{"id":2544544,"date":"2025-10-14T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/?p=2544544"},"modified":"2025-12-23T20:00:33","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T20:00:33","slug":"defending-in-position-on-low-card-boards-in-tournaments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/defending-in-position-on-low-card-boards-in-tournaments\/","title":{"rendered":"Defending In Position on Low-Card Boards in Tournaments"},"content":{"rendered":"<a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/peakgto\" class=\"adv-link\" aria-label=\"PeakGTO: PokerCoaching&#039;s free poker solver for GTO study\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Peak-test-banner.jpg\" alt=\"PeakGTO: PokerCoaching&#039;s free poker solver for GTO study\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Peak-test-banner.jpg 815w, https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Peak-test-banner-746x103.jpg 746w, https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Peak-test-banner-768x106.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 815px) 100vw, 815px\" width=\"815\" height=\"113\"   \/><\/a>\n\n\n\n<p>We analyzed how to <a href=\"https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/defending-on-low-card-boards-in-position-after-calling-preflop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Defending on Low-Card Boards In Position after Calling Preflop\">defend on Low-Card boards in position with a 100bb<\/a>, and today we will review tournament scenarios with a 40bb stack.<br><br>In this article, we will cover how about defending in position on different board textures after calling preflop in position and see how to adjust our strategy on dry and connected boards.<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-table-of-contents uagb-toc__align-left uagb-toc__columns-1  uagb-block-abb7214e      \"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-scroll= \"1\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-offset= \"30\"\n\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uagb-toc__wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uagb-toc__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTable Of Contents\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uagb-toc__list-wrap \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ol class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><a href=\"#playing-on-dry-low-card-boards-in-position-9s6d2c\" class=\"uagb-toc-link__trigger\">Playing on Dry Low-Card Boards in Position &#8211; 9s6d2c<\/a><ul class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><a href=\"#key-takeaways\" class=\"uagb-toc-link__trigger\">Key takeaways<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><a href=\"#defending-on-connected-low-card-boards-9h8d6d\" class=\"uagb-toc-link__trigger\">Defending on Connected Low-Card Boards &#8211; 9h8d6d<\/a><ul class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><li class=\"uagb-toc__list\"><a href=\"#key-takeaways\" class=\"uagb-toc-link__trigger\">Key takeaways<\/a><\/ul><\/ul><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-faq uagb-faq__outer-wrap uagb-block-2d519876 uagb-faq-icon-row uagb-faq-layout-accordion uagb-faq-expand-first-false uagb-faq-inactive-other-true uagb-faq__wrap uagb-buttons-layout-wrap uagb-faq-equal-height     \" data-faqtoggle=\"true\" role=\"tablist\"><div class=\"wp-block-uagb-faq-child uagb-faq-child__outer-wrap uagb-faq-item uagb-block-36a03f76 \" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\"><div class=\"uagb-faq-questions-button uagb-faq-questions\">\t\t\t<span class=\"uagb-icon uagb-faq-icon-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox= \"0 0 448 512\"><path d=\"M432 256c0 17.69-14.33 32.01-32 32.01H256v144c0 17.69-14.33 31.99-32 31.99s-32-14.3-32-31.99v-144H48c-17.67 0-32-14.32-32-32.01s14.33-31.99 32-31.99H192v-144c0-17.69 14.33-32.01 32-32.01s32 14.32 32 32.01v144h144C417.7 224 432 238.3 432 256z\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"uagb-icon-active uagb-faq-icon-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox= \"0 0 448 512\"><path d=\"M400 288h-352c-17.69 0-32-14.32-32-32.01s14.31-31.99 32-31.99h352c17.69 0 32 14.3 32 31.99S417.7 288 400 288z\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"uagb-question\"><strong>TLDR:<\/strong>\u00a0See AI summary of this article.<\/span><\/div><div class=\"uagb-faq-content\"><p>Low-card boards in tournaments favor aggression, especially when you have position and initiative. Use your advantage to apply pressure as stacks shorten.<br><br><strong>In Position at 40bb (Dry Boards):<\/strong><br>Defend 66% versus a two-thirds pot c-bet. Call 56% and raise 10% with overpairs, top pair with strong kicker, and overcard bluffs. Slow play sets to protect your calling range.<br><strong>In Position at 20bb (Dry Boards):<\/strong><br>CO checks most hands, so attack often. Stab 75% of the time using a small 25% pot size bet to pressure capped ranges that miss low boards.<br><strong>In Position at 40bb (Connected Boards):<\/strong><br>CO bets small about half the time. Defend 86%, calling 70% and raising 16% with sets, two pairs, overpairs, and some bluffs that can pick up equity.<br><strong>In Position at 20bb (Connected Boards):<\/strong><br>CO checks 88% of the time, allowing you to take control. Bet 53% overall, splitting between 31% small bets and 22% larger ones across your range.<br><br><strong>Key Takeaways<\/strong><br>* <strong>Apply Pressure in Position:<\/strong> Float broadways and raise strong top pairs or better on dry boards at 40bb.<br>* <strong>Exploit CO Passivity at 20bb:<\/strong> When opponents check most of their range, stab often, especially on low disconnected boards.<br>* <strong>Balance Value and Bluffs:<\/strong> On connected boards, mix in raises with draws and strong made hands for protection and pressure.<br><br>Position gives you control on low boards. Stay aggressive, target weak ranges, and force mistakes from tighter opponents.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Playing on Dry Low-Card Boards in Position &#8211; 9s6d2c<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We defend around 18% of hands against a CO open, and this is how our range looks in these situations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/MTT-BTN-Calling-vs-CO-Open-on-40bb.png\" alt=\"MTT BTN Calling vs CO Open on 40bb\" class=\"wp-image-2544559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/MTT-BTN-Calling-vs-CO-Open-on-40bb.png 1024w, https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/MTT-BTN-Calling-vs-CO-Open-on-40bb-746x418.png 746w, https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/MTT-BTN-Calling-vs-CO-Open-on-40bb-373x210.png 373w, https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/MTT-BTN-Calling-vs-CO-Open-on-40bb-768x431.