There are many ways in which players trying to emulate solvers get things wrong and, as a result, are exploitable.

My biggest ah-ha moment came after facing the most intimidating stare in all of poker.

You know what a bluff is, and you know what a value bet is. But what makes them “natural?”

Over the last two weeks, we’ve covered the RIO Training’s past. Today, I want to discuss the present and future.

After learning that we were losing market share, we still weren’t equipped to make all of the right adjustments.

One of the most common requests I got from readers when I asked for directional feedback in my end-of-2023 newsletter video was more thoughts on business.

What do taking the escalator and playing poker have in common?

In our journey together, we've delved deeply into the intricacies of high-level poker strategy, uncovering the nuances that transform good players into great ones.

At the poker table, it’s one thing to sense weakness. It’s another to put your chips in every time you do in order to take advantage of it.

Poker can be insanely challenging – mentally, physically, emotionally, and financially. It’s not strange that some pros want to move on.

Some assume a read at the poker table comes to you magically. Others believe it is the product of countless hours of observation. They are both right, and they are both wrong.

Blockers are interesting in that they are critically important in theory and, in my opinion, often useless (or worse) in practice.

At some point, the players you’re up against can no longer be tricked. You have to actually outwit and outplay them.

Poker allows each and every one of us to consider ourselves unlucky if we choose to fall into that alluring trap.

We’ve all seen the guy who loses a big pot to a 4-outer and immediately shoves his last 7 big blinds in the next hand with nothing.

When playing live poker, your image will often be based more on stereotypes and generalizations than your actions.

With all the free content out there, do you even need to pay for training?

We’re excellent at coming up with excuses for implementing a strategy that makes us more emotionally comfortable.

The most iconic concept introduced to the poker discourse by the great Tommy Angelo, in my humble opinion, is that of Reciprocality.

You’re generally supposed to be a bit looser on draw-heavy boards, but almost all players (accidentally) take it too far.