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Building Bluffing Ranges Like the Pros: A Guide to Smarter 3-Bets
Today, solid preflop strategies are part of the tournament poker zeitgeist. (Don’t worry—set-mining doesn’t make you a fish.) That said,…
How to Play Flush Turns After Check-Raising (Advanced Strategy)
As you probably know, having a well-balanced check-raising range makes you a really tough opponent to play against. The reason…
5 Advanced Poker Strategies & Tips To Supercharge Your Poker Wins
Ready for some advanced nuggets of poker wisdom that will help your game? For today’s article, I dug through Upswing’s…
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Lose Less, Win More: The Fundamentals of Big Blind Defense
When life gives you lemons, you make lemonade. And in tournament poker, there are a lot of lemons. Being card…
Stop Playing GTO Against Blinds That Fold Too Much
Contrary to popular belief, preflop No-Limit Hold’em is not “solved”. Not in the sense that we don’t have GTO sims…
Single Board Bomb Pots – The Complete NLH Strategy Guide
On this page What Is a Single-Board Bomb Pot? Where You’ll Find Them Why Bomb Pots Play Differently Flop Strategy:…
3 Common Spots Where Poker Players Aren’t Aggressive Enough
Passivity gets a bad connotation in general, and it’s for a good reason. Passivity means accepting what happens without active…
3 Hidden River Mistakes That Are Costing You Money
The river is the street where the gap between what you see in GTO models and what happens in reality…
Garrett Adelstein’s 5 Live Poker Tips To Boost Your Win Rate
Do you play live poker? Then this one’s for you. Garrett Adelstein is the most feared livestream player of all…
Sneak Peek Inside Destroy Live Cash by Garrett Adelstein
Most live pros wait for the fish to make a mistake. Garrett Adelstein attacks the whole table. Here’s how he…
3 Flop Mistakes You’re Making Without Knowing It
The flop is the second most common node you will play (after preflop), and decisions here have big ramifications for…
Why Garrett Adelstein’s “I’ve Got It” Speech Play Backfired
This hand comes from Garrett Adelstein’s book, Beneath the Cards, which was released today, September 1st! The memoir goes beyond…
Garrett Adelstein Had the Perfect Bluff-Catcher. He Folded Anyway.
Garrett Adelstein had reached the river with Ks Jc on Jd 2d 2s 9h Kc and bet $25,000 for value…
Aces vs Kings, 500 Big Blinds Deep: Can Garrett Get Away?
By Duncan Smith · Online Cash Game Pro Garrett Adelstein has Kh Kc in a 4-bet pot; the flop comes…
Too Weak to Call, Strong Enough to Raise: Garrett Adelstein’s $60K Bluff
By Duncan Smith · Online Cash Game Pro Garrett Adelstein had already become one of the biggest winners on Hustler…
Garrett Adelstein Was Sure His Opponent Couldn’t Bluff. He Was Wrong.
