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The latest craze on PokerStars is their ‘Beat the Clock’ tournament format. This guide will explain how it plays out, and the best strategy to beat them. What is a ‘Beat the Clock’ tournament? ‘Beat the Clock’ is PokerStars latest …

In November of 2013, Phil Galfond took to Reddit’s /r/poker to host his AMA (Ask Me Anything). Galfond’s AMA is a great insight into the high stakes poker world, plus his personal journey to the top. The highlights of Galfond’s …

Having a solid push/fold poker strategy is key to winning tournaments. The popularity of hyper turbo poker tournaments in recent years has made this strategy even more important. There are many websites and downloadable programs for PC and Mac which …

Looking like a fish at the poker table is a legitimate strategy, so how do you pull it off? Follow these steps to make your opponents think you have no idea what you’re doing, then exploit the hell out of …

Heads-up online poker is not an easy game to beat. You don’t have time to build a profile on your opponent, so you have little information to work off of. What if there was a way to increase your mathematical …

The ten-to-one rule originated from the popular poker book, Harrington on Holdem. It is a simple but very underused strategy. It works due to multiple reasons including players being more conservative later on in a tournament. Since the payouts in …

What are Flipout Tournaments? Flipout tournaments (currently unique to Full Tilt Poker), is a tournament style where you don’t actively participate in a hand until you have reached the money. All players at all tables are automatically placed all-in. This …

Gambler’s fallacy, also known as the Monte Carlo fallacy theorises that an occurrence is more or less likely to occur because of a previous occurrence. History The most famous documented example of gambler’s fallacy was a game of roulette at …

The Law of Large Numbers (LLN) is a theory which states that over time, a large number of trials or experiments will result closer to the expected value or result. It was first theorised by a 17th century mathematician by …