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Tuesday, June 16, 2026
What is the minimum bankroll to profit in poker? Marco Arruda explains key bankroll management
Effective bankroll management is the foundation of profitable poker. Marco Arruda outlines the key factors for determining the minimum bankroll, including game type, skill level, and risk tolerance. This article summarizes industry-standard principles to help players build a healthy bankroll system.
Texas Hold'em Beginner's Guide: Learn to Play Step by Step
This article details the basic rules and steps of Texas Hold'em, from setting up the table, blinds, dealing, action options to each betting round, helping beginners get started quickly. Suitable for zero-experience players to have fun with friends.
Texas Hold'em Split Pot Explained: When to Split the Pot?
Split Pot is when a hand ends in a tie in Texas Hold'em and the pot must be split evenly. This article uses 5 typical hand examples to demonstrate how to determine ties in situations like straight flushes, full houses, two pairs, etc., and includes a funny story about a dealer's mistake.
7 Steps to Easily Set Up Your Home Poker Game
Want to have a fun poker game at home with friends? This article walks you through setting up your own home game step by step, from venue, chips, blind structure to prize distribution, so you can easily enjoy poker fun.
How to Play Medium Pairs on a Connected Paired Flop? Cláudio Davino's In-Depth Analysis
In this lesson, Cláudio Davino analyzes a situation where many players make mistakes: how to play medium pairs on a connected paired flop. He explains why the best strategy is often not to continuation bet and provides alternatives.
4 Psychological Stages You Experience When Learning Texas Hold'em
The process of learning Texas Hold'em is divided into four psychological stages: unconscious incompetence, conscious incompetence, conscious competence, unconscious competence. Most players stop at the third stage, but only a few reach the fourth stage through continuous practice, achieving intuitive high-level performance. This article helps you understand the characteristics of each stage and break through bottlenecks.
Tournament Bubble Strategy: How to Exploit Opponents' Prize Money Pressure for Advantage
During the bubble phase of poker tournaments, many players become conservative due to their desire to cash. Based on the analysis of poker coach Marcelo Fonseca, this article explains how to use aggressive strategy against opponents crushed by the prize money pressure to maximize your chip stack and winning chances.
Monday, June 15, 2026
Why Does Phil Ivey Only Play Basic ABC Poker on Live Streams?
A player on Reddit asked: Why does Phil Ivey seem to only play basic ABC poker in high-stakes tournament live streams, rarely making fancy plays? This article analyzes the strategic logic behind it.
Negreanu boasts deep stack invincibility, then jams 10-3 offsuit for 18BB and busts
Daniel Negreanu claimed in his latest vlog that he is 'either the best or among the best' in deep stack high-stakes tournaments, but then jammed 10-3 offsuit from the small blind for 18 big blinds in a $10K bounty tournament and busted, sparking ridicule from the poker community.
Finding Omaha Hand Simulators: Quick Dealing and CSV Export Needs Answered
Omaha players often need simulators to quickly deal and analyze multiple hands. This article introduces common simulator features, covering dealing counts, CSV export, and other needs, while reminding of tool legality.
The Best Way to Learn Poker Long-Term: A Systematic Path from Mathematics to Practical Play
From beginner to advanced, long-term improvement in poker requires systematic learning of math fundamentals, range construction, and GTO strategy, combined with practical review and professional content. This article summarizes community experience and provides a sustainable path to progress.
Luckiest Flop Ever? Reddit User Shares Insane Hand
A Reddit user shared a hand: BB shoves, hero calls, HJ also calls. The flop gives hero the nuts, dubbed the 'luckiest flop ever.' This article analyzes the probability of this rare hand and the fun discussion in the poker community.
ACR Bot Controversy: How Online Poker Players Identify and Prove Bot Existence?
A poker player from Ontario, Canada, turned to ACR Poker due to limited local platform options. Facing numerous Reddit accusations that ACR is infested with bots, the player raises questions: How to professionally identify bots, and why are player IDs rarely disclosed in accusations? This article explores online poker bot identification methods and industry status.
Are Poker Players the Best Candidates for Prediction Markets? The Skill Overlap Is Greater Than Imagined
Poker players' understanding of pot odds, expected value, and decision-making under uncertainty makes them naturally suited for prediction markets. The two overlap significantly in bet sizing, probability assessment, and discipline, but most players have yet to realize this cross-domain advantage.
KQs flops top pair, shoves into AA: a mistake or a cooler?
A novice player calls a 3-bet preflop with KQs in a tournament, flops top pair, and shoves, only to run into AA. Analysis suggests folding preflop or calling on the flop may be better to avoid the cooler.
Bottom Set vs Top Set: Was This All-In Correct or Wrong?
In a 5/10 cent approx $5 buy-in cash game, a player with bottom set faces an opponent's all-in and eventually finds out the opponent has top set. This article reviews the hand, analyzing from a GTO perspective whether the decision was correct, as well as the impact of live reads.
Poker Beginner Learning Roadmap: From Zero to 6-Max Cash Game Introduction Guide
A poker novice posted on Reddit seeking advice on how to systematically learn Texas Hold'em from scratch, including platform selection, learning priorities, free resources, tools and software, and communities. This article compiles common suggestions to provide a beginner's guide.
WSOP Video Release Irregular, Players Miss the PokerGo Era
A player on Reddit asked about the WSOP $1500 HORSE event won by Nick Schulman YouTube video, only to find that WSOP content is sporadic and irregular, far from the rich content when PokerGo had the rights.