First and foremost, I want to thank Scott a lot for giving me a lot of tournament information about this and this is the write-up that he sent me. He said, “This was deep in the nightly $55 tournament on PokerStars with a $25k guarantee. There are nineteen players remaining in the […]
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In this hand we have AKs on the button. It folds around, hero steals, gets called, and goes heads up to it. Nikos says that he plays a lot of 6max 5NL on Pokerstars and the villain is unknown to him. There’s only 26 hands against him, so there’s no real indication
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“How do we adjust if villain starts to realize we are exploiting too much (like 3betting too often)? Do we go with very nutty range to 3bet?” –Berkan U As you improve as a poker player you will quickly find ways to exploit your opponents. You’ll become more adept at noticing their
Making Adjustments In Poker (After They React To Our Aggression) Read More »
“I’ve got a problem. I don’t know what to do against regs that often 4-bet versus my squeezes (both in-position and OOP). What kind of hands should I push or fold (or maybe call)?” – Alex This is a great question Alex, and really highlights the importance of planning as you increase
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In this hand Philipp has to decide what to do with Queen-high in a local poker tournament. Preflop, he makes an aggressive raise over a bunch of limpers and ends up going heads up to the flop. After facing a donk bet on 952, Philipp decides to start bluffing and needs a
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When should you limp behind preflop? When should you isolate? If you do decide to raise and isolate the limper(s), how large should you go? Let’s dissect this question and answer once and for all how to think ahead, create a +EV plan, and maximize our profits when there are a number
Punishing Limpers With Large Preflop Raises Read More »
In this hand we’re playing 25NL, 6-Max online. There’s a raise UTG. Hero decides the 3bets, and in this situation seat four is a 17/13 over 24 hands. I don’t hate the 3bet in the sense that I love being aggressive – but we really want to consider if the 3bet is
Drawing With Zero Fold Equity Read More »
Today’s question comes from Moishe who wants to review this hand play with JJ in a home game, so let’s check it out. In this hand the blinds are 25 cent/50 cent. There’s a limp and Hero decides to attack, and I like that we are attacking but as usual, I’m going to complain about the
Value Or Showdown Value With JJ? Read More »
In today’s lesson we’re going to do something a little bit different. Normally, we go through people’s hands. We analyze the good, bad and the ugly of the lines, but today we’re going to talk a little bit more about theory and, more specifically, the theory of hand reading when people call your
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Today’s question comes from Jonathan who wants me to review this hand played with Ace King in an online $1/$2 game. In this hand there’s a raise by Villain. Hero decides to 3bet with AK. Totally standard so far.
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