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The Optimal Small Blind Strategy When Facing A Raise
January 6, 2026 4 min

The Optimal Small Blind Strategy When Facing A Raise

The small blind is the most difficult position in poker. You act first postflop, you’re forced to invest money preflop, and every decision you make is magnified by positional disadvantage. Yet many players approach the […]

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Multiway Pots: A Guide to Playing Profitably Against Multiple Opponents
December 30, 2025 5 min

Multiway Pots: A Guide to Playing Profitably Against Multiple Opponents

Multiway pots are among the most misplayed situations in small and mid-stakes games. While many players instinctively tighten up or “play scared” when more opponents enter the pot, others make the opposite mistake by overvaluing […]

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Mastering SPR and Effective Stack Depth: A Practical Strategy Guide
December 23, 2025 3 min

Mastering SPR and Effective Stack Depth: A Practical Strategy Guide

SPR, short for Stack-to-Pot Ratio, is one of the most essential concepts in Texas Hold’em. It represents the effective stack ratio to the pot and indicates how deep players are, informing postflop gameplay strategy. SRP […]

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Mastering 3-Bet Defense: A Guide to Building Strong Calling Ranges
December 16, 2025 5 min

Mastering 3-Bet Defense: A Guide to Building Strong Calling Ranges

Players routinely call too wide, continue with dominated hands, or fold the ones that would have played profitably with position when facing a 3-bet. We already covered the 4-betting strategy, so today we will concentrate […]

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Mastering the 4-Bet: A Poker Coach’s Guide to Dominating Preflop Aggression
December 4, 2025 6 min

Mastering the 4-Bet: A Poker Coach’s Guide to Dominating Preflop Aggression

4-betting is one of the most powerful weapons in Texas Hold’em, yet it remains one of the least understood. Many players see 4-bets only as “aces or bluffs,” or they avoid 4-betting altogether unless they […]

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Facing a Bet – A Guide to Making Optimal Decisions
December 1, 2025 6 min

Facing a Bet – A Guide to Making Optimal Decisions

In Texas Hold’em, few decisions matter more than how you respond when facing a bet. Every bet your opponent makes forces you to make an immediate judgment about the strength of ranges, incentives, and the […]

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Preflop Strategy Guide: The Ultimate Guide to Preflop Bet Sizing
October 30, 2025 5 min

Preflop Strategy Guide: The Ultimate Guide to Preflop Bet Sizing

Now that you understand preflop position and stack depth, along with preflop ranges, it’s time to explore effective preflop bet sizing. Bet sizing is one of the most powerful tools in poker because it controls […]

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Preflop Strategy Guide: Dominating Preflop Ranges
October 23, 2025 5 min

Preflop Strategy Guide: Dominating Preflop Ranges

Once you understand position and stack depth, the next step is mastering preflop ranges. A range is simply the group of possible hands a player might have in a given situation. Every time you make […]

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The Secret Weapon of Winning Players: 3 Lessons for Preflop Mastery
October 21, 2025 8 min

The Secret Weapon of Winning Players: 3 Lessons for Preflop Mastery

Tournament poker keeps evolving, and so should your strategy. That’s why Jonathan Little and the team have rebuilt the flagship MTT course from the ground up to create Tournament Masterclass 2.0. The new course is […]

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Poker Leaks That Kill Your Winrate Without You Realizing It
September 25, 2025 7 min

Poker Leaks That Kill Your Winrate Without You Realizing It

In the relentless pursuit of poker excellence, it’s often not the flashy plays or dramatic bluffs that separate the long-term winners from the losers. More often, it’s the hidden leaks that slowly erode your winrate […]

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Playing A♠J♥ SB vs BTN in a 100bb Cash Game 3-bet Pot
September 18, 2025 3 min

Playing A♠J♥ SB vs BTN in a 100bb Cash Game 3-bet Pot

3-bet pots in cash games are some of the most strategically rich situations because ranges are narrower, equities run closer, and postflop dynamics shift quickly. This spot matters because it shows how solver logic balances […]

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Picking a Proper C-Bet Sizing on Low-Card Boards
July 22, 2025 3 min

Picking a Proper C-Bet Sizing on Low-Card Boards

In our previous articles, we covered c-bet sizing for ace-high flops and high-card boards, so today we will dive into c-bet sizing on low-card board textures. In this article, we will analyze different flops and […]

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Picking the Proper C-Bet Sizing on High-Card Boards
July 15, 2025 3 min

Picking the Proper C-Bet Sizing on High-Card Boards

We already covered how to pick the proper c-bet sizing for ace-high flops, so today we will continue the series analyzing c-bet sizing on high-card board textures. In this article, we will cover different flops […]

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Picking the Proper C-Bet Sizing on Ace-High Boards
July 8, 2025 3 min

Picking the Proper C-Bet Sizing on Ace-High Boards

Picking the proper bet sizing is not an easy task, so we will go over common scenarios for c-betting on ace-high boards to see when we should be c-betting big and when we should stick […]

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Defending vs. C-Bets on Low-Card Boards in 3-Bet Pots 
July 1, 2025 5 min

Defending vs. C-Bets on Low-Card Boards in 3-Bet Pots 

We already looked into defending vs. c-bets on ace-high boards and different variations of high-card flops calling a 3-bet. Today, we will analyze this situation for low-card boards. In this article, we will cover different […]

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Defending C-Bets on High-Card Boards in 3-Bet Pots 
June 24, 2025 5 min

Defending C-Bets on High-Card Boards in 3-Bet Pots 

We recently covered how to defend versus c-bets on ace-high boards in 3-bet pots, and today we will dive into defending c-bets on high-card flops to analyze how to play them. In this article, we […]

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Dominating with Nut Advantage: A Key Edge in Poker Strategy
June 19, 2025 5 min

Dominating with Nut Advantage: A Key Edge in Poker Strategy

Poker isn’t just about who has the best hand right now, it’s about who can have the best hands. This is where nut advantage comes in. While closely related to range advantage, nut advantage hones […]

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Defending C-Bets on Ace-High Boards in 3-Bet Pots 
June 17, 2025 5 min

Defending C-Bets on Ace-High Boards in 3-Bet Pots 

We already covered how to defend in position versus c-bets on ace-high boards in single raised pots , so today we will dive deeper into 3-bet scenarios.  In this article, we will cover different board […]

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Mastering Range Advantage: A Key to Winning Poker Strategy
June 12, 2025 4 min

Mastering Range Advantage: A Key to Winning Poker Strategy

In No Limit Texas Hold’em, it’s not just about what you have – it’s about what you could have. That’s the essence of range-based thinking, and at its core is one of poker’s most powerful […]

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Defending on Low-Card Boards In Position after Calling Preflop
June 10, 2025 4 min

Defending on Low-Card Boards In Position after Calling Preflop

We analyzed how to defend as a preflop caller on ace-high boards and high-card flops, and today we will examine defending on low-card boards.  In this article, we will delve deeper into dry and connected […]

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Defending C-bets In Position on High-Card Boards after Calling Preflop
June 3, 2025 4 min

Defending C-bets In Position on High-Card Boards after Calling Preflop

We have already covered the strategy for defending against c-bets on Ace-High boards when we have the position, and today we will dive into high-card flops. In this article, we will dive deeper into defending […]

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