Poker Tells — Which Reads Actually Work (and Which Are Myth)
The honest taxonomy. Which physical reads still work live, which are myth, and why online play has only two reliable tell categories. Filterable reliability table by venue, plus a CTA into the Tells story-poker game to practice.
Poker Starting Hands Chart — All 169 Hands Ranked by Position
Interactive 13×13 grid with position switcher (UTG / MP / CO / BTN / SB). Click any hand for the open/call/fold verdict and the strategic reasoning. The complete map of which hands to play when.
GTO vs Exploitative Poker — Which Actually Makes More Money?
An interactive toy game with a slider for villain's bluff frequency. Watch GTO win rate stay flat while exploitative climbs (or sinks) as a function of how much villain leaks. The honest answer to "should I learn GTO?"
Poker Variance — How Many Hands Until You're Actually Winning?
Live variance simulator showing 20 sample lifetime paths at your win rate and standard deviation. See why a 5bb/100 winner can lose for 10,000 hands straight, and how many hands it takes to be 95% sure you're a winner.
Pot Odds in Poker — The 3-Second Calculation That Decides Every Call
A live pot-odds calculator with sliders for pot and bet, plus the seven sizings every player should know cold and the reverse formula that tells you exactly how often a bluff has to work.
The Rule of 2 and 4 — The 30-Second Way to Estimate Poker Odds
The shortcut every professional uses for table math. With an 8-scenario interactive simulator where you click through real draws (flush, OESD, gutshot, combo monster) and compare the rule's estimate to exact equity — plus where the rule breaks down at 14+ outs.
Poker Hand Rankings — The Complete Cheat Sheet (with the math behind why)
The ten hand categories ordered by exact rarity (royal flush 4 combos, straight 10,200, high card 1.3 million), the kicker rule that wins kicker battles, the seven-card-pick-five rule, and the four mistakes that quietly cost home players the most money.
How to Run a Home Poker Tournament: The Complete 2026 Guide
Everything you need to host a smooth Friday-night home game — from buy-ins and blind structures to seating, payouts, and tournament etiquette. Step-by-step with a chip calculator at the end.
9 Poker Blind Structures for Home Games (with Free Calculator)
Why most home tournaments end too early — and the tested blind structures that produce a 3-hour Friday night that doesn't drag at level 2 or rush at level 7. Includes a free auto-build calculator.
How to Plan a Charity Poker Tournament: A 501(c)(3) Director's Guide
Legal structure, ticket pricing, sponsor outreach, venue setup, dealer recruitment, and the night-of checklist. Worked examples from a $12K fundraiser we ran for a local non-profit.
How to Use a Poker Equity Calculator (and Why Most Home Players Don't)
The 12 matchups every player should memorize, why range-vs-range beats hand-vs-hand, and how to use a free Monte Carlo equity calculator without slowing down your home game.
I Built an AI Poker Dealer to Practice Push/Fold — Meet Maya
Why home game players never get enough push/fold reps, why a chart isn't enough, and how I built a Nash-equilibrium AI dealer you can play heads-up against in the browser for free.