As a professional-grade poker player and long-time Economist reader, the following made me laugh: How to Win at Poker: A Handy Tip Economist April 20th print edition A POKER face. It is the ...

When leading poker coach Alex Fitzgerald and I began writing our latest strategy book, we wanted a set of straightforward, easy-to-remember principles that recreational players could lean on at the ...

One of the great myths about poker is that it requires a lot of complex mathematics and logic to make good decisions on a consistent basis. The truth is that poker players need very little math to do ...

Sometimes it’s hard to get a straight answer from a professional poker player. Ask three players a question, and you’re liable to get three different answers. Why? Because it depends on the situation, ...

The combination of pot odds, stack sizes and other mathematical variables can make no-limit hold ‘em seem like a complex game. And then there are times when the game can be as simple as believing you ...