AMARILLO Slim once said, ‘If you can’t fold the best hand you can’t play.’ But then he also once said, ‘I’d put a rattlesnake in your pocket and ask you for a match,’ so it’s hard to know what to think.
When there’s big money on the line you need to make sure your body is in peak condition. Nutritionist Drew Price reveals the perfect preparation for a big poker tournament.
Learn how to play Omaha.
There are certain things in life that we know to be true, to such an extent that we don’t invest enough time or thought in them. We take them for granted and assume they’ll look after themselves. In poker, that truth is that stealing the blinds is an essential part to winning.
Patience, aggression, cunning, judgement – all essential attributes in the make-up of a winning poker player. But that's the hard part – the stuff that can't be taught, and that comes to the small minority through endless days, months, years, of sitting at the poker table and soaking up all the action. So what about the easy bits?
No-limit aggression can make you a dominant force at the table.
In the fast-paced world of multi-table tournaments you can't rely on getting dealt Aces and Kings every other hand. Instead, you'll need some tricky manoeuvres, nerves of steel and perfect timing, to see you through to the money.
