Taking stealing the blinds to next level

Unlike blind stealing, you don’t HAVE to do this to play optimal poker. I know that a lot of good players/respected posters do this already and some don’t like it at all.
OK, what you have to realise is quite how +EV blind stealing is. Check you BB/100 when blind stealing in PT. I’m sure that […]

Optimal Play at $25NL

I’m just trying to grow beyond basic TAG strategy and need a little help.
Not to be discouraging, but what you suggest isn’t beyond basic TAG strategy; it’s part of basic TAG strategy. As Ed Miller brilliantly put it in his recent 2+2 magazine article:
Total all the dollars you’ve ever bet playing poker. The large […]

4xBB + 1 per limper… why?

By NewUser2006:
In the SSNL FAQ, Skeme has a section that recommends raising 3-4BBs + 1 per limper in order to "protect your hand" and some other mumbo jumbo.
It seems to me that raise size only works optimally when there are a ton of limpers already in the pot, or you have a hand that it […]

No Limit Texas Holdem Lingo and Abbreviations

Here’s a list of common terms and abbreviations used in the NL forums.

Switching from Limit to No-Limit

By Pokey for 2+2 Forums
For the past few months, we’ve gotten a steady stream of players making the transition from limit hold’em to no-limit. Since the regime change that brought our new and mighty Dread Overlord AJ (don’t blame me — I voted for Kodos!), the newcomer’s threads asking how to transition from limit to […]