Exploitative strategy

GTO vs Exploitative Poker: Times to Mix It Up
January 8, 2025 6 min

GTO vs Exploitative Poker: Times to Mix It Up

In the world of No Limit Texas Hold’em, success requires more than just understanding the rules of the game. It demands the ability to navigate an ever-shifting strategic landscape. Two of the most pivotal approaches […]

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How to Adjust to Your Poker Home Games and Win More Often
October 31, 2024 9 min

How to Adjust to Your Poker Home Games and Win More Often

Beating a high-stakes poker player takes a balanced approach, an understanding of advanced GTO poker concepts of the game, and a lot of dedication and effort. Beating players in poker home games, however, takes a […]

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Leveling in Poker & Costly Mistakes to Avoid
July 23, 2024 7 min

Leveling in Poker & Costly Mistakes to Avoid

Poker is a game whose complexity changes depending on the way you look at it. You can play poker at the most basic level and never think about the complexities of the game, or you […]

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Bluff Catching in Poker – When Is a Good Time to Do It?
May 7, 2024 9 min

Bluff Catching in Poker – When Is a Good Time to Do It?

The feeling of getting away with a bluff is certainly one of the best you can experience at the poker table, but bluff catching with the right call with a fairly weak hand and catching […]

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Learn How to Beat Hyper Turbo Poker Tournaments and Make Proper Strategy Adjustments
May 2, 2024 11 min

Learn How to Beat Hyper Turbo Poker Tournaments and Make Proper Strategy Adjustments

Poker tournaments have changed a lot over the years, and the introduction of online poker has certainly had a massive impact on the way tournaments are played. Online poker operators have introduced countless tournament formats […]

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Top 7 Live Poker Tells You Need to Know
April 18, 2024 11 min

Top 7 Live Poker Tells You Need to Know

While many modern players focus heavily on mastering betting frequencies and sizes on different board textures and mimicking poker solvers in other ways, old-school players were focused almost entirely on making reads, and finding tells […]

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Top Adjustments for Beating Calling Stations in Poker
January 26, 2024 11 min

Top Adjustments for Beating Calling Stations in Poker

Of all the player types you may find at poker tables, calling stations should definitely be your favorites, as they are both very profitable and very easy to play against.  In this guide, I will […]

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Floating in Poker – When Should You Do It?
January 16, 2024 11 min

Floating in Poker – When Should You Do It?

Playing fundamentally good strategy is the secret to success in the game, and mastering basics like your preflop ranges and c-bet situations is the first thing you should learn. However, more advanced plays like floats […]

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How to Beat Loose Aggressive Players (LAGs) in Poker
January 5, 2024 11 min

How to Beat Loose Aggressive Players (LAGs) in Poker

The loose-aggressive (LAG) poker playing style is one of the most complex in the game. Depending on how well one plays it, it can lead to great success or massive failure.  Many of the world’s best […]

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Poker Playing Styles You Need to Know
December 12, 2023 10 min

Poker Playing Styles You Need to Know

Someone once said that poker is a game that takes a day to learn and a lifetime to master, and those words could hardly be truer, as poker is constantly evolving. Unlike many other games […]

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Poker Strategy 101 – How to Win in Poker More Often
November 28, 2023 14 min

Poker Strategy 101 – How to Win in Poker More Often

It’s long been said that poker is a game that takes a day to learn and a lifetime to master, and it’s one of the hardest truths about the game. If you are here, you […]

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When To NOT Play A GTO Poker Strategy
July 18, 2023 15 min

When To NOT Play A GTO Poker Strategy

In the modern era of poker, it is quite common to come across poker players who live and die by Game Theory Optimal (GTO) poker strategies. GTO poker is certainly worth studying if you want […]

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3 Deadly Techniques to Punish Limpers in Live Cash Games
May 16, 2023 10 min

3 Deadly Techniques to Punish Limpers in Live Cash Games

I’ve taught hundreds of people to play poker tournaments and cash games in live settings. There’s a fascinating tendency that all poker newbies share: they want to “continue” in the hand. So the question they […]

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How To Play Multi-Way Pots In Online Poker Tournaments
May 11, 2023 7 min

How To Play Multi-Way Pots In Online Poker Tournaments

Online poker has become increasingly popular over the years, and one of the most challenging aspects of the game is playing in multi-way pots. A multi-way pot is when three or more players are involved […]

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Top Ten Easy Poker Tips To Crush Poker Games
April 28, 2023 14 min

Top Ten Easy Poker Tips To Crush Poker Games

Poker has never been harder, but it has also never been easier to find out how to win at the poker table. Although no one can become Phil Hellmuth overnight, a few key adjustments can […]

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Online Cash Game Tips: Three Exploits To Look For
April 13, 2023 7 min

Online Cash Game Tips: Three Exploits To Look For

Do you want to exploit your opponents at the online cash game tables? If so, you’ve come to the right place. In this article, we will discuss some of the best exploitative plays you can […]

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Exploitative or GTO: Which Is The Better Poker Strategy?
December 23, 2022 5 min

Exploitative or GTO: Which Is The Better Poker Strategy?

Texas Hold’em poker strategy has changed a lot over the years. Back in the day, many of the concepts used at the poker table would be unheard of in today’s landscape. A-K suited was considered […]

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3 Errors Made By Bad Poker Tournament Players
December 8, 2022 5 min

3 Errors Made By Bad Poker Tournament Players

In today’s article we are going to discuss three of the typical mistakes I see from weak tournament players. The three mistakes we will discuss are over continuation betting (c-betting) on the flop, playing too […]

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How To Exploit Online Poker Players
November 23, 2022 6 min

How To Exploit Online Poker Players

Most poker players do not read or study the game, even some of the ones that study do not pull the trigger when they recognise a scenario. The population of players in online poker is […]

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Learning Poker with Evan Jarvis: Playing Deep-Stacked in a Cash Game
August 29, 2022 5 min

Learning Poker with Evan Jarvis: Playing Deep-Stacked in a Cash Game

Cash games offer great opportunities to practice playing deep stacked poker. When you have the big stack advantage in a cash game, you can leverage your position and gain an edge over opponents, especially when […]

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How to Read Tells Pre-Flop
February 7, 2022 3 min

How to Read Tells Pre-Flop

While having a knack for reading tells is not the only pre-flop strategy you should know, it can be combined with an overall solid starting hand game to help you make the most profitable calls […]

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