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Lasting from May 26 until July 15, the annual 2026 WSOP featured 9,208 players, creating a prize pool of $85,625,100, making it the fourth-largest in the tournament’s 57-year history. The…

When a short stack goes all-in and I’m left heads-up with a comfortable number of chips, I auto-call if the bet is 10% or less than my chip stack. My…

The Tournament Directors Association (TDA) establishes and publishes standardized rules, regulations, guidance, and procedures for poker tournaments in casinos, card rooms, and major events, e.g., WPT and the WSOP. The…

The 80/20 rule in poker is based upon economist’s Vilfred Pareto’s concept that 80% of your profits come from 20% of the pots you play. The lesson is to prioritize…

David Sklansky, AKA The Mathematician, revolutionized poker by dragging it out of the decades old way the game was played by applying mathematical thinking to the game. Modern poker today…

The term is a metaphor describing when a player has experienced a sequence of unusually unplayable cards over a seemingly extended period of time. In a sense the hands seem…

A dry board in poker features a lousy flop with no apparent flush or straight draws; no coordination whatsoever. However, it makes an ideal spot for a c-bet or position…

In poker a ring game is another name for a live action cash game played with chips. Ring games have minimum and maximum buy-ins. You can open your wallet as…

This refers to what some players swear is a way to intuit what your opponent is up to. A tell is a cue, intentional or unintentional, giving away information about…

Geometric bet sizing is when a player wagers the same percentage of the pot on the flop, turn, and river. It makes your betting strategy harder to read, keeps bluffing…

This is when a player calls a bet, usually on the river, despite suspecting they are beaten.  It’s often done because they’ve already invested so much money in the pot and…

Angle shooting occurs to confuse opponents in order to gain information and/or put them off balance. Here are a few examples. Mixing chip colors to make stacks hard to count…