From 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…

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How 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.…

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Limps in Poker: The Ultimate Guide to Crushing Open Limpers

open limp poker strategy

Think of limpers as your most valuable customers. Every time you see someone limp into the pot, you’re being handed an opportunity — often to win their entire stack, or at least a big chunk of it, in short order. You’re about to learn how to absolutely destroy these players. Here’s what you will find…

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Flush on the Board? Turn These Tricky Spots Into Profit

Buckle up, poker strategy nerds. This one’s for you. 5-to-a-flush boards (like AdQd9d6d2d) are rare but fascinating from a theoretical perspective. Even top players make mistakes here. I’m going to break down key solver takeaways, plus share some real-world advice to sharpen your game. Let’s dive in! Note: This article requires knowledge of the following…

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3 Tips to Make Your Opponents Regret Raising Your Big Blind

Playing well out of the Big Blind (BB) is essential. The pots you play after defending your BB might be small, on average, but the sheer frequency of this situation makes it a key part of your strategic development.  In this article, I’ll share three tips to take your BB defense to the next level.…

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3 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…

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How to Play King-Eight Suited in Cash Games

King-Eight suited (K8s) is a decent starting hand in cash games. It can be profitable if played correctly, but many players make mistakes with it. In this article, I’ll show you when it’s appropriate to enter the pot with K8s, along with six tips for playing it postflop. Let’s dive in! How to Play K8s…

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3 Pro Tips for Playing Overpairs (via Lucid Poker)

Are you maximizing your winnings with overpairs? Playing them correctly can mean the difference between extracting max expected value (EV) and leaving money on the table. In this article, I’ll share three key tips for playing overpairs in a theoretically sound way—helping you win as much as possible. Let’s dive in! We have a podcast…

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Mastering the Donk Bet (3 Pro Tips for Max EV)

Let’s kick this off with an analogy… If poker had a formal education system, donk betting would be the class with the fewest credits. The expected value (EV) gained from donk betting is small (at least in theory). In other words, it’s not a critical strategy to add to your game, but there is value…

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5 Tips For Check-Raising The Flop (via Lucid Poker)

Check-raising is an essential skill to master. In this article, I’ll share 5 key tips for check-raising on the flop to take your game to the next level! We’ll focus on spots where you’ve defended the big blind against an open raise from an in-position opponent. Let’s dive in! We’ve also covered the topic of…

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How to Exploit Maniac Poker Players

Note: The new Lucid Poker channel will be posting helpful videos like this regularly. Click here to subscribe! Once again, you are forced to muck ATo after the same opponent has 3-bet you preflop for what feels like the millionth time in a row. You sit there, tilted, thinking “How am I ever going to…

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What Top Poker Pros Already Know About 4-Betting

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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…

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How To Play Underpairs in Cash Games

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It sucks when your pocket pair misses the flop, especially when you’re looking at three overcards. But you shouldn’t always just check and fold with an underpair. Playing underpairs optimally can help you make more money in the long run. Even though they are pretty weak hands, playing them wrong will cost you expected value…

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3 Profit-Creating Tips for Delayed C-Betting (via Lucid Poker)

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When solvers first erupted onto the scene, they showed us that the optimal c-betting strategy is generally aggressive. Because of this, delayed c-betting became less of a concern for studying. However, this aspect of the game should still be studied if you want to be the best player at your table. In this article, I…

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Top Poker Pro Borrows Common Low Stakes Tactic ($99,136 Pot)

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Let’s visit the top of the poker food chain! The following hand took place in an online nosebleed $500/$1,000 ($200 ante) cash game. The players who went to war for a nearly six-figure pot are Linus Loeliger and Kevin Paque. What more can you want? Let’s dive right in! Preflop Action The effective stacks to…

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Nightmare for Pocket Aces! Huge Hands Collide in Massive Pot

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Sometimes losing a massive pot is avoidable; sometimes it isn’t.  Let’s take a look at a huge pot from a high stakes poker stream at Lodge Card Club. The stakes are $25/$50 (with a $50 ante). As if that wasn’t big enough stakes, there’s a $100 straddle and a $200 double straddle on for this…

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