Author name: Jonathan Little

You check-raise the flop with a flush draw and your opponent folds. Was that a bluff? Sort of. You had the worst hand, but you also had nine cards that could make you the best […]

You raise JT on the button, the big blind calls, and the flop comes 9-8-2 with three different suits. Congratulations, you just flopped an open-ended straight draw, since any queen or any seven makes your […]

Try This Hand Yourself Play this exact spot against the solver in PeakGTO before reading the analysis. Not every turn card is created equal. When you fire a continuation bet on a low flop and […]

You raise with king-queen and get called. The flop comes Q-J-4 with two spades, you bet, and your opponent calls. The turn is the eight of diamonds. You probably have the best hand. But if […]

Try This Hand Yourself Play this exact spot against the solver in PeakGTO before reading the analysis. Defending the big blind well is not about waiting for big hands. It is about knowing what to […]

You call a raise from the big blind with A5 of spades. The flop comes J-7-2 with two spades, you check, and your opponent bets. Most players have one move here. Some call every street […]

Try This Hand Yourself Play this exact spot against the solver in PeakGTO before reading the analysis. One of the most expensive habits in a cash game is winning a small pot with a hand […]

Try This Hand Yourself Play this exact spot against the solver in PeakGTO before reading the analysis. Top pair is one of those hands that lives or dies by the turn card. When an overcard […]

Ask a room full of poker players which hand they hate most, and someone will say ace-king. They get it all in, lose a flip, miss the flop, and decide Big Slick is overrated. It […]

You know the feeling. You lose a big pot, close the client, and an hour later you’re still replaying it in your head. Was the river call bad? Should you have checked the turn? You […]

Try This Hand Yourself Play this exact spot against the solver in PeakGTO before reading the analysis. Calling a bet on one street does not commit you to calling on the next. Players talk themselves […]

You play well in your Texas Hold’em games for a month and lose. Your friend plays badly for a month and wins. Both of you are looking at the same thing, and it isn’t skill. […]

Try This Hand Yourself Play this exact spot against the solver in PeakGTO before reading the analysis. Few hands feel as uncomfortable to play as bottom pair from out of position. You are never sure […]

Try This Hand Yourself Play this exact spot against the solver in PeakGTO before reading the analysis. Triple barreling with a complete air ball feels reckless, and that is exactly why so many players never […]

You flop a set. The pot is small, and you’re worried that a bet will scare your opponent away. So you check, hoping they bet into you, or that they catch up just enough to […]

You called a flop bet from the big blind with middle pair. The turn checked through, and now you’re first to act on the river. Most players check here and hope. If the opponent bets […]

You get all in before the flop with pocket aces and lose to a player who called with jack-nine offsuit. Twenty minutes later, you’re raising hands you’d normally fold and calling river bets you know […]

You have 20 big blinds, the tournament is one elimination from the money, and the chip leader raises again. Your hand is good enough to shove in any normal spot, but should you still do […]

Try This Hand Yourself Play this exact spot against the solver in PeakGTO before reading the analysis. Strong draws do their best work when they are willing to bet rather than just call. A semi-bluff […]

Many players spend countless hours studying solver outputs, memorizing balanced ranges, and worrying about being “exploitable,” only to sit down in games where opponents fold too much, call too wide, and rarely apply pressure correctly. […]

Most players see bottom pair on a scary river, decide they are beat, and fold without much thought. That reflex quietly costs them a lot of money. Bottom pair facing aggression is often a perfectly […]