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Do You Know What Is the Suicide King in Cards?
Do You Know What Is the Suicide King in Cards?

Just like poker rules, playing cards have changed and evolved greatly over the centuries, with different cultures around the world adopting different representations of popular cards and countless different decks created to play various card […]

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Gutshots in Poker – How to Play Inside Straight Draws the Best Way
November 14, 2024 10 min read

Gutshots in Poker – How to Play Inside Straight Draws the Best Way

Gutshot straight draws, also known as inside straight draws, are among the least valuable drawing hands in poker. Yet, they are also a lot more common than other draws and are high in the poker […]

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Heads-Up Poker Tips That Will Help You Win More
November 12, 2024 8 min read

Heads-Up Poker Tips That Will Help You Win More

While most poker players are focused on playing either poker tournaments or cash games, heads-up poker is often considered the purest game by the top professionals.  The term heads-up refers to a game played between […]

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Mastering Preflop Tournament Fundamentals
November 5, 2024 10 min read

Mastering Preflop Tournament Fundamentals

In tournament poker, mastering preflop tournament fundamentals is key to success. While postflop decisions often get more attention, your preflop choices set the stage for every hand, shaping your chances of going deep. This blog […]

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How to Adjust to Your Poker Home Games and Win More Often
October 31, 2024 9 min read

How to Adjust to Your Poker Home Games and Win More Often

Beating a high-stakes poker player takes a balanced approach, an understanding of advanced GTO poker concepts of the game, and a lot of dedication and effort. Beating players in poker home games, however, takes a […]

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How to Deal with Donk Betting In Your Poker Games
October 29, 2024 9 min read

How to Deal with Donk Betting In Your Poker Games

While No Limit Texas Hold’em allows players to make bets anytime the action is on them, the game follows a certain flow in most situations, with the preflop aggressor usually being the one making the […]

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How to Learn Poker in 2024
October 22, 2024 8 min read

How to Learn Poker in 2024

Poker is a game that takes a day to learn but a lifetime to master. This adage about poker could hardly be truer, as poker truly is a simple game at first sight but a […]

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Spin and Go Poker Strategy and Tips
September 24, 2024 10 min read

Spin and Go Poker Strategy and Tips

Once you have learned how to play poker, one of the first things you’ll notice about online poker is that it has brought about dozens of different game formats, but few have been as popular […]

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How To Make A Great Hand History Post
September 12, 2024 5 min read

How To Make A Great Hand History Post

You do participate in the PokerCoaching Discord server, don’t you? If not, you’re missing out on an excellent poker learning community. Maybe your thing is tournaments – we’ve got a channel just for you. If […]

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Is Online Poker Rigged or Not?
September 3, 2024 8 min read

Is Online Poker Rigged or Not?

If you have known how to play poker long enough, you have come across stretches of bad luck that seem impossible, and that is twice as true when it comes to online poker. If you have […]

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Master the fundamentals.

How to Play Poker: Winning Strategy for Beginners

Get This FREE 19 Video Course from 2-time WPT Champion, Jonathan Little! Basic rules and hand rankings for new players. – Preflop strategy including when to raise, call and 3-bet. – How to play the flop, turn, and river – Learn when and how much to bet – Tips for tournament adjustments – Keys to bankroll management

The Fear of Zero
August 22, 2024 8 min read

The Fear of Zero

To play your best poker all the time, you must feel financially secure all the time. That’s just how poker works. Never underestimate the steady strain that an inadequate bankroll puts on your poker system. […]

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Can Poker Be Considered a Sport?
August 13, 2024 8 min read

Can Poker Be Considered a Sport?

If you asked an average person, with limited understanding of poker rules, what the game is, they would probably say it’s just another gambling game. As a poker player, however, you would probably know better. […]

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Top 10 Best Poker Movies for Every Poker Fan
July 9, 2024 10 min read

Top 10 Best Poker Movies for Every Poker Fan

Poker is one of the most popular card games in the world, and over the years, it has played a pivotal role in many works of art.  When it comes to film in particular, there […]

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The Escape from Impatience
June 25, 2024 5 min read

The Escape from Impatience

Impatience is a trifecta of troubles. It’s a form of anguish. It makes us behave immaturely. And at Texas Hold’em, impatience costs us money when we make inferior plays that we would not otherwise make, […]

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We’re Sponsoring Cardplayer Lifestyle’s Mixed Game Festival VIII: Here’s Why, and What That Means
June 6, 2024 3 min read

We’re Sponsoring Cardplayer Lifestyle’s Mixed Game Festival VIII: Here’s Why, and What That Means

As much as all of us here at Pokercoaching.com love coaching and learning, we of course also love playing. Peak summer poker season is upon us, and that means it’s PLAY TIME! Some of you […]

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The Math of Equanimity
May 28, 2024 6 min read

The Math of Equanimity

Equanimity is a state of steadiness that’s impervious to external conditions. Equanimity is calmness and composure, even in the face of difficulty. Equanimity is the acceptance of whatever is, on an ongoing basis. That sounds […]

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What’s Your Poker ELO Quiz
October 15, 2024 4 min read

What’s Your Poker ELO Quiz

Take this 20 question quiz to see your poker ELO score! You’re playing 40bb deep in an MTT and you raise from the LJ to 2.3bbs, only the BB calls. The board comes Ts6h4d and […]

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GTO Poker Fundamentals that Most Pros Get Wrong!
August 25, 2024 3 min read

GTO Poker Fundamentals that Most Pros Get Wrong!

Take this 10 question quiz to test your knowledge of GTO Poker! True or False: Solvers will sometimes sacrifice the EV of a specific hand to strengthen your overall strategy. I.e. Not raising a hand […]

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Short Stack Ninja Quiz
March 13, 2024 2 min read

Short Stack Ninja Quiz

Are you a Short Stack Ninja? See how you do in our latest quiz! If you get a 10/10, you are a crusher! The BTN raises to 2bb and the SB folds. Should you call […]

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Quiz: Poker Math that Even Pro’s Get Wrong!
February 6, 2024 2 min read

Quiz: Poker Math that Even Pro’s Get Wrong!

Are you Ready to Test Your Poker Math Skills? See how you do in our latest quiz! If you get a 10/10, you are a crusher! You are on the river and the pot is […]

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Quiz: How To Play Draws
November 4, 2023 3 min read

Quiz: How To Play Draws

Are you Ready to Test Your Poker Skills? See how you do in our latest quiz! If you get a 10/10, you are a crusher!

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Quiz: Live Cash Game IQ
September 25, 2023 3 min read

Quiz: Live Cash Game IQ

Do you have what it takes to crush live cash games? Try our quiz and see how well you exploit your opponents!

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