Posts Tagged ‘Online Poker’
If You Get 8/10 On This 3-Bet Pot Quiz, You’re a Shark
How competent are you at playing 3-bet pots as the defender? Take your time and think carefully, because these 10 questions are tough. For each question, assume that you have no information about your opponent. And be sure to share your results at the end. […]
Read MoreFinal Table Poker Strategy: The #1 Biggest Mistake to Avoid
With steep pay jumps and top-heavy payout structures, the final table of any poker tournament is where big money is earned or burned. In this article, we’ll look closely at the biggest mistake made at final tables: overly tight/passive play. Along the way, we’ll have real-world examples to discuss from live tournaments, along with key…
Read More3 Best Poker Tips from a Cash Game Session with Doug Polk
There’s something to learn from every video in the Upswing Lab. The same is true for the following Doug Polk Play & Explain session, in which he battled across 4 tables at mid-stakes on America’s Card Room. In this article, I’d like to share 3 of the best poker tips that I learned from watching…
Read MoreFloating Strategy | The Complete Guide
What is floating? Floating is a must-have weapon for every aspiring poker crusher. It’s an advanced play, however, which entails calling with a weak hand on the flop in order to win the pot on a later street by either showing down or bluffing an opponent. The main reason floating is such an effective weapon…
Read MoreStop Fearing Triple Barrels with this Professional Approach
Let’s be honest: we all sigh when an opponent fires that dreadful triple barrel, putting us to the test both technically and mentally. A triple barrel is when a player bets on the river after betting on the flop and turn. There is a deeply embedded fear in most players that their opponents are not…
Read MoreHow to Check-Raise on the River Like a Pro
It’s difficult to play out-of-position as the preflop caller. In this scenario our opponent, the preflop raiser, has both a range advantage and a positional advantage. However, we can still implement a well-thought-out check raising strategy, which will hinder our opponent’s ability to bet thinly for value and bluff. How important is check-raising? To demonstrate…
Read More4 Insights from 11 Years, 70,567 MTTs, and 6,304,190 Hands of Poker
I’ve written poker strategy at Upswing for the past year and a half. During this time I’ve mostly covered specific topics – like bounty MTTs, blind defense, and staking. I strongly believe that working on just one area of your game at a time is the best way to improve, but as someone who’s mentored and…
Read MoreHow to Destroy Your Opponent After Seeing One Showdown
Sometimes it takes just one showdown for a great poker player to change their game plan and start crushing opponents. In this article I will teach you how to start thinking like a truly great player when it comes to making these immediate adjustments. You will first be presented with four hand examples that reach…
Read More5 Biggest Online Poker Pots Explained
Today, we’re going to mix things up a bit by discussing the 5 biggest online poker pots in No Limit Hold’em (according to highstakesdb). All 5 pots are well over a half million dollars, and were played at “Rail Heaven,” which is a colloquial term for $500/$1,000 (the biggest game that used to run on…
Read More4 Cash Game Mistakes to Avoid at All Costs
Today we’re going to discuss some of the most common mistakes cash game players make, both novice and experienced alike, and what you can do to avoid them. The 4 mistakes in this article are mostly general in focus, which means they’ll improve your playstyle overall rather than just in specific situations. This article is…
Read More4 Mistakes to Avoid for More Profitable Postflop Decisions
Top poker players are adept at putting their opponents on a range of hands. This battle-hardened skill in turn leads to more profitable decision making. By contrast, players who are unable to properly range their opponents are often forced to […]
Read MoreHow to Play Small Pocket Pairs in Tournaments
The disguised nature of a flopped set makes small pocket pairs very profitable. However, although they are profitable for most players, some tend to play them wrong in certain situations. A common mistake, for instance […]
Read More4 Ways to Improve Your Results in Multi-Way Pots
Multi-way pots can cause headaches, and it’s easy to understand why. More players means more variables, and potential for the pot to swell quickly. But if you want to crush live games or low stakes games online–where loose and passive preflop play is common–you’ll need a sound approach for multi-way pots. Today we’ll discuss 4…
Read MorePreflop Strategy Quiz: Only a Feared Grinder Will Get 9/10
Are you ready to challenge your preflop skills? Because these 10 questions aren’t meant to be easy! Be sure you share your score at the end. Good luck! Can You Get 9/10 on this Preflop Poker Quiz? […]
Read More4 Do-or-Die Tournament Situations Explained
The situations heavily impacted by Independent Chip Model (ICM) are truly where money is won and lost in tournament poker. You can crush an entire tournament and then make an ICM-punt at the final table that costs you all the expected value you grinded to build. Today we’ll discuss 4 of the most important situations…
Read More3 Tips to Help You Maximize Your Winnings with Overpairs
How do you play overpairs after the flop? “Play ‘em fast,” someone told me years ago. “If you don’t, you’ll miss out on value.” Despite its simplicity, this is generally good advice. The idea, of course, is to get maximum value from what’s presumably the best hand. But nothing is simple in poker. In this…
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