Life
Sep 17, 2024
How to Handle Tough Decisions
Welcome to this week’s edition of In Position!
Strategy
Sep 03, 2024
The Art of Storytelling
I recently had a conversation with a friend who was growing bored with poker. He felt it had become too robotic and want...
Strategy
Aug 20, 2024
The Best Poker Advice I've Ever Received
This newsletter is now a little over a year old. In the past 53 volumes, I’ve given you my poker advice from fixing y...
Life
Aug 06, 2024
Let’s Bluff: Seven Actionable Tips
Bluffing is an art form, much less flashy and dramatic than movies make it out to be.
Life
Jul 29, 2024
Why to Set Goals (and How to Achieve Them)
I recently shared a goal-setting framework I love on X, and the response was so positive that I wanted to share and ex...
Mindset
Jul 23, 2024
Sleep: Your Secret Weapon at the Poker Table
What if there were a drug that could boost your focus, performance, and emotional control at the poker table by 100%?
Mindset
Jul 16, 2024
The Five Post-it Notes Stuck to My Screen
Like many people in 2024, I mostly use my phone and different apps to remind me of things. Yet, anyone who visits my off...
Tournament
Jul 09, 2024
My WSOP Main Event: A Valuable Lesson
For the first time since at least 2019, I decided to play the WSOP Main Event this year. I got off to a flying start, an...
Life
Jul 03, 2024
A Year in the Making: Two Launches
We’re going with a different style today, as these past few days mark the launch of two projects my team and I have been...
Life
Jun 25, 2024
Hacking Envy: A Wake-Up Call
It’s World Series of Poker season.
Tournament
Jun 18, 2024
Five Common Tournament Leaks And How to Fix Them
We’re in the middle of the World Series of Poker. Thousands of poker hopefuls flock to Vegas, dreaming of winning the co...
Strategy
Jun 11, 2024
Want to Win in Theory, or in Real Life?
Last time, we talked about how many people get the “bottom of their range” bluffs wrong because they don’t understand t...
Strategy
Jun 04, 2024
GTO Gone Wrong: \"But I Had the Bottom of My Range!\"
One of my more popular past issues was about how players trying to emulate GTO strategies screw up due to bet sizing (...
Life
May 28, 2024
How I'd Start Learning Poker in 2024
It must be overwhelming for unstudied players to enter the world of learning poker today.
Poker
May 21, 2024
Four Attributes of Elite Poker Players
Over my nearly two decades as a high-stakes poker player, I’ve had the privilege of observing, competing against, and be...
Mindset
May 14, 2024
Your First Hour at the Poker Table
You sit down at a $2/$5 cash game table. You don’t know anyone there.
Life
May 07, 2024
Deep Stack Struggles: Hot Tips
Last week, I wrote about why you might get uncomfortable as stacks get deeper and deeper.
Tournament
Apr 30, 2024
Deep Stack Discomfort
Why don’t your skills seem to translate when stacks get deep?
Life
Apr 23, 2024
Plotting Your Poker Career
Over the course of my poker career, I’ve played the highest stakes online in multiple game types.
Mindset
Apr 16, 2024
It's Time to Wake Up
Today, I need to talk about something I’ve been holding myself back from writing. This is about how some (a lot) of my r...
Life
Apr 09, 2024
Why: Beyond the Poker Table
My poker and business career, investments, and coaching... What do these all have in common?
Poker
Apr 02, 2024
Why: Poker’s Most Important Question
I began teaching the importance of “Why” in poker fifteen years ago.
Strategy
Mar 26, 2024
The Wild Image Paradox
Poker is a game of misdirection and deception.
Life
Mar 19, 2024
From Captain to Table Captain
If you’ve followed my career for a bit, you won’t have to look back far to see evidence of me dealing with adversity.
Poker
Mar 12, 2024
Variance: Beyond the Surface
Variance is one of those words people throw around as if they fully understand it and its implications.
Strategy
Mar 05, 2024
Block Bets: Part Two
Last week, we went over why small bets are a part of optimal strategy and how a GTO solver “thinks” about when to utili...
Strategy
Feb 27, 2024
New Kids on the Block Bet
Raise your hand if you find GTO poker frustrating.
Mindset
Feb 20, 2024
On the Trail to Tranquility
Conventional wisdom in poker is to detach yourself from your results and from your emotions – to focus only on your stra...
