There is a secret to winning pots that all successful poker players know. It’s about sensing weakness and recognising spots where your cards don’t matter. In this series of articles I’m going to examine when it’s most likely that your opponent is weak and explore some techniques for attacking weakness in cash games. In this article, I’ ll focus on small-stakes no-limit hold’em.

Small-stakes hold’em can be very frustrating because players don’t always fold despite everything telling them they should. With this information in mind, recognising spots where you can attack weakness can be a daunting task.

It’s far easier to attack weakness when playing against no more than three opponents.