Always Pay Attention
It’s always wise to pay attention when you play poker. Obviously, you need to pay attention when you are in a hand. But even when you are not in a hand, seemingly innocuous comments made by your opponents or others in the area may turn out to be useful later. Recently, I played in a […]
When You’re Playing PLO, Always Have a Backup
[This post originally appeared in the OmahaPokerTraining.com blog, which is being combined with the AdvancedPokerTraining.com blog] This is an instructive hand from the ladies’ live stream at Texas card house, shared by our friend PokerfaceAsh. Let’s watch the hand play out (an over $2000 pot!). If you like that video, please visit PokerfaceAsh on Youtube […]
Coming Soon: GTO bots and Advanced Advisors
I wanted to follow up on my last blog post and share with you a few screenshots showing how powerful our new “GTO-style” bots will be. We’ve been working on these GTO bots for years now and are working toward a launch date of October 1st. The new bots will be included with your paid […]
Two Major APT Announcements
It has been a while since we have made any major structural changes at APT. While we had a number of exciting changes in 2021, the early months of 2022 have been relatively quiet. It is true that we have had a number of great webinars and training packages to share with you in the […]
Down Betting in Poker
Today I want to talk to you about down betting. First of all a brief definition: down betting is when you bet a smaller amount on a later street than you did on an earlier one. For example, if you’re in a $2/$5 game and you raised $20 preflop and then you bet $15 on […]
Five Times the Pot All-In Rule
I wanted to give a quick report on a hand that I played at the Daytona Beach Racing and Card Club $200K guarantee event last weekend. The event featured six starting flights and a $365 buy in. Over 1,300 people showed up and they totally smashed the guarantee; the prize pool was nearly $400,000. I […]
2022 Las Vegas Trip Report
This month, I finally returned to Las Vegas for the first time in over two years. This was an unheard of amount of time to be away from a city I’ve long considered my second home. The first thing I noticed upon my return was, thankfully, that Vegas hasn’t changed much. The night view from […]
How to Crush Mystery Bounty Tournaments
Last weekend I played in a “Mystery Bounty” event at BestBet cardroom in Jacksonville, Florida. Although I didn’t cash, I thought it would be worth telling the story and talking about the optimal strategy, especially given that there is a new bracelet event at the World Series of Poker this summer (Event #68, “Million Dollar […]
When the Second Nuts in PLO is a River Fold
Time and time again the adage that Pot Limit Omaha (PLO) is a game of nutted hands is bandied about. But where does that leave the poor second nuts in PLO? In No Limit Hold’em (NLH), the second nuts is often a very difficult lay down on the river, especially when two exact (and unlikely) […]
The players were so bad, I couldn’t beat them!
A few months ago, I did a blog post about the similarities between tennis and poker when it comes to the need for mental toughness. Today I want to talk about beating “bad” poker players. The more I play tennis, the more I realize that tennis and poker are one and the same. It’s just […]