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Do you need poker coaching?

Do you need poker coaching?

As many of you know, as well as my day job in banking, I am a part time poker coach offering poker lessons for those looking to improve their poker game. People often question the value of poker lessons, and how a poker coach can justify the hourly rates they charge (for what its worth, [...]

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Poker Lessons from a Trader – Part ii

Poker Lessons from a Trader – Part ii

A few weeks ago I added a great article from a trader by the name of Van Tharp who had simulated over 10 million poker hands and assessed the odds of winning each hand.  If you havent read it you can please have a look its a great article with a very important poker lesson
 
Anyway below is another poker [...]

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Poker Coaching Tip – The Most Powerful Move You Can Make Pre-Flop

Poker Coaching Tip – The Most Powerful Move You Can Make Pre-Flop

For me the most powerful move preflop is the re-raise, yet it is also one of the most misused plays in poker. Ive held numerous poker coaching sessions with amateurs and intermediates alike, and without exception, most people struggle in this area.
This poker coaching article is aimed at the beginner poker player who is playing [...]

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The 5 times when a poker bluff is profitable

The 5 times when a poker bluff is profitable

Continuing from my poker bluffing article last week in the poker coaching blog. I thought it would be a good idea to now describe the times when a poker bluff is effective. Poker bluffing can be lethal when used at the right times, and lets face it, there is nothing more satisfying than running a [...]

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The 4 Times When You Should Not Bluff In Poker

The 4 Times When You Should Not Bluff In Poker

One area where I feel beginners need poker coaching is that of poker bluffing. All too often, beginners see poker on TV, and think the game is all about bluffing. Whereas in reality, the hands you see are the edited ones that look good on TV. What you don’t see are the numerous hands where [...]

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poker coaching for beginners – hand ranges

poker coaching for beginners – hand ranges

One of the key concepts i teach in my poker coaching courses relates to hand ranges. Simply put, this involves estimating what our opponent may have, and then acting accordingly. Its pretty common for people who havent had poker coaching, i.e. the typical amateur/novice player, to just think about their own hand, and not consider [...]

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Trader Simulates 10 Million Poker Hands To See The Odds Of Winning Each Hand

Trader Simulates 10 Million Poker Hands To See The Odds Of Winning Each Hand

I recently got a very interesting newsletter from a Trader. This trader Van. k. Tharp seems to have started playing poker and as part of this ran a simulation to assess the odds of various poker hands winning. The results reinforce what I have been teaching in my one-to-one poker coaching sessions and my recent [...]

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The Secret To Successful Continuation Betting

The Secret To Successful Continuation Betting

As you may already know, I believe in mastering the fundamentals in poker – once you master the key fundamentals it doesnt really matter what level of poker you are playing at  – you will be using the same skills.  One of the key skills to master is that of continuation betting.  In order to [...]

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Online Poker Starting Hands And How To Use Them To Win Part 3

Online Poker Starting Hands And How To Use Them To Win Part 3

The final in this series of poker coaching videos, where Johnny Aces wins an online poker tournament using just the poker starting hands chart as a guide for what hands we should be playing.

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Poker Starting Hands And How To Use Them To Win Part 2

Poker Starting Hands And How To Use Them To Win Part 2

Johnny Aces shows you how to win online poker with the starting hands guide