Poker Strategy
Great Poker Players Will 10/10 This Cash Game Quiz
Ready to put your poker skills to the test? This quiz will present you with 10 hypothetical cash game situations. Your goal is to choose the best action* in each situation. *When playing poker, sometimes you will have information on your opponents that will sway your decisions. In this quiz, assume you have no such…
Read MoreWhat is a Flush Draw in Poker & How Should You Play Them?
What is a Flush Draw in Poker? A flush draw is when you have four cards of the same suit, meaning you need just one more to hit a high ranking flush. For example, if you hold Kâ™ Qâ™ on a flop of Jâ™ 7â™ 2♣, you have a flush draw. How to Play Flush…
Read MoreThe 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 (with 100 big blind stacks). Suppose you raise before the flop to 3 big blinds (bb) and another player re-raises to 9bb. When the action is back on you, you shove your entire 100bb stack…
Read MoreDylan Weisman Wins $10K PGT PLO Series Event #6 for $229,500
Upswing Poker students know Dylan Weisman as Upswing’s resident expert on Pot-Limit Omaha. Over the past year, Dylan has put his skills on full display in some of the toughest high-stakes PLO tournaments in the world. (You can learn PLO strategy from Dylan for a low price in his introductory course the PLO Launch Pad.)…
Read MoreHow to Play Ace-Two Suited in Cash Games
Ace-Two suited is a fun hand to look down at preflop. It is bursting with possibilities to make a strong hand. What more can you ask for? I want to help you maximize this hand’s potential. This is why, in this article, I am going to share with you: How to Play Ace-Two Suited Preflop…
Read MoreAaron Barone Won $1 Million in 5 Years. Now He Joins the Upswing Poker Team
The newest member of the Upswing Poker coaching team brings 15+ years of experience from the online poker grind. You might know Aaron ‘abarone68’ Barone from his Twitch channel, where the poker pro regularly streams mid-stakes tournaments to his 16,000 followers. Aaron has traveled the world and played on every imaginable poker site, building a…
Read More7 Poker Tournament Tips for Running Deep More Often
Poker tournament tips is, apparently, a pretty common search term on Google. I assume the searchers are looking for a quick checklist to go over before playing a tournament, and not advice on how much to tip the dealers after a big win. When I searched “poker tournament tips” for myself, none of the results…
Read MoreRetired Poker Pro Hits Full House vs Billionaire ($322,400 Pot)
I can’t wait to share with you one of the biggest pots that Doug Polk has ever played on Lodge Card Club’s stream. The blinds are $200/$400/$800 with a $400 big blind ante. The effective stack between Doug and Bill Perkins is $157,300. Without any further ado, let’s jump right in! OUT NOW! The Lucid…
Read MoreHow 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
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 Wild Poker Session 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…
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