The Combos & Blockers Quiz
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Beginner Poker Strategy
Facing A Check-Raise With Top Two Pair
Top two pair is normally a monster – but how strong is it after facing a check-raise on a flushed board? In this hand we dissect an uncomfortable hand where Hero has to make some big decisions with Ace Queen on AQ65.
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How To Play 2 Pair In A Multi-Way Pot
In this hand, we’re in the big blind with T6s. There’s a limp, another limp, another limp. And hero decides to check his option. In the write-up, Jay says this: “People here know I play really tight. If I make a decent size raise, most fold. So I wanted to mix it
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How To Beat Super-Tight Poker Players
Nits can be found in every single poker game you might play. And it’s important that we at least have some semblance of an idea on how to beat these people more easily and more regularly, and what exactly we should be looking for when it comes to crafting our lines against
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How Should I Play The Nuts?
Today we’re going to review a hand sent in by Matthew. This is a hand from 100NL 6max online where Matthew has AQ and finds himself in a pretty interesting spot because he picks a pretty a-typical line. This hand is from Bovada Zone Poker, so there are no HUDs. And he
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How To Think About Ranges (Now With Pie!)
Truth be told, I’m a very visual person. I’m also a very mathematically-oriented person. So being able to visualize math-based things is crucial for me when trying to learn and use something. So when I began studying hand ranges and learning how to exploit various ranges, I created a simple model to
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Creating A Poker Hand Plan
In every single hand we play we want to have some sort of plan, even if that plan is simply “We are going to stack this off every time” or “We are not stacking off postflop without the nuts against this player.” However, planning is usually a pretty new topic to many
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