Poker Strategy
Stop Bleeding Money in Re Entry & Rebuy Tournaments
Not Your Grandma’s Freezeout Re entry and rebuy tournaments, also occasionally referred to as WEEEE!buy and WEEEE!Entry tournaments, are two poker tournament variants that have grown immensely in popularity as of late (especially Re Entrys). They occasionally garner the WEEEE! tags in homage to the lovely sound you make on a roller coaster ride thanks…
Read MoreHow to Negotiate Final Table Deals Like a Pro
Tournament poker deals aren’t something that come up often, but when they do their effect on your bottom line is massive. The high variance of poker tournaments understandably causes some players to seek insurance once it’s down to about four players. Nowadays, with the proliferation of events like the MicroMillions, inexperienced tournament players find themselves making…
Read MoreWhy Tilt Gets A Bad Rep (And How to Combat It)
When speaking with poker players who are trying to improve their mindset at the poker table, the conversation generally revolves around two primary questions: Why do I tilt? How do I stop tilting? However, before we can begin exploring these questions, it’s important to define exactly what the term “tilt” means to us, since players…
Read MoreHow To Adjust Against Any Player Type At Heads Up Hyper Turbos
Let’s examine the different player types we’ll meet at the tables, as well as look at some basic heads-up strategy that we can employ against each one. But before we do that, it’s important to note that the strategies we discuss below will make big inferences and generalities in order to highlight certain concepts or…
Read MoreSpin & Go Strategy with Doug Polk and Courtney Gee (Transcript)
Upswing Poker featured pro Doug Polk recently recorded a Spin & Go hand history review session with fellow Team #GrindNation member Courtney Gee. Courtney (aka “courtiebee”) currently resides in western Canada and was a professional poker player before moving over to streaming full-time on Twitch in 2015. A Heads-Up Hyper Turbo specialist, Gee has used…
Read MoreUpswing Poker Strategy Digest – Volume 1
The Upswing Digest is a monthly publication containing the best strategy questions of the month submitted by our Lab subscribers. Doug Polk and Ryan Fee provide their thorough answers and then they’re all compiled into one easy to navigate package. Starting this month with Volume 1 (originally released to subscribers in July), we are making the Digest available…
Read MoreMoney Bubble Strategy: How to Set Yourself Up for the Win
How To Not Blow It On The Bubble Congrats! You did it! You’ve endured through days of that tournament, survived the land mines, circumnavigated all the bear traps, and scaled the chip counts. Only 100 players remain and 99 walk away with some cash money! You call an open with 87 suited, flop a huge…
Read MoreOut Of This World Satellite Tournament Strategy
Ok, ok, forgive me for the cheese-ball satellite joke in the title, I couldn’t help myself. I’ll make it up to you with some solid poker satellite strategy to help you increase that bottom line and get into the events you want to play that your wallet might not be on-board with. Why should you…
Read More6 Traits That Will Help You Crush Heads-Up Hyper Turbos
In the first part of our introduction to Heads-Up Hyper-Turbos (HUHT) we outlined the pros and cons of this format and dispelled its two most common myths, being a luck-based or all-in preflop game. In this second part we will look at the anatomy of a successful HUHT player and explore the attributes most important…
Read MoreBeginner’s Guide to Heads-Up Hyper Turbo Sit & Gos
Even if you’re married to cash games and tournaments, it’s hard not to fall a little bit in love with Heads Up Hyper Turbo (HUHT) Sit & Gos every now and again. What’s not to love? 1-on-1 competition, lots of action and fast enough that you can always manage to get a few games in,…
Read MoreCRUSH Stud8 and HORSE Tournaments – Beating a Dead HORSE Part 3
In part 2 of this primer we talked about the two ‘simplest’ stud variants, Razz and Stud. If you missed that you can check it out here. Now we super glue them together. STUD 8 OR BETTER I’m not sure I can call it my favorite game but I have certainly put up my best…
Read More7 Best Twitch Moments from Doug Polk
If you are not following Upswing Poker on Twitch, then you are missing out! In every stream, Upswing Poker coach Doug Polk gives out great online poker strategy tips, with a touch of community interaction and a whole lot fun. But that’s not news to someone who is familiar with Doug Polk’s work. He has…
Read MoreCRUSH Razz & Stud – Beating a Dead HORSE Part 2
Part 1 of this HORSE primer was dedicated to the flop-based games limit HoldEm and Omaha-8. Most people have experience with these games as card rooms everywhere offer them. This time we’ll be getting into a game variant that time has forgotten: Stud. Let’s get started with Razz. RAZZ Razz is a very simple game that has a…
Read MorePerfect Limit HoldEm and Omaha 8 Strategy – Beating a Dead HORSE Part 1
Back when I was getting into poker in 2005, the only games that anyone ever talked about were Limit and No Limit Holdem. Limit was still the cash game of choice but NL was getting very popular. I read everything I could on poker at the time from players I admired and wanted to emulate.…
Read MoreHow to Understand and Combat Tilt in Poker
What Is Tilt? Tilt is an undesirable psychological state in which a player’s emotions interfere with decision making. Shorter version: tilt is poker frustration. If you have ever found yourself making a […]
Read More4 Poker Podcasts to Stay Informed and Entertained
Poker news reporting blew up along with poker itself in 2003, with countless poker news and media outlets entering the sphere. Traditional poker media, like live interviews with players and TV shows showing live action, have been going strong for over a decade. More recently, poker podcasts have been sprouting up to meet the demand for mobile,…
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