Posts Tagged ‘Live Poker’
Cash Game Strategy Quiz – How Much Do You Actually Know?
Get ready to put your cash game strategy knowledge to the test. The 10 questions in this quiz are based on Upswing’s cash game content from the past year. Make sure you share your total score at the end! How Much Do You Know About Cash Game Poker Strategy? […]
Read MoreSizing Your C-Bets: 3 Factors You Must Consider
Most players know that c-betting is a basic part of postflop strategy, but many struggle with knowing what c-bet size to use. C-betting stands for continuation betting, which is a bet by a player who was the aggressor on the previous street. Even very competent players fumble their c-bet sizes. For instance, many live players…
Read MoreHow to Choose a Poker Room Where You Can Maximize Winnings (and Happiness)
For many poker players, picking a live poker room is as simple as choosing which decor they like the most. But for serious players, what’s most important is which poker room gives the best return on their time. Of course, as with most things in poker, this is difficult to quantify. Unlike online players, live…
Read MoreComplete Guide to Tournament C-Betting Strategy
Continuation betting (c-betting) is now so trivial that even the most inexperienced tournament players do it without thinking twice. Today I hope to answer these questions: Why did near-automatic c-bets become the norm? What does frequent c-betting actually achieve? How should you go about c-betting? We’ll take a dive into specific c-betting scenarios and the…
Read MoreYou Probably Aren’t Loose Aggressive Enough in These 4 Common Poker Spots
The overwhelming majority of poker players are not aggressive enough. If you want to compete with high level players, or if you just want to maximize your win-rate against weak ones, you’ll need to ditch the A-B-C approach and add some well-timed aggression to your poker game. Specifically, you need to do two things: Identify…
Read MoreShort-Stacked 3-Betting in Tournaments Revealed
The Ultimate Guide to Tournament 3-Betting Suppose you’re facing a late position raise with a good-but-not-great hand on the button. You’re also just 25 big blinds deep–you know, that annoying stack size that makes all of your options (calling, folding and 3-betting) feel awkward. Sound familiar? If these spots drive you crazy sometimes, the good…
Read More3 Poker Tools Every Tournament Player Should Use Daily
Poker tournaments have gotten noticeably tougher over the past few years, and they’re getting tougher every day. In order to stay ahead of the curve, serious tournament players habitually analyze and improve their strategy. There are still some winning players that refrain from studying, but it’s only a matter of time until they’re surpassed by…
Read MoreWhen Should You Cold Call from the Small Blind in MTTs?
When facing open-raises in tournaments, you should rarely cold-call from the small blind. A cold-call is a call of one or more raises by a player who has not yet voluntarily put money in the pot. The conventional wisdom used to advocate never […]
Read MoreProbe Bets – How to Play Turns when the Preflop Raiser Checks Back
What is a probe bet? A probe bet is when you bet out of position into a player who had an opportunity to continuation bet on the prior street, but didn’t. Probing is only possible on the turn or river. In this article, we’re going to discuss five different spots that will help you recognize…
Read More4 Tips That Will Improve Your Postflop Results in 4-Bet Pots
Unless you’ve got the nuts, 4-bet pots can be awfully intimidating. With stack-to-pot ratios so low, you’re usually just a bet or two away from getting all the money in the middle. If you’ve ever sweat under the stress of playing a 4-bet pot post-flop, then read on. Today we’ll discuss four points that will…
Read More5 Expert Strategies for Monotone Flops
If you’ve ever felt unsure of what to do on a flop with three cards of the same suit (a “monotone” flop), this article is for you. When you have a one card nut flush draw, like A♠ K♦ on Q♠ 8♠ 7♠, should you bet or check? What about a more middling flush draw…
Read MoreBoost Your Winnings by Using Blockers in These 3 Common Spots
Leveraging blockers allows you to bluff and call with a slightly higher degree of success. A blocker is a card you see, either on the board or in your hand, that ‘blocks’ your opponent from having any hand containing that card. Poker is a game of small edges, and the small edge you gain […]
Read MoreHow to Build Stacks and Avoid Spewing Early in a Tournament
Early stage tournament play, before the antes kick in, is a subject that players have varying ideas about. Some think that the pre-ante phase of an MTT is basically a cash game played with tournament chips. Others think that it’s a waste of time to enter the tournament before antes are in play—that “real” tournament…
Read MorePoker Game Theory – How You Should Think About the Game
Poker has evolved rapidly in recent years. So much so that many strategy resources including some books, videos and digital content have become out-dated. The most obvious change is that old-school players made their millions from exploitative play, whereas almost all players making millions now depend on poker game theory — with exploitative play mixed…
Read More3 Tips That Will Skyrocket Your Win-Rate Versus C-Bets Out of Position
Being out-of-position is unfavorable. Being the pre-flop caller is also unfavorable. Put these together and you’ve got a recipe for some tricky post-flop spots. Not only are we at an informational disadvantage versus an in-position pre-flop raiser, but we are (usually) at a range disadvantage as well. And playing against c-bets in such spots is…
Read MoreHow to Dominate Weak Tournament Competition Post-flop
So you’ve read part 1 of this series and learned why maximizing the amount of pots you play against weak players is important, and how to make that happen pre-flop. That only part of the job, though. Post-flop poker against weak players is what we’ll discuss in this article. We’ll get into specifics shortly, but if…
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