Posts Tagged ‘Tournaments’
3 Poker Study Techniques That Will Make You a Stronger Player
Poker is a strategically rich game with a colossal amount of strategic possibilities. And those possibilities only increase with more players at the table. Consequently, in order to book consistent wins, you need to have a better understanding of the game than your opponents. To accomplish this, you need to make studying the game part of…
Read MoreWhat Are Implied Odds? How to Use Implied Odds Like a Veteran Pro
Implied odds aren’t difficult to understand, but many players misapply them while playing. This leads to easily avoidable but costly mistakes, such as chasing a draw that isn’t worth chasing. To help you avoid such mistakes, you’re about to learn what implied odds are and how they should help shape your strategy. We will cover:…
Read Moretonkaaaap Reveals 3 Insights On His Way To A 2000% ROI
“Do as I say, not as I do” -Parker “tonkaaaap” Talbot as he analyzes a hand from a $530 multi-table tournament (MTT) on PartyPoker, which he went on to win for about $10k. In this 1.5 hour hand review for Upswing Lab members, tonkaaaap walks you through every hand he played in this MTT. I…
Read More7 Short Stack Poker Tips for Maximizing Your Earnings
Are you ready to improve your short stack game? Read on! Being short stacked can happen in any game type. In formats like Hyper-Turbos and Spin-and-Go’s you start with a short stack, and in tournaments you’ll very often find yourself short-stacked. So, let’s dive into 7 tips that will prepare you for these crucial situations!…
Read MoreStop Letting Your Poker Ego Cost You Money & Happiness
What’s going on, Upswing fam? Today we’re mixing things up with a guest post that aims to help you with your mental game. Konstantinos “Duncan” Palamourdas is an award-winning math professor from UCLA who specializes in the mathematics of poker, as well as in poker education. He currently teaches poker classes at UCLA extension which…
Read MoreHow Equity Realization Impacts Every Hand You’ll Ever Play
You’ve probably heard the term “equity realization” a few times – it’s been used in many articles here at Upswing. But if you don’t know what equity realization means, or how to use it, it’s time to learn. We’re about to cover this crucial poker concept, one that impacts every hand you’ll ever play. But…
Read MoreHow to Thin Value Bet Like a Veteran Pro (3 Tips for Thin Value Betting in Poker)
Value betting is how you’ll make most of your money at the tables. This is especially true against recreational players, who tend to be on the over-calling side of the spectrum. Today I am going to share 3 tips for thin value bets that will help you squeeze every last drop of cash from your opponents.…
Read More5 Tips for Staying Focused at the Poker Table
Being able to focus for extended periods of time is one of the most important skills a poker player can have. Better focus during sessions will increase your win-rate substantially, and it separates okay-to-good poker players from the great players. Giving the game your undivided attention might even be more important than figuring out your…
Read More3 Strategic Mistakes to Avoid in Tournaments with Nick Petrangelo
Meet the latest elite player to join the Upswing team: Nick Petrangelo. Nick is a tournament crusher who you’ve probably seen playing the world’s biggest buy-in tournaments. He’s 30th on the all-time money list, with cashes totaling about $16,000,000. In the past 4 months alone, he’s cashed for ~$5,700,000 and won his second WSOP bracelet.…
Read MoreStop Tanking: 5 Reasons Why Playing Faster Will Make You Richer & Happier
Trends in live poker seem to come and go overnight. One that hasn’t gone away yet, unfortunately, is slow play and excessive tanking. The following updated article, originally published in 2016, is a good reminder to slow players why they need play faster. — I’m angry. There was a time when No Limit Hold’em tournaments…
Read MoreHow to Crush Nits (10 Tactics That Win Against Tight Players)
What is a Nit? A “nit” is a player who doesn’t take any risks and only plays premium hands, and they won’t be going anywhere anytime soon. With so many nits out there, learning how to exploit them is very important for your long term win-rate. And beyond that, it’s actually pretty darn fun to…
Read MoreHow to Make Profitable Decisions Against Any Bet Size (Minimum Defense Frequency vs Pot Odds)
Faced with a bet, you can react in one of three ways: call, fold, or raise. It’s usually pretty apparent when raising is the correct decision–with super strong hands that want to extract value and with bluffs that want to steal the pot. Whether to call or fold, on the other hand, is often not…
Read MoreHow to Analyze Your Poker Hands Effectively in 5 Minutes
(If Google sent you here to find out what beats what in poker, check out our guide to poker hands.) The difference between a strong player and a weak player is what they do after a poker session. Weak players play poker hands and forget about them. They put themselves in tough spots and fail…
Read MoreHow Equity Denial Influences (Almost) Every Decision & Your Results
Equity denial underlies almost all of your decisions at the poker table, even if you don’t realize it. When understood and considered correctly, it can increase your edge in every spot and thus improve your win-rate. In this article, I will explain exactly what equity denial is and how it ought to shape your strategy.…
Read More3 Hand Histories That Highlight a Sneakily Crucial Poker Concept (Stack-to-Pot Ratio)
With so much postflop play, it might seem like cash games are more difficult than tournaments. The best tournament players, however, are adept at playing every street across a range of different stack depths. In this article, we’re going to learn about stack-to-pot ratio (SPR) and how it affects postflop play. We’ll be looking at…
Read More3 Heads-Up Rules Drawn from a $20,000 Buy-In Match
Let’s talk heads-up poker! Today we’ll dive into a $100/$200 cash game match between Doug Polk and Ben ‘Sauce123’ Sulsky – world-class heads-up players who have faced off many times. Doug recorded the match and analyzed notable hands in an 11-part video series for his advanced heads-up training course. I’ve watched the first few parts of the…
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