Using Poker Odds Calculators: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly by John Finney
... Many poker players who play in poker tournaments have also begun to use tournament equity calculators. These calculators are used to determine the average amount of prize money each participant should win based on the number of chips each player has during the tournament. The value of these chips will be less as the game progresses and players earn more chips. Some players will decide to sit out a tournament is they decide the prize pool isn’t large enough for them.

Poker Sit and Go Report: The Dynamics of Heads Up Play by Marty Smith
... That strategy will pay off long term. It doesn’t really matter what happens any one given time. Keep in mind that your stack size in comparison to your opponent's is what will be driving your heads up strategy. Whether you are the leader or trailing you have different considerations and the value of your hand is relative to your stack in a preflop situation. In other words, there is so much opportunity to take a pot without going to the river that your position and stack are as much value ...

Texas Holdem Poker Tournament Strategy - Starting Hands by Rick Braddy
... Welcome to the fifth in my Texas Holdem Poker Strategy Series, focusing on no limit Texas Holdem poker tournament play and associated strategies. In this article, we’ll examine starting hand decisions. It may seem obvious, but deciding which starting hands to play, and which ones to skip playing, is one of the most important Texas Holdem poker decisions you'll make. Deciding which starting hands to play begins by accounting for several factors: * Starting Hand "groups" (Sklansky made some ...

Texas Holdem Tournament Strategy - Poker Tournament Betting Basics by Rick Braddy
... Welcome to the third in my Texas Holdem Strategy Series, focusing on no limit Texas Holdem poker tournament play and associated strategies. In this article, we’ll build upon the poker tournament strategy fundamentals from last time, with some important poker betting strategy basics. Winning at Texas Holdem poker doesn't have to be a gamble, since it's actually a game of skill. Of course, there will always be an element of chance, but there's a lot more strategy and skill to poker than meets ...

Texas Holdem Tournament Strategy - Poker Tournament Fundamentals by Rick Braddy
... This is the second in the Texas Holdem Strategy Series, focusing on no limit Texas Hold’em poker tournament play and associated strategies. In the first installment, we examined a real-world tournament scenario and how to handle a particular class of difficult players – the "maniacs", aggressive, wild players that are commonly encountered in today’s poker tournament venues. In this article, we’ll examine the techniques that were used more closely to best these players, along with stitching ...

When to Ignore Your Poker Calculator by Marty Smith
... Here is a selection of hands that I play occasionally and aggressively in situations described above to help disguise my truly tight image, battle maniacs, win tournaments and steal blinds. These are the hands your online poker odds calculator is going to be saying FOLD or CHECK. So be warned this may take a little practice at first, but will eventually lead to bigger pots when you win. Hands you can ADD to your tight aggressive play; Ace with a 10 or J or suited 9.

Poker Calculators and Multi-Table Tournament Strategies by Marty Smith
... and considering answering a 3x blind raise from, oh let’s say, DuecesCrazy99 , all you have to do is check the VPIP meter. You can see that DuecesCrazy99 came into 68% of the pots, raised 40% of those times, and bet out at the flop 100% of the time! Even if you were on an extended coffee break sitting out, you will know from those numbers you are dealing with a maniac. A tournament pro, will probably be more selective than that, and pre-flop raise more, but will have a higher pot win rate.

Final Table Tournament Play and Your Poker Calculator by Marty Smith
... I never play an online tournament without using my Holdem Pirate Poker Calculator. I use the VPIP meter to keep close tabs on the type of player I am paying against, as it truly helps in identifying what they may be raising with. All of this changes at the final table, particularly as a result of short stacks combined with huge blinds and position. First of all if you are a big stack you are going to be playing a lot more hands than your poker calculator is recommending.