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Key assumptions for the hand:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The hand is played 40bb deep with 12.5% ante<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The cutoff is opening the pot<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We call his preflop raise from the BTN<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Both of the blinds fold<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We face a c-bet on the flop<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>On a 9s6d2c, the CO will be <a href=\"https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/c-betting-in-poker\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"C-Betting in Poker \u2013 How to Build the Optimal Strategy\">c-betting<\/a> around 46% of the time and sticking with a bigger sizing of two-thirds of the pot in the vast majority of cases. Against this bet, we will have to defend 66% of our hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" src=\"https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/MTT-Defending-IP-On-Low-Card-Boards-on-40bb-9s6d2c.png\" alt=\"MTT Defending IP On Low-Card Boards on 40bb - 9s6d2c\" class=\"wp-image-2544562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/MTT-Defending-IP-On-Low-Card-Boards-on-40bb-9s6d2c.png 1024w, https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/MTT-Defending-IP-On-Low-Card-Boards-on-40bb-9s6d2c-746x420.png 746w, https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/MTT-Defending-IP-On-Low-Card-Boards-on-40bb-9s6d2c-373x210.png 373w, https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/MTT-Defending-IP-On-Low-Card-Boards-on-40bb-9s6d2c-768x433.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In this spot, we are calling with 56% of the hands and raising a bit over 10% of our holdings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our raising range here consists of strong <a href=\"https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/poker-hands\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Poker Hand Rankings &amp; The Best Texas Hold\u2019em Hands\">poker hands<\/a> like overpairs, top pair top kicker combinations, and some bluffs with overcards. It is worth noticing that sets never raise here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other than that, we are calling all playable hands and even floating with a lot of suited Broadway combinations because we can put the pressure back on our opponent on later streets. In this spot, we only fold our weakest ace-high and king-high hands and offsuit Broadways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Things drastically change when our stack drops to 20bb, because CO will be checking pretty much his entire range OOP.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since our preflop calling range includes many suited 9x combinations, we actually have more equity in this spot and should be betting very aggressively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"570\" src=\"https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/MTT-Defending-IP-On-Low-Card-Boards-on-40bb-9s6d2c-1.png\" alt=\"MTT Defending IP On Low-Card Boards on 40bb - 9s6d2c\" class=\"wp-image-2544668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/MTT-Defending-IP-On-Low-Card-Boards-on-40bb-9s6d2c-1.png 1024w, https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/MTT-Defending-IP-On-Low-Card-Boards-on-40bb-9s6d2c-1-746x415.png 746w, https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/MTT-Defending-IP-On-Low-Card-Boards-on-40bb-9s6d2c-1-768x428.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/peak.pokercoaching.com\/dashboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"PeakGTO Dashboard\">PeakGTO<\/a> suggests firing a bet 75% of the time across our entire range and sticking to a default small size of 1\/4 the pot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key takeaways<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Defend around 66% of your hands by calling 55% and raising 10% of your holdings<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mostly raise operpairs and the strongest top pair combinations, along with some bluffs that contain overcards<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Your opponent will be checking his entire range when stacks drop to 20bb, so you need to be stabbing here very aggressively and bet around 75% of the time with small sizing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Defending on Connected Low-Card Boards &#8211; 9h8d6d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Key assumptions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The hand is played 40bb with 12.5% ante<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The cutoff is opening the pot<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We call his preflop raise from the BTN<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Both of the blind fold<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s take a look at an example of 9h8d6d. On a connected board like this, CO will use a mixed strategy, distributing his bets and checks across the entire range.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"575\" src=\"https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/MTT-CO-Range-On-Low-Card-Boards-on-40bb-9h8d6d.png\" alt=\"MTT CO Range On Low-Card Boards on 40bb - 9h8d6d\" class=\"wp-image-2544574\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/MTT-CO-Range-On-Low-Card-Boards-on-40bb-9h8d6d.png 1024w, https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/MTT-CO-Range-On-Low-Card-Boards-on-40bb-9h8d6d-746x420.png 746w, https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/MTT-CO-Range-On-Low-Card-Boards-on-40bb-9h8d6d-373x210.png 373w, https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/MTT-CO-Range-On-Low-Card-Boards-on-40bb-9h8d6d-768x431.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In this spot, CO will bet 48% of the time and check 52% of his range. When betting, he will pick small sizing twice as often as the bigger one, so we will analyze the former.