Posts Tagged ‘Tournaments’
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 a career. Slow leaks chip away at your profits little by little. One of the biggest? Flatting too wide, and in the wrong spots. In today’s article, I’ll show you how to build solid, theory-driven,…
Read MoreCheck 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 in poker. At least when you check-fold, you never had the betting lead to begin with. Here, though? You talked a big game with your open-raise, only to start backpedaling once the flop hits. You…
Read MoreEdge-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 in WSOP Main Event. – Kenny Hallaert In today’s article, you’re going to learn what the two great Kennys know is one of the most important skills in tournament poker. While building big stacks is…
Read More(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 you how to do both while providing you with a clear path to poker mastery. Taught by high-stakes crusher and world-class poker coach Uri Peleg, this course takes you from wherever you are today and…
Read MoreBuilding 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, the games are tougher. Even the best make mistakes—yes, even you, God’s gift to poker. If players are slipping up preflop in single-raised pots, you can bet (pun intended) they’re doing the same when a…
Read MoreClubWPT Gold Acquires Upswing Poker
Redwood City, CA, August 1, 2025 – ClubWPT Gold today announced a definitive agreement to acquire Upswing Poker, a leading brand in the poker education space known for launching game-changing training products, including the Upswing Lab. The acquisition will integrate Upswing Poker’s suite of poker training resources with ClubWPT Gold, a top online poker site…
Read More3 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 still plenty of poker to be played — from side events to satellites and everything in between. It’s not too late to plug a few leaks, take your shot, and chase that life-changing score. With…
Read MoreBig Stack Advantage on the Stone Bubble: Why the Rich Get Richer
This is it. The final part of what started as a three (now four) part series on soft and stone bubble play. To go back and read those previous articles, see below: How Short Stacks Navigate the Stone Bubble Money Bubble Tactics Soft Bubble Strategy The goal of this series is to understand what’s happening…
Read MoreFrom Screen to Felt: 6 Adjustments for Live MTT Success
Summer tournament season is in full swing, with marquee events all up and down the Las Vegas Strip drawing thousands of players. For many, it’s a shot at glory and a chance at life-changing money. You’re an online midstakes reg, grinding out a steady $10 per game in your $55s. Not too shabby. It’s honest…
Read MoreHow Short Stacks Navigate the Stone Bubble
Whether you’re a short stack forced all-in and dealt to lose, or one of the big stacks getting coolered for what could have been a mega stack, it doesn’t matter—busting right before the money always feels bad. In this study, there are 126 remaining players. 125 make the money. We are on the stone bubble.…
Read More5 Tips for Improving Your Skills with PokerTracker
In this article, I’m going to share five ways you can use PokerTracker to improve your game. I’ve been a PokerTracker user for almost a decade, and even though I’ve added other tools to my kit, I still use it daily. I don’t see that changing anytime soon. Alright, here are the five ways I…
Read MoreMoney Bubble Tactics: Maximize Your Edge as the Pressure Builds
Make no mistake: pre-money play is a lot more dynamic than simply running everyone over as the big stack or running for cover when you’re short. The continual redistribution of chips as players win and lose pots, combined with the shrinking field and looming bubble, makes the stages leading up to the in-the-money (ITM) phase…
Read MoreSoft Bubble Strategy: How to Survive & Thrive with Any Stack Size
Dominate? Survive? Is it time to gamble? As you approach the money in poker tournaments, the best approach will depend on multiple factors, not just how much you need the cash. Concepts like ICM and chipEV get tossed around by poker’s intelligentsia, yet even the most studious can be clueless. Stack asymmetry, field sizes, player…
Read More3 Money-Making Exploits That Work in 99% of Poker Games
Whether to attempt to play a game theory optimal (GTO) strategy has been a hot topic in the poker world for years. Here’s my take: Learning GTO is extremely useful, but that doesn’t mean you follow it blindly. GTO strategies teach the correct plays in theory, but with that knowledge, we can exploit key mistakes…
Read MoreWhat Top Poker Pros Already Know About 4-Betting
You’re about to learn how professional poker players approach 4-betting. You’ll find the answers to these key questions in this article: Why should you 4-bet? With which hands should you 4-bet? What 4-bet size should you use? How should you adjust our 4-bet sizes in tournaments? The answers are relatively simple and you can start…
Read MoreWhen Should You Set Mine with a Pocket Pair? These 5 Tips Will Clear Things Up.
You call a raise with pocket sevens and stare anxiously as the dealer reveals the flop… Queen… Jack… SEVEN! As soon as you see that seven, your anxiety fades and your eyes dart to count your opponent’s stack. You’re going to try to get it all. There is nothing in poker like the thrill of…
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