All-In – Todo… Nada… All or Nothing

All In: A Comparison between the Gambling and the Investment Business

According to a popular saying, gambling in a casino is the same thing as investing in the stock market. Most probably you have heard this saying already hundreds of times, but is it really true? Let’s analyze both activities. You will find major differences but also surprising accordance.The most obvious similarity is that both have strong elements of risk and choice. In both cases, the player either on the gambling table or at the stock market has to make an exact decision on how much money he is willing to risk. Stock traders usually invest between 2% and 5% of their money in one trade. Lon

Go all in too often during the preflop is the best way to lose any poker game

This is the first part of our new and exclusive “How to lose in Poker” series. In our articles, we will concentrate on the common mistakes usually made by poker players who lose more games than they win. If you are one of these people we will help you to improve your game and stop losing.Going all-in during the preflop gameOne of the typical mistakes of losing poker players is the all-in move during the preflop. Going all-in can be an effective weapon but many inexperienced players are going all-in much too often. Of course, their game will be full of many mistakes and wrong decisions However

Strategies for Going All-In in No No-Limit Texas Hold’em Poker

When you play No Limit Texas Hold’Em Poker you can bet all your chips at any time during the game. This move is called all-in. There are many situations when going all-in is the best move you can make. However, many poker players are using the move too often. Other players tend to wait too long until their stack size becomes too small and they are forced to go all-in. In this article we will show and explain situations when you should go all-in.Please, remember that each game of Texas Hold’Em Poker has its own history and depends on many different variables. It is possible that some of the ex

The Ultimate Thrill: Going All-In Under the Gun While Being Short Stacked

Every poker player knows this situation: the blinds are rising, you haven’t seen a good hand for ages and your stack count is getting smaller and smaller. It is a typical situation during a poker tournament. It happens regularly to all poker players and every player has developed his own method to deal with it.Stealing a few pots is one of the most widely used strategies. It can be quite successful until one of your opponents picks up a decent hand. Other players do not change their way of playing poker. They wait for a better hand in order to come back. This strategy can work also successful

The final move – All In

Going all-In is definitely one of my favourite moves in tournament poker. I am aware that many people do not agree with my strategy but by my experience I can say that there are times when it is the most effective move. Of course, there are also other times when it will not pay out and you’ll stay with empty hands. In order to play Poker successfully and profitably, you need to know when you should go all-in and when not.But let us begin with the opposite, the worst moment for going all-in. It is an all-in move during the pre-flop in the beginning of a poker tournament. The players who make t

Two Sides to Every Coin (flip)

Poker is a game of choices. Some of these choices are fairly straightforward and simple while others take a lot of thought. The thing is that when all is said and done, there may not be just one correct path to winning a given hand; it's all up to you to decide what road to travel. With that in mind, we asked Team Full Tilt's Howard Lederer and Chris Ferguson to share their thoughts on one of poker's trickiest decisions – the coin flip. Should players be willing to put everything on the line in a coin flip situation? Here are two different sides to the coin flip question: Chris Says