Today I read another great article by Annie Duke entitled Implied odds bluff. I completely agree with her on the over use of implied odds and have been guilty of this in the past. What got me away from over using implied odds for situations ...

I have seen several people asking about "icm starting hands". I wrote a blog post several years ago about independent chip model. In that post I cover an example situation showing the usage of icm. 

"Jason Senti came into the 2010 WSOP Main Event final table as the shortest stack, but was able to move up two spots and finish in 7th place. Card Player TV caught up with Senti before the final table to discuss some strategy for players ...

Basically small ball poker is where you make small preflop raises in an attempt to control the pot size when you have 20-25M or higher. This sounds simple enough but there is really a lot more to it than that. Small ball in combination with ...