By Duncan Smith · Online Cash Game Pro Garrett Adelstein had already become one of the biggest winners on Live…
How Garrett Adelstein Used a Weak Player to Bluff Patrik Antonius
By Duncan Smith · Online Cash Game Pro Garrett Adelstein had not played poker in more than a year when…
Garrett vs Dwan: 4 Lessons From a High-Stakes Cash Game Hand
By Duncan Smith · Online Cash Game Pro Garrett Adelstein recently broke down a fascinating hand against Tom Dwan from…
Why Milestone Satellites Require a Different Poker Strategy
Moneymaker. The Poker Boom. Do you know what they have in common? Satellite tournaments. Moneymaker’s historic run began in an…
3 Times You Should Bet Big on the Turn (And 3 Times You Shouldn’t)
Sizing your bets optimally on the turn can help you win more money when you are ahead and lose less…
3 Cash Game Exploits That Print Against Today’s Regs (Backed By Data)
I shouldn’t be giving this away for free, but you’re getting lucky today. If you want to make money playing…
Mystery Bounty Strategy: How to Attack Once the Bubble Bursts
A sigh of relief. A thrill of hope. Could this be the day? That’s how surviving a money bubble can…
Garrett Adelstein Breaks Down His $390K Payback Hand Against Dylan Gang
By Duncan Smith · Online Cash Game Pro Some poker hands become memorable because of the money. Others stick around…
Unlocking the Mystery: Early Stage Mystery Bounty Tournament Strategy
Over the last five years or so, Mystery Bounty tournaments (MBs) were introduced to the live poker ecosystem. They continue…
Daniel Dvoress Wins Three Triton Titles as Modern Tournament Mastery Launches
Daniel Dvoress picked a pretty good time to have one of the best tournament runs of his career. With Modern…
How to Defend Against Large Flop C-Bets in Poker Tournaments
By Leo Song-Carrillo · MTT Pro Being on the receiving end of a large flop c-bet can feel intimidating in…
Sneak Peek: Modern Tournament Mastery w/ Tim Adams & Dan Dvoress ft. Stephen Chidwick
Tournament poker has a way of making every serious player feel behind at some point. You can study for months,…
Timothy Adams Breaks Down ChatGPT’s Poker Logic
Timothy Adams and Mike Brady recently sat down to review a handful of hands played by Mike’s friend Stu, and…
How Timothy Adams Attacks from the Big Blind (And Why Most Players Don’t)
One thing that becomes very clear early in Upswing’s Modern Tournament Mastery is that while the course is built by…
How Timothy Adams Approaches Deep Stack Tournament Poker
Timothy Adams has spent years playing the toughest tournament fields in the world, and one thing comes through very clearly…
Four Doug Polk MTT Hands Reviewed by Two of The Best Tournament Players Ever
Doug Polk built Upswing Poker, but he’s still best known as a heads-up cash game specialist. That’s what makes his…
Garrett Adelstein Analyzes a Massive Bluff Gone Wrong
In today’s article, we’re going to get Garrett’s perspective on a hand he played on High Stakes Poker against and…
Sneak Peek Inside Crushing PLO Tournaments with Dylan Weisman
PLO tournaments are still one of the softest formats in poker. The fields are weak, the prize pools are huge,…
Edge-Passing in Poker: When Folding Profitable Hands Is the Right Play
“Gotta know when to hold ’em, know when to fold ’em.” – Kenny Rogers Folding AKo to cold 4bet 5-handed…
Deep vs Shallow Study: The Key to Rapid Poker Improvement
Uri Peleg is arguably the best poker coach in the world. He just released a game-changing course called Upswing Lab…
How To Play Overcard Turns After Check-Raising the Flop (Advanced Strategy)
I’ve covered flush-closing and straight-closing turns so far in this series. Now it’s time to shift focus to overcards. While…
(Sneak Peek) Lab 2.0 is Your Path to Poker Mastery
Ready to destroy weaker recreational players and come out on top against your fellow regulars? Upswing Lab 2.0 will teach…
The Population Leak You Can’t Ignore: Overfolding vs Raises in 3-Bet Pots
In-Position Raising In 3-Bet Pots as the Preflop Caller (Part II) Part II – Practical Applications As I mentioned in…
Building Bluffing Ranges Like the Pros: A Guide to Smarter 3-Bets
Today, solid preflop strategies are part of the tournament poker zeitgeist. (Don’t worry—set-mining doesn’t make you a fish.) That said,…
LLinusLLove vs. AbsoluteTopUp: A Masterclass in Flush Draw Dynamics
I’ve got a hand straight from the Cash Game World Championship hosted by CoinPoker. This one features Linus “LLinusLL0ve” Loeliger…
The Forgotten Line: How to Maximize Profit as the Preflop Caller in 3-Bet Pots
In-Position Raising In 3-Bet Pots as the Preflop Caller Part I – Theory Primer: The Forgotten Line That sounded mysterious…
Top Pair, Bad Kicker? Here’s the Right Way to Play It
This article shares strategic advice from Uri Peleg on how to play top pairs with a weak kicker. The insights…
Beyond the Flop Overbet: Elite-Level Turn Play Explained (Part 1)
The flop overbet c-bet is a highly advanced strategy that only a small number of players have implemented, and even…
Beyond Raw Equity: Unlocking the True Value of Your Poker Hands
If you’ve been reading my strategy articles for a while, you may have noticed that I often talk about realized…
Where does the EV come from in poker?
