I say it all the time, so it must be important – pot odds are critical to long-term success at poker. Here’s a nice explanation of pot odds, without getting too technical, from MyHoldemTips at YouTube.

Come back tomorrow, because the concept of “Implied Odds” is related, and very important, although in my opinion gets abused much too often as justification for making bad calls.

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 strategy as I deem worthwhile, so stick around.

5 pairs out of 6 hands, and the announcers are astounded, ASTOUNDED! And then that flop?

What?

Didn’t they notice the PartyPoker (Bonus Code IGGY, dammit!) logo in the background?

Phil Hellmuth lays a bad beat on Devilfish, and when Devilfish starts cursing him Phil has the temerity to tell Fish he’s out of line.

HAHAHAHAHA!!!

This is my favorite hand ever of TV poker – Barry Greenstein and Sammy Farha during the first season of High Stakes Poker. Sammy had been playing loose and fast all night, winning all along, while Barry played patient until Barry picks up AA and Sammy picks up KK on the final hand of the evening. Nearly $400,000 is at stake.

Wait until you see this flop…

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