting the whole way and you get called on the flop and turn, and then the caller all of a sudden bets into you on the...

Layne Flack on Cardplayer's "The Circuit" went as far as saying that raising frequently from the button in NL is actually a big mistake.

Unlike LHE, blind defense in loose NL games is a...

In NLTP (pg. 149) Sklansky spells out three heads-up river situations where you should give strong consideration to going for a check raise:

[1] Your opponent will bet a wider range of hands then...

This is opponent/read dependent, not stakes-dependent.

Not sure why people want to group all players at a given limit together and say things like 'at 25NL, this is a call every time'.

You have to raise the flop; a made non-nut str8 on flop isn't a good smooth-call, slow-play/trapping hand.

I'd bet more on the turn.

I'll play my own devil's advocate .....

If I folded pre-flop, I'd have kept $15+$70+$160 =$245 more in my stack and not had to make that tough fold on the river.

The question clearly is if I...

Fold flop, villain fires into a field of 4 players in poor position for an overbet. TPBK plays like dogshit to his range here, especially given what you put him on preflop.

Turn your raise is...

No way I'm laying down K9s on the button in a loose, live, weekend game when 3 other average/transparent-to-horrible players enter the pot with their big stacks. They give away so much information....

Live $1/2 NL

- Hero is chip-leader, 3 med stacks, rest small stacks, stacks range from ~1/3 x -> ~3x max buy-in of $200

- My table image at this stage in the game is 'wild' because in a...

I agree with all 5 points, although, there are definitely areas of grey related to PP-play and the 5-10 rule that were not mentioned in the OP.

Now, before you all say "no, shit sherlock!", here's...

In general, I like a 2/3 to 1xPSB on the flop. This is better than an open AI push IMO. In this specific example, I don't think it mattered which line was chosen given that that villian didn't have...

Yes, slow playing a set if rarely a good play. But ......

..... let's be clear, there's never any 'nevers' in poker, nor are there any 'always'. (and all you smart asses out that all know that I...

I really like the way Freddy plays. I find him more unpredictable, buyt not too loose at the same time.

Keep in mind that I primarily play live $1/2 NL. I also mix in some $3/6 NL and every once in a while if the table looks juicy $5/10 NL ( w/ $1000 cap).

For this hand, I like a CR all-in on the...

Have you been watching Doyle's play in the High Stakes Poker show on GSN? He hasn't been playing that way on those broadcasts at all! Why? Because of the competition; the way to exploit the...

I've done this too, but rarely. I say rarely, because I usually just move to a more pre-flop passive table when I find myself at a table like this. The key to why this tactic works in the games you...

Sorry, that was poorly worded on my part. I should have simply said that I keep re-loading from my 'reserve' if I ever go below the max.

I play live $1/2 NL, $200 capped buy-in poker at least 2 or 3 times a week. I always buy in for the max, and I keep $100 extra in chips in my pocket as a re-load reserve. If I go below the max, I...

For me, the best chance to get as many chips into the middle as possible on the river, comes down to (i) the image you think that opponent has of you, and (ii) to a lesser degree, how much of a donk...

No, it's from a 2+2 post.

You've obviously been following the threads in the 2+2 HSNL forum that DS has been posting lately.

It's been interesting and at the same time kinda annoying to see how the high stakes 2+2 NL...

Do you live under the left or the right nut? That explains the 4 months of darkness thing for me in a whole new way.

Wasn't there a Seinfeld epsisode where 'George Can't-stand-yah' had similar symptoms?

Maybe you can have Dr. Van Nostren take a look at it. Giddyup!

Why do I have the feeling that I'm about to learn something here ;) (don't get me wrong, that's a good thing as always).

That's obviously a pretty wide opening range and and how the table overall...