Continuing on the idea from the article I wrote recently (Should You Play Like a Nit Preflop?), in this article,…
3 Preflop Exploits That Work in Live Championship Events
The biggest live tournament of the year is underway. Whether you’re in the mix or just railing the action, there’s…
How To Play Straight Turns After Check-Raising the Flop (Advanced Strategy)
In case you’ve missed the first article of the series, I am teaching you how to play after you’ve check-raised…
Big Stack Advantage on the Stone Bubble: Why the Rich Get Richer
This is it. The final part of what started as a three (now four) part series on soft and stone…
From Screen to Felt: 6 Adjustments for Live MTT Success
Summer tournament season is in full swing, with marquee events all up and down the Las Vegas Strip drawing thousands…
High-Stakes Showdown: DavyJones922 vs Barak Wisbrod in a $46,100 NLHE Pot
I’ve got some online nosebleed action to break down for you in this article. The main characters in this showdown…
How Short Stacks Navigate the Stone Bubble
Whether you’re a short stack forced all-in and dealt to lose, or one of the big stacks getting coolered for…
Money Bubble Tactics: Maximize Your Edge as the Pressure Builds
Make no mistake: pre-money play is a lot more dynamic than simply running everyone over as the big stack or…
How to Play Flush Turns After Check-Raising (Advanced Strategy)
As you probably know, having a well-balanced check-raising range makes you a really tough opponent to play against. The reason…
Soft Bubble Strategy: How to Survive & Thrive with Any Stack Size
Dominate? Survive? Is it time to gamble? As you approach the money in poker tournaments, the best approach will depend…
Flush on the Board? Turn These Tricky Spots Into Profit
Buckle up, poker strategy nerds. This one’s for you. 5-to-a-flush boards (like AdQd9d6d2d) are rare but fascinating from a theoretical…
Mastering the Donk Bet (3 Pro Tips for Max EV)
Let’s kick this off with an analogy… If poker had a formal education system, donk betting would be the class…
Epic Showdown at the Cash Game World Championship (Linus vs. PR0DIGY)
Let’s dive into a hand from the Cash Game World Championship, which took place on Coin Poker over the past…
3 Profit-Creating Tips for Delayed C-Betting (via Lucid Poker)
When solvers first erupted onto the scene, they showed us that the optimal c-betting strategy is generally aggressive. Because of…
3 Tips For Playing Paired Boards (via Lucid Poker)
Paired boards are interesting as they present unique characteristics that may throw off even seasoned players. This article delves into…
3 Tips to Help You Profit With Draws (Via Lucid GTO)
Learning to play draws aggressively is one of the most important concepts that new poker players can learn. When you’re…
3 Pro Tips for Overbetting On The Flop (ft. Lucid GTO)
The overbet (betting more than the size of the pot) is a powerful play. If you use this tactic at…
The Wild Tactic Poker Pros Use to Make More Money in Cash Games
New poker strategies are always emerging. One wild tactic that has risen in prominence is 4-betting all-in in cash games…
How to Practice Ranging Your Opponents (Cash Game Example)
Putting your opponent on an accurate range of hands is arguably the most valuable skill in poker. In this video/article,…
Poker Training Course: Upswing Lab 2.0
Enjoying the free strategy articles, but want to take your game to the next level? Upswing has a poker training path for you in the new Lab 2.0, the Mastery Path has advanced curriculum from some of the world's best coaches including Uri Peleg and Qing Yang. Lab 2.0 gives you a clear path to sharper and more profitable play.
Enjoying the free strategy articles, but want to take your game to the next level? Upswing has a poker training path for you in the new Lab 2.0, the Mastery Path has advanced curriculum from some of the world's best coaches including Uri Peleg and Qing Yang. Lab 2.0 gives you a clear path to sharper and more profitable play.