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Are you using WTSD (Went to Showdown) stats to get to know your opponents better? It's not a problem if you don't, since it is an unreliable system for describing a player. There are much better ways now to predict your opponent's actions, for example, calculating street-by-street fold stats.

In a video recently made available at his site PokerStatic.com, Phil ‘OMGClayAiken’ Galfond revisits 10 of the biggest pots from his latest session with Daniel ‘jungleman12’ Cates, the second player to try and complete the Durrrr Challenge. Galfond actually lost nine out of the ten but he presents them nevertheless, certainly rendering this video untypical of its kind – and definitely remarkable. There is a lot to learn from it, it is truly worth watching.

What attributes does it take to be a long-term winner in poker? Is luck all we need or is thorough knowledge and skillfulness necessary to build our bankroll?

The performance of poker players is definitely the most important aspect that determines their mood and attitude. When a player is constantly winning, they start thinking this will always stay like that, and then comes a series of bad beats or a downswing, and they just don’t know how to overcome it.

PokerTableRatings (PTR) has published a survey, in which they analyze the amount of winning players at the different NLHE table types. According to them, the most fish are at the 6-max tables, with the heads-up field being the toughest.

A lot of players have trouble adjusting their post-flop gameplay after a pre-flop bet. Continuation betting in all cases is not a good solution, neither is only to bet when the flop hit you.

In this video, Randy Lew, Team PokerStars Online player demonstrates how to play a hyper turbo heads-up tournament.

Randy ’Nanonoko’ Lew has made the two videos below, which show his match against ’Brezi26’ during the PokerStars All Star Week. Every year, PokerStars organizes this event, in which Team PokerStars Pros battle against the site’s biggest grinders in heads-up matches.

Below you can view a one-hour-long session video made by ’LoveIsHell’, in which he mainly focuses on the importance of position.

If you are a poker cash game player seeking to improve your gameplay without having to pay hundreds of dollars for a proper strategy/training book, Ryan Fee’s Strategy guide is for you.

Deep-stacked poker games are gaining popularity nowadays, and it seems that most of the more advanced poker players prefer these to short-stack poker games.

If you have still something to learn about value betting and pot control, especially in tournaments, this video is for you.