Small Ball Poker Secrets: Minimize Risk, Maximize Profits

How Daniel Negreanu plays small ball poker

Poker Pro Daniel Negreanu aka Kid Poker; is a four time WSOP bracelet winner and has won 2 WPT poker championships. Daniel is from Toronto Canada and a big fan of the Toronto Maple Leafs NHL hockey team. His successful style of play is called small ball. He uses the strategy in cash games and tournaments to turn normally unprofitable hands into profitable ones. He seems like he plays like a maniac - but he's not, there a solid mathematical basis to the way he plays. In the following 3 advanced poker strategy videos, Daniel takes an amateur player and teaches him small ball to advance his game and help him go pro. Follow along and gain valuable strategy tips that have been built on years of real life experience.

Small Ball Poker

Daniel takes an amateur poker player and teaches him strategy and tips on how to improve his game. Small ball poker strategy is risking less to win more.

Post Flop Play is key to small ball
Stealing Blinds - Risk fewer chips to steal your opponents blinds 2.5 - 3 X big blinds from late position.
Don't Steal with trash - Play hands that make monsters if the flop connects to them.
Playing Position - Steal pots by using position. Bet 1/2 -3/4 of the pot when your opponent checks. Position and aggression will win you lots of small Pots.

Pot Odds / Traps / Phantom Poker / Defending Blinds

Learn about pot odds and implied odds small ball style - Consider that you can win all of your opponents chips
Avoid traps by betting small.
Set traps with your apparent maniac style and consistent betting.
Phantom Poker - How to bet with nothing and steal the pot on the turn.
Defend your Blinds - Why its important and how to make your opponents think twice about stealing your blinds.

Tips for Turning Pro

Daniel Negreanu and Erik Lindgren commentate on how amateur player Cole is doing putting his new small ball skills to work in a real game.

Semi Bluffs - Take Your opponent off of a better hand

Daniel Negreanu - Power Hold'em Strategy

Daniel Negreanu Small Ball Strategy Daniel has written a great Book on Small Ball with tons of detailed explanations and strategy tips. Read his book to improve your game even more. Daniel plays poker online at PokerStars - the worlds largest online poker site. Daniel also has a virtual training poker site - Poker VT where there is arguably the best virtual poker training online for small ball poker strategy.