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"579\" src=\"https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/MTT-Defending-IP-On-Low-Card-Boards-on-40bb-9h8d6d-1.png\" alt=\"MTT Defending IP On Low-Card Boards on 40bb - 9h8d6d\" class=\"wp-image-2544577\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/MTT-Defending-IP-On-Low-Card-Boards-on-40bb-9h8d6d-1.png 1024w, https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/MTT-Defending-IP-On-Low-Card-Boards-on-40bb-9h8d6d-1-743x420.png 743w, https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/MTT-Defending-IP-On-Low-Card-Boards-on-40bb-9h8d6d-1-373x210.png 373w, https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/MTT-Defending-IP-On-Low-Card-Boards-on-40bb-9h8d6d-1-768x434.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/poker-positions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Poker Positions \u2013 Know How to Play from Every Seat at the Table\">In position<\/a>, against that small one-forth pot size bet, we will continue with 86% of our range. We will be calling with the vast majority of hands around 70% of the time, and raising 16% of our holdings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We raise with almost all of the hands with very low frequency, and balance this out with top hands like sets, two pairs, and overpairs in particular, which we use more often for an aggressive action.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other than that, we call almost all hands with even a little equity or runner-runner potential and only fold the weakest holdings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When stacks drop to 20bb, the CO will be checking over 88% of the time, so we will have to take a stab ourselves with 53% of the hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/MTT-Defending-IP-On-Low-Card-Boards-on-40bb-9h8d6d.png\" alt=\"MTT Defending IP On Low-Card Boards on 20bb - 9h8d6d\" class=\"wp-image-2544566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/MTT-Defending-IP-On-Low-Card-Boards-on-40bb-9h8d6d.png 1024w, https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/MTT-Defending-IP-On-Low-Card-Boards-on-40bb-9h8d6d-746x418.png 746w, https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/MTT-Defending-IP-On-Low-Card-Boards-on-40bb-9h8d6d-373x210.png 373w, https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/MTT-Defending-IP-On-Low-Card-Boards-on-40bb-9h8d6d-768x431.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In this spot, we will bet small 31% of the time and use a larger bet size with 22% of our holdings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are mixing our strategy between checks and bets throughout our entire <a href=\"https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/ranges-in-poker\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Ranges in Poker \u2013 Analyze Your Hands Like a Pro\">range<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key takeaways<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>When facing a small c-bet on a connected board, we will defend 86% of our range<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We will be mostly calling when facing a bet and raising around 16% of the time with strongest hands and some bluffs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CO will be checking most of the time with a 20bb stack size, so we will stab aggressively ourselves around half of the time<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/peakgto\" class=\"adv-link\" aria-label=\"PeakGTO: PokerCoaching&#039;s free poker solver for GTO study\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Peak-test-banner.jpg\" alt=\"PeakGTO: PokerCoaching&#039;s free poker solver for GTO study\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Peak-test-banner.jpg 815w, https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Peak-test-banner-746x103.jpg 746w, https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Peak-test-banner-768x106.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 815px) 100vw, 815px\" width=\"815\" height=\"113\"   \/><\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We analyzed how to defend on Low-Card boards in position with a 100bb, and today we will review tournament scenarios with a 40bb stack. In this article, we will cover how about defending in position [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":160,"featured_media":2544578,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[883,16,41],"tags":[896],"class_list":["post-2544544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-advanced-gto","category-poker-strategy","category-tournaments","tag-postflop"],"acf":{"peak_live_date":"20251014"},"aioseo_notices":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Defending-BB-on-Low-Card-Boards-IP-in-Tournaments.jpg",1280,720,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Defending-BB-on-Low-Card-Boards-IP-in-Tournaments-373x210.jpg",373,210,true],"medium":["https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Defending-BB-on-Low-Card-Boards-IP-in-Tournaments-746x420.jpg",746,420,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Defending-BB-on-Low-Card-Boards-IP-in-Tournaments-768x432.jpg",768,432,true],"large":["https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Defending-BB-on-Low-Card-Boards-IP-in-Tournaments-1024x576.jpg",1024,576,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Defending-BB-on-Low-Card-Boards-IP-in-Tournaments.jpg",1280,720,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Defending-BB-on-Low-Card-Boards-IP-in-Tournaments.jpg",1280,720,false],"author_image":["https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Defending-BB-on-Low-Card-Boards-IP-in-Tournaments-100x100.jpg",100,100,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Jonathan Little","author_link":"https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/author\/jonathan_little\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"We analyzed how to defend on Low-Card boards in position with a 100bb, and today we will review tournament scenarios with a 40bb stack. In this article, we will cover how about defending in position [&hellip;]","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2544544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/160"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2544544"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2544544\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2544670,"href":"https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2544544\/revisions\/2544670"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2544578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2544544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2544544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2544544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}