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Range Balancing In Poker

September 1, 2019 Beginner Poker Strategy, Complete Guide, Live Poker, Online Poker, Poker Articles Comments off 321 Views0

Range balancing in poker is the act of ensuring you have a proper number of bluffs and value hands when you bet or raise. If you never bluff, your range is unbalanced and your opponents can easily fold marginal hands whenever you get aggressive. On the other hand, if you bluff too often, your opponents are more likely to call you with any pair because your range is unbalanced with too many weak holdings.

So balance is clearly important. We don’t want to do anything too often, nor too rarely, and allow our opponents to make simple profitable adjustments.

Small Pocket Pair Poker Strategy

August 14, 2019 Beginner Poker Strategy, Complete Guide, Live Poker, Online Poker, Poker Articles Comments off 3786 Views0

Small pocket pairs tend to create lots of confusion for players preflop. But because these pairs are…well…pairs – players rarely consider folding these hands preflop and end up stacking up lots of unnecessary losses. To simplify this and avoid getting lost in the minutia, let’s agree to put 22 to 55 in this category. While these pairs may have some showdown value of their own, their true value is primarily in flopping sets and stacking opponents that won’t fold second-best hands.

This explanation could make one think that playing pocket pairs is easy, but that would only be true in an ideal setting where you could dictate all the action and give yourself just the right pot odds to get involved. In real-life situations, though, you often have to play these small pockets with lower stack depth or facing big raises or 3-bets from your opponents – which changes your strategic adjustment dramatically.

The Best Poker Audiobooks (Updated In 2019)

July 22, 2019 Complete Guide, Live Poker, Online Poker, Poker Articles, Product Review Comments off 14410 Views0

Over the years I’ve transitioned a lot of my reading time from traditional books over to audiobooks. The audio format makes digesting information easier, quicker, and gives a deeper learning experience. If you are looking for more high-quality advanced poker guides but can’t stand reading – poker audiobooks are a GREAT option that I suggest you check out.

The following will be a rundown of what I think are the best, most comprehensive audiobooks for poker. I will try to show what can be expected from each book and help you decide if it’s the right book for you. An audiobook breaking down the basic rules of poker won’t be of much use to a seasoned tournament player…

Here are 7 poker audiobooks that I think go above and beyond to teach you different aspects of the game. Pick up the ones that are right for you and enjoy! Continue reading

How To Play Gutshots In Poker

July 22, 2019 Complete Guide, Live Poker, Online Poker, Poker Articles, Poker Book Chapter Comments off 4233 Views1

Gutshots, also known as ‘inside straight draws’ are just one kind of draw you catch in poker. The typical definition of a gutshot is that you have 4 cards to improve your draw, which is only half of the number of outs you’d have with an open-ended straight draw (OESD).

To visualize this, say the flop is QT6. On such a board, 87 is a gutshot that needs a 9 to improve to a made-straight. And AK is also a gutshot, but it needs a Jack to improve to a made-straight.

Note that gutshots can also have other qualities (for instance, AK has a gutshot straight draw AND two overcards on QT6). And in some cases, a starting hand can actually have a double gutshot (aka a double-belly buster). 98 is a double gutty here since a Jack OR a 7 would make their straight.

In this guide, we are going to look at how to play gutshots through the lens of Ace King. This material comes directly from Chapter 11 “When AK Flops A Gutshot” in the book Optimizing Ace King. So without further ado, let’s get into the strategy…

Overlimping: When & How To Limp Behind Preflop

July 16, 2019 Beginner Poker Strategy, Complete Guide, Live Poker, Online Poker, Poker Articles Comments off 801 Views1

Overlimping, or limping behind, is the act of choosing to limp AFTER one (or more) players have already limped preflop. Not to be confused with open-limping (being the first person to enter a pot preflop by limping in), overlimping can have some serious advantages when done properly.

And while aggression in poker has increased exponentially over the years which has led many players to think that raising/isolating limpers is always better – there are plenty of spots where overlimping proves to be a MORE profitable approach.

The EV Of 3-Bet Shoving Preflop (With Examples!)

July 5, 2019 Advanced Poker Strategy, Online Poker, Poker Articles, Software, Tournaments Comments off 4276 Views1

Aggressive poker is winning poker. But still, most players aren’t super comfortable going all-in preflop with less-than-premium hands. This is an effect of not understanding the EV of shoving preflop, especially since the EV (expected value) of going all-in can sometimes be a bit counterintuitive. So let’s go through a few examples together and see when getting it all-in preflop is totally profitable!

3-BET SHOVING WITH J9

This hand comes from Tim who wants to review this hand played in a tournament. In this hand we have J9s, there’s a $40 ante, the blinds are $150/$300, and in this exact situation there’s a raise from DIOGEN, it folds around and Tim decides to rip it.

So what is the EV of 3-bet shoving here? What even goes into calculating the EV in a poker hand? Continue reading

Folding In Poker (& How 89% Of Players Get It Wrong)

July 1, 2019 Complete Guide, Live Poker, Online Poker, Poker Articles Comments off 14595 Views4

Folding is the least sexy topic in poker. Folding is just so…final. Your cards hit the muck, you concede the pot to your opponent, and you’re off to the next hand.

But the honest truth is that poker players fall into two main categories:

Players that fold far too often
Players that fold far too rarely

There is a third type of player though. A rare-breed of player that folds a correct amount of the time and keeps their continuance frequency right on track.

That’s the kind of player I want you to become.

Blockers In Poker: How They Work In 2019

June 14, 2019 Beginner Poker Strategy, Complete Guide, Full Ring Tables, Live Poker, Online Poker, Poker Articles, Tournaments Comments off 1563 Views0

The concept of blockers in poker has been around for a while but, until recently, it’s one that has been far more stressed in Omaha games. Lately, however, we’re seeing the concept applied more in Texas Hold’em as well. While the value of blockers may not be as high in Hold’em as it is in Omaha, they’re still well worth considering as a part of a greater overall gameplan.

Playing Top Pair With AQ

May 30, 2019 6max Poker, Beginner Poker Strategy, Online Poker, Poker Articles Comments off 582 Views0

Ace Queen can be a tricky hand to play. Especially as the action mounts, it can be tough to discern if AQ is strong enough to go all-in with, or if it’s smarter to just fold it and save your chips. Today we’ll look at an AQ hand together and see how our answers compare to over 1K other poker players – and see if going all-in with AQ is actually the best play…

Crushing Preflop In Fishy Poker Games

May 5, 2019 Beginner Poker Strategy, Live Poker, Online Poker, Poker Articles Comments off 1111 Views0

You know the game. The one where everyone wants to see EVERY. SINGLE. FLOP. These fishy games can be extremely profitable, but preflop decisions can be confusing, especially in pots where multiple players have limped before you. Should you raise with your small pair? Should you limp behind with AJ?

Well crushing these games largely comes down to answering questions like these – and this free poker video will get you on the right track… Continue reading

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