Cash game poker guides
From hand rankings and positions to finding your leaks and knowing when to trust your stats. For NL Hold'em cash players who want to improve with their own data.
The basics, with numbers
Hand rankings, positions, opening ranges and odds: the groundwork for understanding your stats.
- Poker hand rankings: which hand wins and how likely it isThe 10 poker hands from best to worst, with examples and the exact probability of making each one in Texas Hold'em. How ties are broken with the kicker.
- Poker table positions: UTG, HJ, CO, button and blindsWhat each position is at a 6-max and full ring poker table (UTG, HJ, CO, BTN, SB and BB), the order in which players act and why the button makes the most money.
- Opening ranges in cash game poker: which hands to open from each positionOpening range charts for 6-max and full ring NL Hold'em cash games: which hands to open from UTG, HJ, CO, the button and the small blind when nobody has entered before you.
- Poker odds: outs, the rule of 2 and 4, and pot oddsExact Texas Hold'em odds: how often you hit each draw, the rule of 2 and 4, pot odds and how much equity you need to call a bet.
- Poker player types: nit, TAG, LAG and calling stationHow to classify a poker player by their VPIP and PFR (nit, TAG, LAG, maniac, calling station), how to spot them at the table and how to beat them.
Analyze your game
How to draw conclusions from your own hands without getting fooled by variance.
- How to find your leaks in cash game poker (NL Hold'em)A step-by-step guide to finding the leaks in your NL Hold'em cash game: which stats to check, in what order, and how to tell whether a leak is real or just variance.
- How to analyze your PokerStars hand historyWhere PokerStars saves your hand histories, how to turn them on and how to analyze them for free to see your stats and leaks in NL Hold'em cash games.
- How many hands you need to trust your poker statsWhy your poker stats mislead you over few hands, what a confidence interval is and how many hands you need to trust your VPIP, your 3-bet or your winrate.