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Hakon wanted me to look at a hand and he prefaces it by saying he was playing at a 25NL Zoom table. He has no ideas on the other players from previous hands, and he’s dealt pocket tens in the small blind. There is a min-raise from MP2, a small 3bet from the button, and […]

This hand is from 25NL Online. Hero decides to raise for a middle position with jacks, totally standard. Gets 3bet by the small blind and here we are. The small blind in this situation is a 19/14 over 1080 hands with a 5% 3 bet. ICM Monster says, “I get 3 bet and

Adam says, “I was playing a 20NL and got pocket aces under the gun playing 6 max. I have $19.10. I had a bad beat in the beginning of the game and got down to around 13 bucks and then won it back playing some good poker. Anyways, I got two callers, MP and

I was just recently asked to review this 76 suited hand from 6NL Online, so let’s look at the hand: Okay, so in this hand there’s a limp, another limp, another limp, and another limp. Here he decides to complete from the small buy with 76s. I would also do the same, but the big

As part of the Ask SplitSuit a Question series, a couple people did ask hand history questions and this one came privately via Facebook. Corey S. wanted me to look at a hand and he prefaces it by saying that it was played on Bovada Zone poker, so he didn’t have good

Today’s question came privately via YouTube. Justin prefaces the hand by saying, “This is an uncomfortable spot out of position, facing a flop raise versus a very loose passive player.” Playing a flush draw on a paired board is already tricky…but doing so OOP against a passive player is even trickier. Let’s look

Today’s question comes from Corey S. and Corey just wants me to look at a hand, a tricky spot he had with pocket kings. He said that this was played on Bovada Zone poker, so he didn’t have a good read on any of the opponents, so let’s take a peek at the

Today’s question comes from Radu and Radu says, “Hi, James, great videos. There is a lot of information about 6 max, but not so much about full ring, so thank you. I have problems in pots out of position, more so if there is a small SPR, I have this example.” This

Some of you guys have been asking me hand history questions, and this one comes from Randy via Facebook. Randy wants me to analyze a hand he recently played in the casino. He prefaces the hand by saying, “This was 1/2 no limit, and there were two of the loosest, most aggressive players

Today’s question is from Ed R. and Ed wants me to talk about being floated, especially by people with very high VPIPs. Ed, that’s a great topic, and just so we’re on the same page, I’m going to talk about being floated on the flop because you didn’t specify. In your question you