Two Plus Two Online Poker Strategy Magazine Publisher Note
We are making good progress on our next two books. The first, Pulling the Trigger; The Autobiography of Poker Pro Eli Elezra by Eli Elezra with Matan Krakow and Yoav Ronel and translated by Robbie Strazynski is now at the printer. This means that we should meet our publication date of January 3, 2019. For those of you who like to read poker books, this would be a good way to start the New Year. more ...
Book Excerpt: the Theory of Poker Applied to No-Limit
To be honest, the original chapter on slowplaying in The Theory of Poker could lead you astray in deepstack no-limit or pot-limit poker. This is especially true for players who religiously stuck to my guidelines without thinking too hard about possible adjustments. That chapter was pretty much solely concerned with limit play, and some specific guidelines had you both slowplaying in spots where it might not be right to bet in no-limit and avoiding slowplays where it is sometimes right in no-limit. more ...
The Biggest Limitations of Shove/Fold Poker Analysis
My background is in turbo single-table tournaments, so I’ll always have a soft spot for shove/fold poker. Anytime I start coaching a player in turbo formats, I always ensure that they know the shove/fold ranges very well. This aspect of the game is relatively mechanical and straightforward to learn compared to deeper-stacked strategy. However, a tremendous amount of equity is won and lost in short-stacked decision-making. ...more
Poker is Good For You
Many people have argued that poker should be considered differently from gambling in general. This argument has been made in discussions of legalization and related topics. Their argument is usually that poker is a skill game, while other gambling games are much less dependent upon skill. more ...
