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Why are the best HighRollers moving all in but one chip?
Today we are going to explore a new concept in the Poker world where the best players are betting all their stack on the River apart from one chip, this serves the purpose of allowing them to be bluffing but fold to an all in from their opponents and still be alive in the tournament.
We look at an example from the PCA $100K High Roller event where Stephen Chidwick used this move…
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The Importance of Stack to Pot Ratio (SPR)
In this article we are going to run you through exactly what SPR is and how we should be applying different SPR levels to different sets of strategies in our game.
We look at 3 main SPR groupings and run through hand examples on how we should be playing holdings at each stack depth.
This is how some of the best players in the world come out on top, let’s see how they do it…
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How to Win at Poker in 2019 and Make Big Money!
Today we are going to look at some tips for becoming better Poker Players in general and how to progress and make money…
Many players just play Poker sessions without putting any thought into it at all, just log in to their favourite site or go to their local casino and jump in a game, well we are going to look at how the best stay at the top with these 5 key tips!
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What ranges should we be re-shoving with in tournaments?
This can be a tough part of any good Poker players game, knowing what ranges to move all in over the top of an open raise. Today we are going to look up some scenarios in which re-raising all in is profitable from some different positions around the table.
In this post, we go through some charts and ranges on what hands we can profitably put our tournament at risk…
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Massive $1,000,000 ICM Punt in the WSOP?
It’s been the hand of this years WSOP, we look at a monster pot from the WSOP Millionaire maker tournament final table where the two big stacks face off in a game of chicken with 4 tiny stacks surrounding them!
We break down the hand and talk some strategy so we can learn from this spot ourselves…
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How to Adjust to a Big Blind Ante
In the ever-evolving world of Poker, even the most age-old traditions can be uprooted with innovations to make games better, this has now even become the case with paying the ante.
Many games are now playing with a Big Blind or Button ante, where just one player adds the ante for the whole table.
In this post we look at how this changes our strategies…
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When to Shove 10 Big Blinds in Tournaments
In this post we have constructed a complete strategy for how to play with 10 Big Blinds
We run through 8 charts that are Nash game theory solid gold all ins…. So if you are a little rusty on what hands you should be moving all in with whilst short stacked, now is the time for a refresher.
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We break down hands like Doug Polk
In this post we analyse a hand from the big one for One Drop 2017, which was a $111,111 buy-in tournament in the WSOP series in Las Vegas…
In this huge pot Martin Jacobson and Doug Polk square off in a heated pot, we run through some in-depth breaking down of the hand so we can all learn a little more about these spots.
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How to Read Your Opponent’s Hand
Today we are going to take a look into how to put your opponent on a range of hands, including hands that may be betting for value or hands that are looking to just bluff with their equity.
Poker is not an exact science, even the best players will make mistakes as it’s a game of imperfect information, all we can aim to do is dissect the information that is out there and use it to our advantage…
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How to Use Blockers in Poker
You may have heard of the term Blockers being thrown around and not really know the full concept or maybe you are already a savvy GTO player and just looking to pick up some extra tips…
In this post we run through tips on what the different types of blockers are and how and when to put them to use both pre flop and after a full run out.
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Winning the pot with Check raises out of position
In this post, we look at how and when to Check raise when playing out of position.
We will run through some good spots to make the move and why we are going to want to do this and with what types of hands. It’s a common move used by good players with a rounded strategy that is overlooked by many players that are getting exploited by playing too tight when out of position.
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What to do when we get 3 Bet
Today we are going to look at a basic strategy for how to play against 3-Bets in general.
We have constructed a range that will allow us to play an easy post flop game with our hands after being 3-Bet from a player in position.
Overcalling out of position is a big leak in peoples games, so we are going to look at how to plug this leak with a solid range of hands.
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How to Play from the Small Blind
In this post we have constructed a complete balanced strategy for playing from the small blind.
We share with you a chart of 4 ways to play our hands we will be dealt and we explain why this will make us the most money! So if you have been struggling to win pots from the small blind, it’s time to take a look at how the best pros are playing from this position.
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Get Aggressive on Final Table bubbles
In this post we are going to look at some different scenarios that will occur when we are deep in a tournament and on the Final Table bubble, this is where you will notice some aggressive action from what are most likely some of the toughest players in the field.
We will look at some spots to pick up extra $EV, when we should be playing no fear poker and some spots to pump the brakes!
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Beware of check-raises on the Turn
In today’s post we look at a hand from Live At the Bike where Martin and Andy face off in a huge action pot where the turn card brings an icy touch to the hand.
Martin check raises the turn card to get maximum value from his opponent and in this post, we will breakdown the hands this could be done with and how we can play against these moves.
