I provide a 5-step system to help you make the climb in poker stakes with as little pain and friction as possible. This video focuses on the most common jump that live poker players make: The jump from $1/2 to $2/5 No Limit Hold'em. At the end of this video, you’ll have the blueprint to make the climb towards a bigger and potentially more rewarding game.

There are two areas in poker where somebody could improve very rapidly with next to no work. These two things are truly the low hanging fruit of both live and online poker. Watch this video as I break down five hands that will help you sharpen your game and move up in poker.

While ace king can sometimes be a challenging hand to play, there's a good chance you are playing ace king wrong in multiple spots. Want to make sure you aren't making mistakes that are costing you money? Check out this video here, and take the quiz right below it.

Poker players are freaking out over the recently passed Trump Tax Bill which only allows them to deduct 90% of their gambling losses. Will this bill kill the poker industry? In this video, I break down how the tax bill will impact recreational, professional, and high stakes poker players. I close with some reasons for optimism that the poker industry can continue to thrive despite this undesired bill.

In this article and video, we cover critical spots where GTO is absolutely the problem and not the solution in poker and what you should play instead.

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This hand may look like it was just two big poker names splashing tons of money around, but there is actual instructional value to it.

What is the #1 poker skill that separates professional poker players from recreational poker players?

This article/video explains how exploitative play works and shows you how to crush the three most common poker player archetypes.

This article provides five tips that can help you make more money at the poker tables as efficiently as possible.

Recently I opened up for questions on 2+2 and Reddit Poker about what it's like to be a professional poker player and how to maximize...

This article will attempt to save you from three of the biggest financial mistakes that poker professionals and serious players often make.

Have you ever been at a poker table where you were peer pressured into playing with a mandatory straddle? A straddle is essentially a...

The following hand between Doug Polk and LSG Hank at Hustler Casino Live is one of the most exciting hands from last year.

A few people have come to me recently and asked, "Have you ever felt like you've gotten worse after working with a poker solver?"

Learn what NOT to do in poker from two entertaining hands: One from Billions Season 2 and the other from High Roller: The Stu Ungar Story.

If you spend enough time in a live poker environment, eventually you will hear someone say, "I bet to find out where I was at." This type...

Poker Pilgrims, a full-service site that offers significant resources for poker players, recently reviewed the PTO Poker 101 digital...

Any time a PTO Poker student has a specific win rate goal in mind, especially in the short-term, I applaud their enthusiasm but recognize...

There is no starting hand that draws more complaints from poker players than pocket jacks. As the old expression goes, "There are two...