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One of the fastest ways to bleed chips is to treat every bet size the same. Facing large bets calls for a different standard than facing small ones, and the hand you continue with against […]

Some of the best semi-bluffs in tournament poker do not look like draws at all on the surface. A tournament hand that flops a double gutshot straight draw has eight clean outs to the nuts, […]

The big blind does not have to surrender the betting lead just because it called preflop. On certain turn cards, the texture shifts enough that the out-of-position player can start firing first, and the cheapest […]

The hardest part of running a multi-street bluff is knowing when to keep firing and when to slow down. On a paired board, the threat of trips lets you attack aggressively, but not every turn […]

Bluff catching is one of the least understood skills in poker. Most players decide whether to call a big bet based on how strong their hand feels, but the solver decides based on blockers: which […]

Most players “study” their preflop range trainer by staring at a chart, nodding, and closing the tab. Then they sit down, face a 3-bet from the cutoff, and the range they were sure they knew […]

A double barrel bluff with nothing is one of the scariest plays in poker, and also one of the most profitable when the spot is right. When you are the preflop raiser who called a […]

Most players are too passive when they are out of position. They check, they give up the initiative, and they let the in-position player run them over on boards that actually favor the out-of-position raiser. […]

Bluffing out of position is harder than bluffing in position, because you have to act first on every street and you cannot see what your opponent does before committing chips. That forces you to check […]

A pair with an open-ended straight draw feels like a hand that wants to bet, bet, bet. Out of position against a caller, though, the most profitable line is often more patient and more thoughtful. […]

Suited connectors are some of the most profitable and most misplayed hands in poker. When they hit, they win huge pots, but most of the time they whiff and leave you holding a weak draw […]

When your opponent checks and hands you the betting lead, a weak draw becomes a weapon. Semi-bluffing a gutshot is one of the most reliable ways to win pots you have no business winning at […]

KK feels like a hand you can never fold, and on most boards that instinct is correct. But an overpair on a paired board is one of the great traps in tournament poker. The moment […]

Suited connectors love to make a little bit of everything and rarely a lot of anything. Turning second pair with a backup draw is a perfect example: it feels too weak to bet for value […]

Most of the time your opponent checks to the preflop raiser and lets you steer the hand. Every so often they do something stranger: they check the flop, call your bet, and then come out […]

Aggression wins pots, but firing every street with a draw is how good players go broke. Playing a gutshot on a bad turn teaches one of the most underrated skills in poker: knowing when to […]

Being the preflop raiser who gets 3-bet and calls in position is one of the most common and most misplayed situations in tournament poker. You have a range and stack disadvantage, but you also have […]

Every poker player learns how to bluff. Few learn when to stop bluffing. The decision to fire a second barrel feels aggressive and smart. The decision to check back the river with ace-high after two […]

Most players understand that a continuation bet on the flop and a follow-up on the turn are standard parts of an aggressive strategy. The three barrel bluff is where the discipline breaks down. Firing the […]

Facing check raise pressure from the big blind with nothing but ace-high, the natural instinct is to look for reasons to fold. No pair on a two-tone broadway board does not feel like a hand […]