Lessons from Tom 'durrrr' Dwan
Tips from the Pros
Small Buy-Ins, Big Scores
May 10th, 2010
With MiniFTOPS XVI in full swing and the Mini Series of Poker set to begin, Full Tilt Poker offers a variety of ways for you to turn a small tournament buy-in into a huge payday.
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The Squeeze Play
January 6th, 2010
In tournaments, you should always be looking for ways to pick up chips. You can’t just sit around waiting for Aces or Kings and hope to double up when you do...
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Varying Your Pre-Flop Raise Amounts
August 12th, 2009
A lot of outstanding poker players will tell you the cornerstone of pre-flop play is consistency. That approach works for many top players, but I don’t necessarily subscribe to that theory. Particularly in short-handed play...
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Playing Big Hands on the Button
February 26th, 2009
No matter what poker variant you’re playing, it’s vital to constantly think about the players left to act behind you and what their tendencies are. Too often, when facing a raise, poker players think only about how ...
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Taking Online Notes on Opponents
1st January 2009
When you’re at the table playing live poker, the only notes you can take - at least inconspicuously - are mental ones. Online, however, you’re granted a tremendous opportunity that doesn’t exist in live play. It’s important to...
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Recharging for Better Results
December 1st, 2008
One of the great things about poker, especially online poker, is that the game is always there when you're ready to play. It's not like being a baseball player, where you're at the mercy of your team's schedule, or like being a doctor, where you have to respond to emergency calls. With poker...
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Two Sides to Every Coin (flip)
July 16th, 2008
Poker is a game of choices. Some of these choices are fairly straight forward and simple while others take a lot of thought. The thing is that when all is said and done, there may not be just one correct path to winning a given hand; it’s all up to you to decide what road to travel.
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Sealing the Win
July 9th, 2008
If you don't think poker is a competitive sport, chances are you’ve never made it to the late stages of a major tournament where the only thing higher than the blinds is the pressure of playing for thousands - or even millions - of dollars in prize money…
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Controlling the Pot
February 5th, 2008
One of the most critical aspects to surviving - and thriving - in deep stack tournaments is learning how to control the size of the pots you play. In short, your goal should be to play big pots when you have big hands and small pots when you don't. When you and your opponents...
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Building and Maintaining a Bankroll
August 29th 2007
For most players, the lure of playing in high-stakes ring games or tournaments is a sirens' song that's hard to resist. While there's no doubt that these games can provide huge rewards, the sad truth is that many beginners often leap into the deep end before...
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Playing Heads Up
July 6th, 2007
Heads-up play is one of the most important aspects of poker, and many players could benefit from strengthening this part of their game.
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Satellite Savviness
March 1st, 2007
The fact is, satellites provide much more than the chance to save some money on a $10K buy-in.
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How a Pro Thinks Through a Hand
November 13, 2006
I was half hoping for a King on the river and half not, because it could bust me.
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Balancing Poker and Life
Oct 16, 2006
Don't even consider going pro until you can cover all of your bills for at least six months in advance.
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Acknowledging Mistakes
August 7, 2006
The best players have the ability to acknowledge and learn from their mistakes.
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Inducing a Bluff
March 27, 2006
It's hard to bluff on three consecutive streets, and most players won't launch that third bullet.
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How Big a Bankroll?
January 16, 2006
If you're nervous about what you stand to lose in a given pot, you're probably playing too high for your bankroll.
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Bad Cards or Bad Plays?
November 14, 2005
I know that some days, even if I play perfectly, I'm going to lose.
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It's Not Easy Being Green. Or Is It?
October 10, 2005
Everyone agreed that one of the best ways to improve your game is to play against better players.
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Our Favorite Poker Books
August 30, 2005
Chris Ferguson believes David Sklansky's Hold 'em for the Advanced Player and Theory of Poker are perhaps the two best books out there.
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In Pot Limit...
April 11, 2005
What many beginning pot limit Omaha players do not understand is that Omaha is really a game of redraws.
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A Way To Approximate The Odds
March 21, 2005
Knowing the approximate likelihood of making your hand is a good beginning step on the road to better poker.
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