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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…
Push Fold Charts for Poker Tournaments, Plus More Advanced Strategies
Note: Updated February 2026. For the original article and charts scroll to the bottom. In the mid-2010s, the emergence of…
7 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…
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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…
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…
The Biggest Mistakes Hold’em Players Make in PLO Tournaments (and How to Fix Them)
PLO tournaments have one of the biggest edges in poker. Prize pools are growing, fields are soft, and on the…
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,…
5 Key Hands from Dylan Weisman’s $530 PLO Final Table Run
Dylan Weisman recently shared a highlight reel from his second-place finish in a $530 PLO MTT on ClubWPT Gold, and…
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…
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…
Pot Odds Explained and How to Calculate Them
Pot odds are a fundamental part of poker and it’s important to learn how to calculate them. Don’t worry though,…
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,…
Push Fold Charts for Poker Tournaments, Plus More Advanced Strategies
Note: Updated February 2026. For the original article and charts scroll to the bottom. In the mid-2010s, the emergence of…
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…
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…
Slowplaying in MTTs: Three Spots Where It Prints Chips
Slowplaying a big hand isn’t optimal… usually. When you have a big hand, you want to make the pot big.…
MTT Survival Guide: The Right Way to Defend Against Turn Probes
Well, you checked back the flop like an intelligent, disciplined, strong poker player. But now they’re reaching for chips… They’re…
MTT Preflop Strategy: Turning Flat-Calls from Leak to Weapon
Most losing players aren’t bleeding money because of massive, obvious mistakes. It’s the small, repeated errors that make or break…
Check or Bet? How to Build Strong Flop Check-Back Strategies in Tournaments
Let’s face it. Checking back stinks, doesn’t it? It can feel even worse than folding — the most cowardly act…
Edge-Passing in Poker: When Folding Profitable Hands Is the Right Play
“Gotta know when to hold ’em, know when to fold ’em.” – Kenny Rogers Folding AKo to cold 4bet 5-handed…
(Sneak Peek) Lab 2.0 is Your Path to Poker Mastery
Ready to destroy weaker recreational players and come out on top against your fellow regulars? Upswing Lab 2.0 will teach…
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,…
ClubWPT Gold Acquires Upswing Poker
Redwood City, CA, August 1, 2025 – ClubWPT Gold today announced a definitive agreement to acquire Upswing Poker, a leading…
3 Preflop Exploits That Work in Live Championship Events
The biggest live tournament of the year is underway. Whether you’re in the mix or just railing the action, there’s…
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