DOING IT THE KILL PHIL WAY
FULL TABLE
CSI POT POSITION MOVE IN WITH
CPR > 10X

BIG STACK

Unraised E, M 1 2  
L 1 2 3  
Blinds 1 2 3 4 5  
Raised By E, M 1 2  
L 1 2 3  
SB 1 2 3 4  
CPR > 4X

MEDIUM STACK

Unraised E 1 2 3 4 5  
M 1 2 3 4 5 6 7  
L 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8  
Blinds 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8  
Raised By E 1 2 3  
M 1 2 3 4 5 KQs 7  
L 1 2 3 4 5 KQs 7  
SB 1 2 3 4 5 KQs 7  
CPR < 4X

SHORT STACK

Unraised E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7  
M 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8  
L, Blinds 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Raised E 1 2 3 4 5  
M 1 2 3 4 5 KQs 7  
L 1 2 3 4 5 KQs 7 8  
SB 1 2 3 4 5 KQs 7 8  
 

 

SHORT HANDED PLAY (4 to 6 Players)
CPR > 30X

HUGE STACK

Unraised By Early Limper 1 2 3 Optional to call with Groups 4 - 6
No Early Limper 1 2 3 4 5  
Raised ALL 1 2 3  
CPR > 10X

BIG STACK

Unraised By Early Limper 1 2 3 Option to call with Groups 4 - 6
No Early Limper 1 2 3 4 5 6 7  
Raised ALL 1 2 3 4  
CPR > 4X

MEDIUM STACK

Unraised ALL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8  
Raised ALL 1 2 3 4 5  
CPR < 4X

SHORT STACK

Unraised ALL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Raised ALL Pair or AT+

 

SHORT HANDED PLAY (3 Players)
STACKS > 30X, > 10X, > 4X Unraised ALL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Raised ALL 1 2 3 4 5 KQs 7 8  
STACKS < 4X ALL ALL Every Hand

 

HEADS UP PLAY
MOVE IN WITH ALL HANDS EXCEPT --> CHECK/FOLD: 73o, 63o, 53o, 43o, 82o, 72o, 62o, 42o, and 32o.

 

HAND GROUPS
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
AA QQ JJ AQs AQo KQs AJo 55 QTs Q9s
KK AKs TT 88 AJs QJs ATo 44 J9s J8s
  AKo 99 77 ATs JTs KQo 33 T8s T7s
    66   T9s   22 97s 96s
  98s A9s 86s 85s
87s A8s 75s 74s
76s A7s 64s 63s
65s A6s A6o K9s
54s A5s A5o K8s
  A4s A4o K7s
A3s A3o Q8s
A2s A2o KTo
A9o   Qto
A8o JTo
A7o K9o
KJs QJo
KJo  
KTs

 

POSTFLOP STRATEGY
If you flop top pair with top kicker, 2 pair, a set, a straight, or a flush --> bet or raise all-in

If there is a bet and a raise before it comes around to you:

   Move in with a set or better

   Move in with top 2 pair if the flop doesn't contain three consecutive cards or 3 cards of the same suit

   Move in with 3 of a kind if you have top kicker in your hand

If you flop an open-ended straight draw or a flush draw using both hole cards (no action before it comes around to you):

   Move in with two overcards to the board

   Move in with the nut flush draw

   Move in with a pair in addition to your flush draw

Otherwise, check your draw, fold to a bet by your opponent

  If opponent checks to you, move in on the turn if you make your straight or flush.

Created from materials contained in "Kill Phil: the Fast Track to Success in No-Limit Hold "em Poker Tournaments," Blair Rodman and Lee Nelson, Huntington Press, copyright 2005.