Poker Strategy
How to Play Low Suited Jacks in Cash Games (J8s–J2s)
If you are looking to extract every ounce of money that you can from your opponents, learning how to play the low suited Jacks will help. You might be thinking “low suited Jacks? Why would I ever play those?!” I won’t bury the lead here: these aren’t great starting hands and the best strategy is…
Read More3 Bet Sizing Tips That Will Help Your Game (from Lucid GTO)
If you like winning money in poker, your bet sizing strategy needs to be on point. So to help you out, I’m going to give you 3 crucial tips to improve your skills in this key area. I’ll prove the validity of each tip using the new Lucid GTO Trainer in the Advanced section of…
Read MoreHow 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, cash game pro Tim Jenkins uses the new Lucid GTO Cash Game Trainer to show you how to practice your ranging skills against a poker solver. Ranging is when you assign a range of possible…
Read MoreMillionaire Poker Pro Gets Tricky With Pocket Aces in $116,668 Pot (Analysis)
There’s not much better than watching two of the world’s best poker players battle it out at high stakes. The stakes are truly massive in today’s hand. The blinds are $200/$400 ($80 ante) and the effective stack is around $58,000. Two of the world’s best players battle it out in this one. In one corner,…
Read MoreHow to Play Nine-Seven Suited in Cash Games
Nine-Seven suited is a fun hand. With it’s straight and flush potential, you tend to have a lot of room to maneuver after the flop. But there are potential pitfalls — namely, playing it in the wrong situations — that you must avoid if you value your chips. In this article, I am going to…
Read More3 Easily Understood Poker Tactics That Will Make You Money in 2024
If you want to add a few money-making poker tactics to your game, read on. Poker strategy has advanced a lot in the past 8 years (thanks to the widespread use of solvers). It’s simply never been easier to gain a deep understanding of the mechanics of the game. But working with tools like solvers…
Read MoreDoug Polk’s Wildest Poker Session Yet is a Whirlwind of Emotions
The high-stakes livestream game at The Lodge Card Club this past Sunday was epic, to say the very least. Upswing Poker founder and Lodge co-owner Doug Polk joined the fray for a night of poker that began at $25/$50 stakes, and escalated to $100/$200/$400 by the end of the night. Lodge Live stream watchers were…
Read More$127,165 Madness! 3 Players Move All-In in High Stakes Game (Analysis)
It’s not very often you see a multiway all-in at high stakes cash game… let alone an online high stakes cash game. But we’re going to be looking at one today between Wiktor “Limitless” Malinowski, Manuel Saavedra, and the mysterious player “ARTdirector”. The blinds are $200/$400 and the effective stack is around $40,000. Yeah, this…
Read MoreTrapping Top Pair with $751,073 On The Line (Final Table EPT London)
You’re at the final table of the EPT London Main Event. You’ve already outlasted over 700 players in the 5K buy-in tournament, and just 7 more stand in your way of winning over $750K. You raise preflop with King-Queen offsuit and get one call. The flop is Queen-high. Are you betting or checking? Upswing’s Precision…
Read MoreCan You Exploit These 3 Poker Players?
Ready to test your exploitative poker skills? Upswing Poker’s newest course, titled Precision Poker, comes from the mind of chess champion turned high stakes poker pro Alex Vuilleumier. An International Master in chess and a WSOP bracelet winner in poker, Alex brings a fresh approach to studying poker that focuses on building your own game…
Read MoreHow to Exploit Weak 3-Bettors (AKA Most Poker Players)
Upswing Poker’s newest course presents a fresh approach to poker from chess champion turned poker pro Alex Vuilleumier. In this article/video, Alex shares one of his favorite and most effective exploits: exploiting players who don’t 3-bet often enough. He also teaches you a simple method to leverage a node locking with the Rocket Solver free…
Read MorePlay Monotone Flops Like a Pro! (New Lab Module)
Have you ever wondered whether that monotone flop is better for you or for your opponent? Who has more flushes? Who has more nut flush draws? What sizings should you use to c-bet? In this new cash game module, Tim Jenkins helps Upswing Lab members understand: How to play monotone flops as the preflop aggressor…
Read More3 Things That Shocked This Chess Master Turned Poker Pro
The newest course in the Upswing Poker library comes from a chess master turned high stakes poker pro. Alex Vuilleumier achieved the title of International Master and a rating as high as 2400 in competitive chess. In poker, Vuilleumier is a WSOP bracelet winner, with a resume that includes more than $2.2 million in tournament…
Read MoreHow to Win More Pots with Delayed C-Bets
Every skilled poker player has the c-bet (short for “continuation bet”) in their arsenal. C-betting capitalizes on two crucial facts: The preflop aggressor usually has the strongest range of any player in the […]
Read MoreHow to Play Five-to-a-Straight Boards Like a Pro
Boards with five cards to the straight can be quite confusing to play. But fear not! In this article, I am going to break down what makes these boards special and how you should play them. I’ll be leveraging Upswing Poker’s upcoming tool (the Lucid GTO Trainer) to demonstrate how a GTO player would approach…
Read MoreMaster Common Poker Exploits With This New Upswing Lab Module!
Upswing Lab coach and all-around crusher Tim Jenkins is back with an easy-to-watch module on exploiting your opponents! In this module, Tim shows Upswing Lab members the top exploits he’s used to make hundreds of thousands of dollars throughout his poker career. Whether you think your opponents are too aggressive, too passive, call too much,…
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