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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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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,…
ICM vs Chip Leader: How Dylan Weisman Navigates a Tough PLO Final Table Spot
In this preview from his upcoming Crushing PLO Tournaments course on Upswing, Dylan Weisman walks through a hand from a…
Play More Hands, Win More Pots: 5 Tips for PLO MTT Success
Pot-Limit Omaha (PLO) tournaments are a completely different animal from No-Limit Hold’em. If you try to carry over your standard…
How Double Board Bomb Pots Actually Work (And Why Most Players Get Them Wrong)
Bomb pots have become a staple in modern poker. Whether you’re playing in private games, apps, or live settings, you’re…
Inside a $30K CGWC Pot: TaxHere vs Jasamgale Hand Analysis
The 2025 Cash Game World Championship (CGWC) has provided us with many jaw-dropping hands, with players taking lines with hands…
5 Things You Should Be Doing BvB (But Probably Aren’t)
In poker, particularly online, where blind-versus-blind (BVB) situations arise frequently, developing a strong BVB strategy is essential to maintaining a…
When Betting Bigger Is the Solver-Approved Play In Tournaments
Big hand. Big bet. Usually. In the pre-solver era, continuation betting for half pot was fairly common, if not the…
Inside a Championship Hero Call: A Street-by-Street Analysis from the 2025 CGWC
In this article, I am going to break down a big hero call that went down in the 2025 Cash…
The River Block Bet: Why Small Bets Can Be Your Biggest Edge
The river block bet is a solver-derived discovery that revolutionized poker strategy. I will break down why that is and…
5 Situations Where C-Betting Is a Big Mistake in Poker Tournaments
C-betting is super effective in MTTs, so it’s no surprise that it happens so frequently. On average, after you open-raise,…
The Next Step After Range Checking: Turn Strategy (Part 2)
In the previous article in this series, you learned that low, connected boards are best played by checking your entire…
How to Play the Turn After Range Checking the Flop (Part 1)
Some time ago, I wrote about a few spots where checking your entire range on the flop is the right…
3 Concepts That Should Shape Your Postflop Strategy
Are you familiar with positional, range, and nut advantages in poker? These concepts will help you shape your postflop strategy…
From Satellite to Chip Leader: A Day 1 Among the Poker Elite in a $26,000 Event
I am a mid-stakes MTT player. Frankly, I have no business going toe to toe with the poker elite. But…
3 Reasons Solvers Check Top Pair Out of Position in Tournaments
You flopped a pair. In fact, the strongest kind. Even the highest ranking. Now it’s time to work out exactly…
Mastering Preflop 3-Bets: Value, Bluffs, and Exploits
3-betting preflop is a fundamental strategy for winning at poker. Getting it right is also easier than ever, thanks to…
What Flop C-Bet Size Should You Use in Cash Games? (The Ultimate Guide, Part 1)
Here’s a situation you’ve probably faced many times. You are playing a $0.50/$1.00 cash game. The action folds to you…
Stop Letting Your Poker Ego Cost You Money & Happiness
What’s going on, Upswing fam? Today we’re mixing things up with a guest post that aims to help you with…
10 Must-See Strategy Chats from the Upswing Community
Join the Upswing Community YOUR NEW POKER STRATEGY GROUP Connect with thousands of players, share hands, get coached, and level…
5 Can’t-Miss Insights from an Online Cash Game Juggernaut
We Lab members are truly fortunate. We get to watch a top online cash game player, Fried “mynameiskarl” Meulders, play…
3 Strategic Mistakes to Avoid in Tournaments with Nick Petrangelo
Meet the latest elite player to join the Upswing team: Nick Petrangelo. Nick is a tournament crusher who you’ve probably…
Stop Tanking: 5 Reasons Why Playing Faster Will Make You Richer & Happier
Trends in live poker seem to come and go overnight. One that hasn’t gone away yet, unfortunately, is slow play…
How to Make Profitable Decisions Against Any Bet Size (Minimum Defense Frequency vs Pot Odds)
Faced with a bet, you can react in one of three ways: call, fold, or raise. It’s usually pretty apparent…
Can You 10/10 OtB_RedBaron’s Strategy? — Advanced Poker Quiz
‘Otb_Redbaron’ is considered one of, if not the best 6-max player right now, and Upswing’s own Andres Artinano (‘Educa-p0ker’) has been battling him for years. In fact, Andres built his strategy by studying the Baron’s strategy, and he […]
How to Analyze Your Poker Hands Effectively in 5 Minutes
(If Google sent you here to find out what beats what in poker, check out our guide to poker hands.)…
How to Beat the Guy Who Is Always Betting — Countering an Aggressive Poker Strategy
Geez, this guy just won’t stop betting. I just need to be patient, wait for a strong hand, and then…
When Should You Continue Barreling on a Brick Turn Card?
If you’ve ever been confused on the turn after c-bet-bluffing on the flop, then this article is for you. Knowing…
Stop Fearing Triple Barrels with this Professional Approach
Let’s be honest: we all sigh when an opponent fires that dreadful triple barrel, putting us to the test both…
How to Check-Raise on the River Like a Pro
It’s difficult to play out-of-position as the preflop caller. In this scenario our opponent, the preflop raiser, has both a…
4 GTO Myths That Way Too Many Poker Players Believe
GTO? More like GT-NO! Today we’ll be debunking 4 big myths about game theory optimal poker strategy, or “GTO,” as…
3 Can’t-Miss Insights from a Cash Game Millionaire
One of the best players to ever grace the 6-max cash game format, Andres “Educa-p0ker” Artinano, is here to drop…
Complete Guide to Tournament C-Betting Strategy
Continuation betting (c-betting) is now so trivial that even the most inexperienced tournament players do it without thinking twice. Today…
Short-Stacked 3-Betting in Tournaments Revealed
The Ultimate Guide to Tournament 3-Betting Suppose you’re facing a late position raise with a good-but-not-great hand on the button.…
My Tried-and-True Method for Conquering Tilt
Featured image credit: Live at the Bike One thing can instantly transform a world-class poker pro into a mega-whale: Tilt.…
How to Check-Raise with Short Stacks Like an MTT Boss
Check-raising is an indispensable play in tournaments. Since average stack sizes are shallow, a check-raise will typically represent a large portion of your remaining chips. This allows you to put a lot of pressure on your opponent(s), because in order […]
5 Not-So-Easy River Spots Explained By A Game Theory Expert
Discussing hands with friends is a great way to get better at poker. Now, imagine if one of your friends…
Why The Very Best Poker Players Make Decisions At Random (Mixed Strategy)
The many randomized elements of poker are a big part of what makes the game so strategically complex. We can…
The Ultimate Guide to Preflop Multiway Pots (And Squeezing)
Multiway pots are extremely complex. As more players enter the pot, the size of the game-tree increases. This makes finding…
Does Your Poker Journey Feel Stuck? So Did Doug Polk’s
Does your poker career feel stuck? Have you been playing in the same low- and mid-stakes games for what seems…
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