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
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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
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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
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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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Even if you don’t know much about poker you might have a secret dream of becoming one of the stars, making millions of dollars each year by playing in cash games and tournaments. Several poker stars became pros by playing online. One example of this is Thomas Dwan Jr. who called himself
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Today’s question comes from Carlos who wants me to review this hand played at 6max online. This hand is from 2NL, and Hero has TT, opens from middle position, gets a call, gets a call, gets another call and goes 4 way to it. He flops bottom set on a very connected board.
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In this video I want to do something a little bit different and instead talk a little bit about theory. I want to talk specifically about hand reading and more specifically situations where your hand reading spots where people call your preflop raise. This is really important when people are calling your
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Today’s question comes from Larry who wants me to review this hand played with 87 in $1/$2 live game. In this hand there’s a limp under the gun, folds around to Hero who decides to attack for $10 – and I’m totally cool with using your position. Yes, I’m totally cool with raising limpers. Yes 87 isn’t
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