While you may hear many different pieces of advice about bankroll strategy, two things are for sure. 1. There is no correct answer and the correct bankroll strategy varies from player to player 2. It is one of the most important aspects of gambling So when trying to figure out the right...

There are a few complicated equations that will show your risk of ruin based on your win rate, voluntary money put into the pot, and various other factors. The bottom line is, poker is full of variance. The good news about variance is it’s a two way street. The problem with some poker players...

As a professional poker player of close to five years, let me be the first to tell you, you have to start somewhere. Luckily, like most newcomers, I learned the game with a group of friends in my college dorm’s study lounge where I wasn’t nervous about being ridiculed or chastised for not knowing...

Overall, poker is poker. Granted there are multiple variations of poker, and there are different forms of each variation. Sometimes things get crazy and the different forms include multiple variations and it can all get very confusing. In the end though, the final goal is to win the chips in the...

In Part I of this article, we were taking a look at which form of poker was more suited for your personality, cash games, or tournaments. Right now, the advantages of cash games outnumber tournaments 2:1. Let's see how it ends: Availability: If you're living in Las Vegas, Los Angeles, or...

In these threads we touched on the non-strategic differences between cash games and tournaments, specifically in No Limit Hold ‘em. Beyond the points outlined there, certain parts of tournament play are a completely different monster than cash play. To start off: Preflop Play Due to the...