$127,165 Madness! 3 Players Move All-In in High Stakes Game (Analysis)

3way allin high stakes

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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Can You Exploit These 3 Poker Players?

alex vuilleumier's exploit poker quiz

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…

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How to Exploit Weak 3-Bettors (AKA Most Poker Players)

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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…

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Play Monotone Flops Like a Pro! (New Lab Module)

monotone flops poker strategy

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…

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3 Things That Shocked This Chess Master Turned Poker Pro

what shocked Alexandre Vuilleumier from chess to poker

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…

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How to Win More Pots with Delayed C-Bets

delayed c-bet continuation strategy

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 […]

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How to Play Five-to-a-Straight Boards Like a Pro

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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…

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Master Common Poker Exploits With This New Upswing Lab Module!

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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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The Mistake Poker Players Make When C-Betting

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Range betting, or betting 100% of the time, can be a powerful tool. It exploits players who fold too often and don’t raise often enough — and that describes the vast majority of all poker players. However, far too often, players who discover the power of range betting will make the mistake of doing it…

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How to Play King-Ten Offsuit In Cash Games

king-ten offsuit

I’m not going to BS you here… King-Ten offsuit is a mediocre hand. But it’s still worth playing in certain situations. If you have the right strategy and wait for good spots, you are certain to turn a profit with this hand in the long run. Helping you do just that will be the focus…

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What Is Pot Control & Why Does It Matter?

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You’ve probably heard the poker term pot control before. If you want to know what it means and why it matters, read on. This article covers: What is Pot Control? Why Should You Pot Control? How Important Pot Controlling is for Poker Players I will also give you some concrete examples of when you should…

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Flush vs Flush! Rampage Flops The Nuts vs Nik Airball (Analysis)

rampage vs airball

Today we’re going to look at a massive pot between two high stakes Hustler Casino Live regulars: Rampage Poker and Nik Airball. This is a wild pot that took place in a $25/$50 game with roughly $90,000 effective stacks. Let’s jump in! Preflop Action Nik Airball straddles in the Cutoff to $100 (it’s called a…

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Flopped Quads vs LLinusLLove ($194,718 Pot Analysis)

quads vs linus

Every poker player knows what it feels like to run bad. But running bad in a cash game with almost $100,000 effective stacks? That’s an entirely new level of pain. Today we’re going to analyze an online hand played between two crushers, Linus Loeliger (LLinusLLove) and Ignacio Moron (Nacho124441), with $500/$1,000 blinds with a $200…

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How to Snowball Your Winnings vs Bad Poker Players

snowball and increase poker winnings

When you’re up against bad poker players, you have the opportunity to beat them for a large number of chips. And with the right strategy, that number (and your chip stack) will continue growing like a snowball rolling down a snowy hill. In this short article, I am going to show you how to extract…

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How to Play Six-Five Suited In Cash Games

six five suited

I always feel excitement when I’m dealt Six-Five suited. It cracks Pocket Aces over 22% of the time (more than any other starting hand) and it makes disguised flushes, straights, and two pairs relatively frequently. But despite all of these positives, there are some things you should know before getting too carried away with Six-Five…

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