Big Slick Nuts Poker Blog

Clonie Gowen, who is showing a lot of nice cleavage that could be a lot nicer if she’d quit slouching, gives us a poker tell tip associated with where a player looks immediately after checking their cards. The look to the chips is involuntary for many beginners when they have a big hand; they see [...]

Phil Gordon, formerly the host of a celebrity poker show, aptly named “Celebrity Poker”, which featured poker that was so bad that Phil himself quit the show. I heard it was from embarrassment. No, I won’t tell you where I heard it. I get around. Anyway, Phil has another tip with regard to poker tells [...]

Another video about poker tells associated with poker chips, this time from Jennifer Harmon. Jennifer’s tip is to watch how far the chips travel and try to make an assumption about hand strength. Not sure I’d want to try this one cold, but it is something to watch for when you know you’ll be at [...]

A fairly rudimentary tell from Mike Matusow, but many beginners don’t understand what to look for in live poker, and I use this one myself. I’ll use it offensively AND defensively. My brother had a huge tell for years, and I only clued him in after I moved far enough away that I knew I [...]

I’m a sucker for good bar bets. I figure it’s worth a drink just to see the entertainment. This video shows a good proposition bet in a bar. What I like most is that this is so simple, anyone could do with just a few minutes’ practice. Check it out:

The biggest mistake I see in poker tournaments, whether they are sit and go or multi-table tournaments, is the failure to adjust the player’s game to account for the variation in tournament rules versus cash game rules. I’ll be pulling together into this series as many videos on the subject of no limit holdem tournament [...]

MyHoldemTips at YouTube has a great series of videos with tips for Texas Hold ‘Em players. Since I know from some emails and a some of the search traffic at this site that a few of you are beginners looking for the basics, we’ll start there and build. This video is a brief overview of the rules of No Limit Texas Hold ‘Em (NLHE).

Have you ever wondered how to do those cool chip-shuffling tricks at the table? Here’s a great video with slow-motion, showing the technique very clearly. With a little practice, you could be an expert in no time.