Collin Moshman has held a lifelong interest in math and games. He graduated from Caltech in 2003 with a degree in theoretical math prior to becoming a professional online sit 'n go player.
Collin is the author of best-selling poker strategy books Sit 'n Go Strategy and Heads-Up No-Limit Hold 'Em. He is also the lead SNG coach for Stoxpoker.com.
Collin lives in the Washington, DC area with his wife Katie.
Of all the types of bets in no-limit hold ‘em, the blocking bet is probably my favorite. Continuation bets, probe bets, bluff three-bets … they’re all well and good. But blocking is sublime.
The blocking bet is when you’re out of position on the river against a passive opponent. You hold a marginal-to-decent hand, and bet [...]
Just got back from a two-day trip to Atlantic City with my brother. The Borgata poker room was less crowded than normal, and players at many tables seemed to be echoing the same sentiment that business had died down due to new rooms opening up in West Virginia, Delaware, etc.
While I love Borgata and want [...]
The team tournaments were a blast. The Stars NLHE had a large field (close to 50 I believe), and everyone brought their A-game! Meanwhile team member JohnyMar battled it out heads-up against fearless Cardschat competitor juiceeQ to take the win, with both playing an excellent game. Also congrats to J. Cimone for getting the bounty [...]
Recently our longtime coach Aaron “kidKash” Brown lost his wife Denise after a long battle with cancer. While I regret only having a few opportunities to chat with Denise, you could tell she was a great person who truly loved her family. I can’t even express how much she will be missed.
Denise and Aaron
Aaron’s good [...]
so i wanted to ask you collin
[11:35:24 PM] Tom Sorce: and before i get into this i want you to know i was thinking about it before this big weeI had been fishing a few times when I was very young, but then took a 20-odd year hiatus. Part of it was my long vegetarian/animal-rights [...]
In the first one, a reckless player shoves 3 BB in the CO on the bubble of a superturbo. We’re the chip leader on the button, and despite having ace-high with two tight mid-stacks in the blinds, iso-raising appears to be a pretty serious mistake here. There’s no question we’re going to win chips with [...]
When I was making videos for Stoxpoker, the tech master was a hard-working Australian player called Skelm. In that role he watched about a trillion poker videos, and eventually moved on from that job to start crushing NL cash games fulltime. He also recently became one of the Team Moshman coaches.
Skelm has now started a [...]
I had two fighters in last night’s UFC.
While I agreed with Dos Santos being the favorite over Big Country, I thought the former being nearly a 3:1 favorite was too extreme. I made the wager, and took some comfort in at least choosing the fighter with the world’s best chin. That dude got beaten up [...]
Tomorrow is Katie’s 25th birthday. Don’t tell her, but I’m getting her a laptop. (Seeing as she picked it out, I’ll risk the spoiler alert!) We’re going to Ruth’s Chris for dinner where I’ll be on a futile quest to eat one of those 72-ounce challenge steaks, and then heading to Atlantic City on Tuesday [...]
A lot of players insufficiently vary their 2-bet range. Say you’re the button and are considering 2-betting wide. But then you realize that wait, the cutoff has 1-bet / open-flatted. So you’re not actually open 2-betting anymore if you follow through with your initial plan … what do you do? I think in spots like [...]