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Winning Spin & Go’s One Hand at a Time Part 2
In this the second part of this series of posts, we are going to review all the key hands from playing some Spin & Go’s on Pokerstars!
We go over all the big pots and all the thought processes behind them, from pot controlling certain hands to playing for all the chips in others, we talk you through how to win in this format!
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How to Crush Live Poker
We are going to look at how to exploit the typical tendencies of live poker players in today’s post. You will often notice that these players play very differently to how people play online and you’d be right there is way looser and more passive play in live games typically, so let’s look at how we are going to combat this.
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How to Sniff Out Bluffs at the Poker Table
Today we are going visit a concept that is derived out of game theory and the Nash equilibrium which you may be familiar with from the popular film starring Russell Crowe about Mathematician John Nash’s life “A Beautiful Mind”.
In this post we go over the times when we need to make very tight folds and when we can play like a maniac and all of this will be +$EV… welcome to the weird strategic decision world of ICM!
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How to Sniff Out Bluffs at the Poker Table
In this post, we are going to look at some examples of when our opponents are going to try and bluff us out of the pot and why these bluffs end up not making too much sense, we have also come up with a tip list for how to dissect these bluffs in your games.
When you are going to pick hands to bluff within a game of poker, you are going to want to tell a story that is believable on all three streets, typically if a story someone is selling doesn’t make sense it’s because they are bluffing.
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Winning Spin & Go’s One Hand at a Time
In this series of posts, we are going to review all the key hands from playing some Spin & Go’s on Pokerstars!
We will go over all the big pots and all the thought processes behind them, from pot controlling certain hands to playing for all the chips in others, we talk you through how to win in this format!
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Beginners Tips for Pot Limit Omaha (PLO)
Pot Limit Omaha or the Great Game of PLO as it’s passionately referred to by it’s biggest fans, is a very cool game to learn, much more of an action cash game and plays very well short handed….
In today’s post we are going to look at some tips for players looking to start playing PLO.
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4 Easy Ways to Play Your Hands Post Flop
So many new players just bet for the sake of it, without really knowing if they are bluffing or betting for value, others check for mysterious reasons like “I want my opponent to think I’m weak”
Are you ever unsure on whether you should Bet on Not?
In this post we are going to clear up when you should bet or check
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Learn How to Crush Spin & Go’s
Poker is an information battlefield, in today’s post we look at how you can gain information from your opponents in jackpot sit & go’s to crush them quickly.
We have lined up some of the best tips to improve your game and start making big money playing against these recreational player pools.
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When Should We Continuation Bet?(C-Bet?)
In a previous strategy post, we looked at when is a good time to Delay our C-Bets or Continuation Bets. In this post, we are going old school like Barry Greenstein and looking at Good spots to put our money where our mouth is on the flop and Bet after raising Pre-Flop.
In this post we run through some great spots to apply the pressure and which holdings to do it with…
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Win your Blind on Blind Battles
It can be some of the hardest hands to play, with ranges wider than ever, two random hands in the blinds face off… a daunting prospect for new players and players with experience alike.
What should we be doing with our hands when defending against different types of players? We break down some key points in this post & look at some key tips on how to play in the blinds…
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Best Poker Games to Make Money Right Now
We are going to run you through some of the fun games I have found to have a big edge in so that you can try them out for yourself.
Poker is all about game selection, you always want to find poor players to go up against, you should just look to pick spots where you have an edge and do that consistently and make money.
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How to Play Heads Up Poker
It’s a part of their game that even the most accomplished players can struggle with, we take on a huge field, get to the biggest pay jump of the tournament and then get crushed one on one.
So we have come up with some easy tips to make your heads up game watertight
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Win more chips from the Big Blind in Tournaments!
Too many players play far too tight from the Big Blind! This is a classic beginners mistake, this is the spot where you are getting the best odds for playing a great deal of your range profitably.
Undefending your Big Blind will lead to good players capitalising on this and look to raise your Blinds with any two cards. Whereas playing too many hands from the blinds can be a problem realising your equity with sub-par holdings.
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How to Beat Calling Stations
We have all been there, we’re playing a cash game or tournament and we see these players that just play every hand imaginable and somehow come out on top what seems to be an alarming amount of the time, calling people down on draws and hitting and calling flop bets with just an overcard and beating our better hands… It can be really frustrating….
So how do we beat the stations!?
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Don’t bluff with Showdown Value!
This is one of the biggest lessons to be learnt in Poker, when to protect your hand and when to look to get to showdown…
There is a fine line between protection and overplaying your hand, hands where we are merged in strength, meaning we could have a bluff, we could have a strong hand or we could just be trying to protect a one pair hand.
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