Strategy
Feb 13, 2024
Exploiting GTO: Bet Sizing
I’d played against the best players in the world for many years before solvers were invented. I’d succeeded in large par...
Strategy
Feb 06, 2024
From Intimidation to Illumination
Last week, I finished off by explaining that even the strongest players leave clues when you're trying to hand-read.
Poker
Jan 30, 2024
Bluffing and Value Betting, Naturally
You’ve called an early position raise to $20 from the button, and you go heads up to a K♣️8❤️5❤️ flop.
Life
Jan 23, 2024
Down to Business: Poker Training (Part 3)
Welcome to part 3 of 3 reviewing the journey of Run It Once Training!
Mindset
Jan 16, 2024
Down to Business: Poker Training (Part 2)
In Part 1 last week, we covered the Run It Once origin story. If you haven’t read it yet, check it out before continui...
Life
Jan 09, 2024
Down to Business: Poker Training (Part 1)
One of the most common requests I got from readers when I asked for directional feedback in my end-of-2023 newsletter vi...
Poker
Jan 02, 2024
Let's Get Uncomfortable
What do taking the escalator and playing poker have in common?
Mindset
Dec 19, 2023
Finding My A-Game
In our journey together, we've delved deeply into the intricacies of high-level poker strategy, uncovering the nuances t...
Life
Dec 05, 2023
Intensity - The Power of Perception
I went digging around in my mind this morning, trying to unearth principles I use in my poker game that aren’t as common...
Life
Nov 28, 2023
The Realities of Leaving Professional Poker
I’ve been playing poker for twenty years now.
Strategy
Nov 21, 2023
The Anatomy of a Read
Some assume a read at the poker table comes to you magically.
Strategy
Nov 14, 2023
Blockers: A Practical Guide
If you’ve been near a poker table, you’ve likely heard about blockers.
Strategy
Oct 31, 2023
Why Can’t I Break Through? (Part 2)
Last week, I talked about excuses — factors you might think are holding your poker career back, but in reality, aren’t.
Poker
Oct 24, 2023
Why Can't I Break Through?
Every one of us is at a different point in our poker journey.
Tournament
Oct 17, 2023
The Value and Risk of Patience in Poker
Patience is a huge strength.
Poker
Oct 10, 2023
A Game of Perception
In prior posts, we talked about how to use your reads on others to adjust.
Mindset
Oct 03, 2023
The True Cost of Free Content
I’ve long been an advocate of leveraging the experience of others to learn.
Strategy
Sep 26, 2023
Conquering FOBP — Building Pots and Performing Well
Hugh doesn’t like to 3-bet “bluff” with hands like 8♣️7♣️.
Poker
Sep 19, 2023
How Understanding Your Player Pool Can Boost Your Winrate
The most iconic concept introduced to the poker discourse by the great Tommy Angelo, in my humble opinion, is that of Re...
Strategy
Sep 12, 2023
What You Don't Get About Board Texture
You likely understand that a K♣️7❤️2♠️ flop is different than Q❤️T♠️7❤️.
Mindset
Sep 05, 2023
Become a World-Class Quitter
We all know that quitting sessions when tired or tilted is good.
Mindset
Aug 29, 2023
Performance: This Is Reality
Poker is a game of logic and mathematics, and it attracts players who excel in the quantitative disciplines.
Strategy
Aug 22, 2023
Mastering Multi-Way Pots
Does it ever feel like you always get coolered in multiway pots?
Poker
Aug 15, 2023
From Mistakes to Greatness
Let’s begin with two questions:
Strategy
Aug 08, 2023
Simplify Your Strategy
You’ve raised preflop from the cutoff 150bb deep with Q♣️T♦️. Both blinds call.
Strategy
Aug 01, 2023
Don’t Play Like a Solver (But Think Like a Solver)
I began my poker career long before the advent of solvers.
Strategy
Jul 25, 2023
Expert Exploits: From Reads to Adjustments
Last week, we discussed how to develop reads – a critical step in exploiting your opponents’ weaknesses, AKA the most lu...
Strategy
Jul 18, 2023
Expert Exploits: Developing Reads
The biggest edges in poker don’t come from perfecting GTO play. They come from exploiting your opponents’ weaknesses.
