4 Concepts from Miller's CardPlayer Poker Articles
I've collected some key ideas from some of Miller's CardPlayer articles. You'll have to read the entire articles to get the full scoop. And then you'll have to practice the techniques in your play over a period of time while carefully monitoring your wins and loses in order to see the results. Practice makes perfect. And you won't get better unless you study both the game and yourself.
Without further ado, here are some key ideas from Ed Miller's CardPlayer articles:
"No limit is about leveraging position, using semibluffs to take pots away from your opponents, and getting value for your big hands. Each of these ideas requires well-timed aggression. If you limp a lot, you’re going to lose a lot of $1 hands. When you slow, slow, slowplay, you end up not making enough on your good hands to compensate for that steady $1 drip." source: The Pitfalls Of Slowplaying
"if your opponent says something to you and you’re tempted to treat it like a puzzle and try to decode it, STOP! You’re being manipulated."
from: Using Your Opponents’ Words Against Them
"Why did I push? It's in the fold equity: I turned my hand into a semibluff. My all-in four-bet looks very much like aces to my opponents. Indeed, if they'd read Phil Gordon's Little Green Book, they'd think it was almost a certainty that I held aces. So, I can expect many players to fold good hands, up to and including pocket queens." from: Playing Big Slick Against A Reraise
"An additional advantage to trying the occasional squeeze is that it balances your play. If someone raises preflop and two players call, with how many hands will you make a "straight" big reraise from the big blind? Not many, only the very best. If you never try a squeeze, that big blind reraise gives away far too much information about your hand." from: The Squeeze PlayCheck out Ed Miller's complete archive for more great poker advice.
