Poker Strategy
How To Play Underpairs in Cash Games
It sucks when your pocket pair misses the flop, especially when you’re looking at three overcards. But you shouldn’t always just check and fold with an underpair. Playing underpairs optimally can help you make more money in the long run. Even though they are pretty weak hands, playing them wrong will cost you expected value…
Read MoreHow to Play Queen-Jack Offsuit in Cash Games
Queen-Jack offsuit is a solid hand that is often worth playing, but certainly not from every position. In this article, I am going to give you: Advice on how to play Queen-Jack offsuit preflop 3 tips for playing it postflop when you hit the flop 3 tips for playing it when you miss the flop…
Read More5 Useful Tools for Live Poker Players
A seemingly infinite number of poker tools are out there that aim to help you improve and manage your game in 2023. To help you use the best and avoid the rest, we’ve created this list of the top 5 tools live poker players should consider using. These tools will help you track your bankroll,…
Read MoreShould He Fold Pocket Aces At The Final Table? (Analysis)
Some poker players love to set traps. Players who trap too often are pretty easy to play against, but so are those who never trap. Like most things in poker, balance is the key. It’s also important to navigate cautiously when a trap doesn’t go exactly to plan. In 2017, Irish poker pro Dara O’Kearney…
Read MoreUpswing’s New Poker Strategy Advisor Won $1M+ Playing Cash Games
Doug Polk calls him “the greatest poker mind I’ve ever met.” And that’s why Upswing Poker has hired Fabian “Frabb” Adler to take on the role of Poker Strategy Advisor. Frabb is a pro who has largely stayed out of the limelight, opting to avoid taking shots at nosebleed stakes in favor of mid-high stakes…
Read MoreBrad Owen’s Brutal Decision With Flopped Nut Flush (Analysis)
Could poker vlogger Brad Owen have gotten away from this one? If you think you should never fold the top of your range in poker, your answer will probably be no. But should it be? This concept of capped ranges has been around for a long time. However, according to high stakes poker pro Uri…
Read MoreThe Biggest Poker Winners of 2022 Battle for $28,719
Two of online poker’s biggest winners in 2022 — Linus “LLinusLLove” Loeliger and Ignacio “Nacho124441” Morón — have battled in some epic poker hands. Let’s take a look at one big pot they played in a 3-handed game of $50/$100 No Limit Hold’em. Each player has roughly $14,000 (140 big blinds) in his stack as…
Read MoreHow to Play Seven-Six Suited in Cash Games
Suited connectors are a fan favorite, especially Seven-Six suited. Seven-Six suited is a highly versatile hand with fantastic playability. It has good equity against almost every range of hands, and it’s one of the very few starting hands with an over 20% chance of cracking Pocket Aces (22.29% to be exact). This article covers: How…
Read MorePoker Players Battle for $1,158,000 Pot (Analysis)
It’s hard to even fathom what it would be like to play a cash game pot for over $1,000,000. But I’m going to do my best to break it down in this hand analysis. Today’s hand took place on the Hustler Casino Live stream. The stakes are a whopping $200/$400/$800/$1,600. The effective stack is just…
Read MoreHow A Beastly Pro Approaches Micro Stakes Games (Hand Analysis)
When it comes to the big blind, size does matter. People at different stakes play differently. Because of this, we thought it would be great to bring you some insight into how a higher stakes professional — used to all of those theoretically advanced poker shenanigans — approaches a game like good ol’ $0.25/$0.50 (aka…
Read MoreElite Poker Pros Battle For $70,620 (Analysis)
There have been some massive online poker cash games going on recently. For today’s article, we’re going to look at a big pot played by tournament end boss Michael Addamo and online cash destroyer Markus Leikkonen (aka makeboifin on PokerStars). The game is No Limit Hold’em, the blinds are $200/$400, and the action is hot!…
Read MoreHow Poker Players Can Accomplish New Year’s Resolutions
There’s more to being a successful poker player than having a good preflop strategy and choosing the correct bet size. If you want to win big and move up in stakes, you must be on your A-game as much as possible. But there are many vices that prevent players from accomplishing their poker goals, like…
Read MoreThe Best Free Upswing Poker Content of 2022
Upswing Poker exists to help poker players get better and win more money… …and a big part of how we accomplish that is through free content. I sifted through the 100+ articles and quizzes published on Upswing Poker in 2022 to find the most popular in each of the following 5 categories. Coming January 4th…
Read MoreThe Worst Poker Hand Of His Life (Analysis)
Every time you sit down at the poker table, you make mistakes (even if you’re Phil Ivey). What matters is how you learn from those mistakes. Jamie Nixon is one of the brightest young poker talents in the UK and, like most great players, he is immensely self-critical. In 2019, when he was up against…
Read MoreThe Preflop Poker Quiz (Only 20% of Poker Players Will Get 10/10)
Preflop is the most important street in poker… …so we made this quiz to put your preflop strategy to the test. You’re about to answer 10 questions, and you’ll get assigned a poker player based on your final score. Good luck! (Note: Click here to reference the table positions.) If the quiz is not displaying…
Read More3 Situations to Fold a Pair On The Flop In Poker
Poker is a funny game. Sometimes it’s correct to make a big call with just Ace-high on the river. Other times it’s correct to fold a pair on the flop! Today I’m going to explore the latter by listing three situations in which you should fold a pair on the flop in cash games. These…
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