Cristiano sent in this interesting hand and prefaces it by saying: “Hi, James, how you doing? I would like to submit you an interesting hand I played last night at a $1/$2 table at my local poker club. The table was about to break after a five-hour session. There were three players […]
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In this hand we’re in the small blind with ace/queen suited. The cutoff decides to min raise and this person is a 40/35 over 50 hands. It’s difficult actually to figure out if this person is necessarily a really good lag or an aggro fish. Those times can sometimes blur together in
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As part of the Ask SplitSuit a Question series, a bunch of people asked hand history questions and this one actually came privately via email. Brandon just wants me to review this spot from 10NL Zoom, so let’s check it out. Okay, in this hand we’re in the big blind with pocket
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Finding weaknesses in our thought process is a critical part of improving as a player. A common weakness that many players have when it comes to betting decisions is cognitive dissonance in poker. The dictionary more or less defines cognitive dissonance as “inconsistent thoughts relating to a decision.” There’s one decision in
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As part of the Ask SplitSuit a question series, a bunch of people asked hand history questions and this one actually came privately via Facebook. Rhys prefaces the hand by saying: “Hi James! I’ve been religiously watching your videos and found all of them fantastic for rounding out my game. Until now,
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Steve just wants me to review a hand he played with ace/king suited. He says he’s be grateful for any opinion on this one and it’s a hand with multiple angles to consider. So let’s check it out. This hand is from 16 no limit on Poker Stars. There’s a limp, there’s a
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Many Hold’em articles and training videos will stress the importance of paying attention to the action at the table, even when you are not involved in the hand. Getting clues to your opponents’ playing styles can often help you maximize EV in future hands against them. Here is a concrete example of
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Most of you know that I am very active on YouTube. I manage ThePokerBank’s YouTube channel which hit 1M views within 18 months and continues to grow…and in that time I’ve answered over 100 questions sent in by poker players around the world. This was came across my desk recently and it
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Running bad in poker just happens, every player has to deal with it. Having a better understanding of how things can go will help you deal with extended downswings and variance. How bad can variance actually get if you are a winning player? That really depends on your true win rate and
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