Poker Strategy

I was just reading an interview with poker legend Barny Boatman. Barny said, “If a player from that first [European Poker Tour in] Monte Carlo were to find themselves in the 2025 Main Event, they’d […]

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 […]

Serious poker players spend a lot of time figuring out what their hourly rate is. It’s $X/hour or Y BB/hour or Z BB/100. I try to avoid that sort of thinking because it doesn’t make […]

We already covered multiple scenarios when defending versus c-bets from the blinds on ace-high boards, so today we will cover how to approach these situations when you defending in position against your opponent.  In this […]

Think You’re a Mixed Games Master? Test your poker versatility with our Mixed Games Poker Quiz! Whether you’re a seasoned pro or just starting to explore games beyond No-Limit Hold’em, this challenge will put your […]

Consider the following thought experiment: suppose you are playing heads-up no-limit Texas Hold’em against an opponent who has essentially identical skills as you. Setting aside any ethical concerns for the moment, let’s further suppose that […]

We analyzed c-betting on low-card boards, high-card flops, and ace-high flops in 3-bet pots, so today we dive deeper into paired boards in 3-bet pots. We will cover different paired flops variations in 3-bet pots […]

Setting the stage Invisible to me behind the dealer, in the #1 seat, is Carl. Carl doesn’t believe much in folding before he sees the three cards in the middle of the table. He doesn’t […]

We already talked about c-betting on low-card boards and high-card flops in 3-bet pots, so today we will use the PeakGTO to analyze strategy on ace-high boards. We will cover different board textures on connected […]

Here’s a hand about value betting aces that comes from the PokerCoaching Discord cash discussion channel. Our hero, Ibney, is in the hijack position in a live $1/$2 NLHE game. The UTG player opens to […]

We already talked about c-betting on low-card boards in 3-bet pots, and today we will use the PeakGTO solver to analyze the high-card boards in 3-bet pots. We will cover different board textures on connected […]

It was a pretty bad poker session in my $3/5 game. My pairs didn’t flop sets, my draws didn’t arrive, but the other people’s draws did arrive. Or maybe they didn’t arrive, but I wasn’t […]

We already covered what hands to c-bet in single raise pots both on low-card boards and ace-high flops, and now we will dive deeper into 3-bet pots. Today, we will use the PeakGTO solver to […]

A simplified game tree Multi-street poker is a complex game, and with four streets of betting, and a huge number of possible bet sizes available, no-limit Texas Hold’em can get absurdly complicated. But I’m going […]

We recently covered the strategy for defending BB on ace-high flops and playing on high-card boards, and now we will analyse low-card textures.  In this article, we will analyze examples of both dry and connected […]

Game selection in poker is the process of choosing which table, game, or stakes gives you the highest expected profit based on the opponents present rather than habit, ego, or proximity to an open seat. […]

We already covered the strategy for defending BB on ace-high boards, and today, we will dive deeper into high-card textures.  To build a comprehensive strategy for playing from the big blind versus a c-bet, we […]

Since you have to defend your big blind a lot to avoid being exploited, you will end up playing a wide range of hands postflop that will put you in many tough spots. To make […]

Understanding optimal c-betting strategy is not an easy task, and this is exactly why we break it down by different board textures. We already covered GTO strategy for low-card boards and high-card situations, and today, […]

We’re constantly pushing to make game theory optimal (GTO) study more intuitive, visual, and actionable. That’s why we’re excited to introduce our newest feature: Equity Graphs — a game-changer for understanding range advantage, nut advantage, […]

We’re always looking for ways to help players deepen their understanding of Game Theory Optimal (GTO) strategy and sharpen their decision-making. Today, we’re thrilled to introduce a game-changing tool inside the PeakGTO library: Runout Comparison […]