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ISF’s Heads Up Cash Game Strategies 1y6k14

by No Limit Hold'em Poker Strategies | 0 Comments

When playing heads-up No Limit Hold’em poker, you need to modify the strategies that you would use at larger tables. to focus on every hand and adjust to the specific player you’re up against, because every hand you play will be against him or her.

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How to Decide Which Hands to 3-Bet for Value Pre-Flop 3l6h3v

by Featured Poker Strategy Articles | 0 Comments

If you want to learn about how to 3-bet for value before you see the flop, you’ve found the right article. This will teach you how to 3-bet and when it’s appropriate to do so. You’ll also learn about your 3-betting range, calling range, folding range and why they are critical to your success.

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Calculating Hand Combinations 5k5k7

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understanding hand combinations in poker, discussing the probability of specific hand occurrences, the impact of blockers on potential hand combinations, and how to quickly calculate the likelihood of certain hands based on visible cards and known blockers

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Pot-Limit Omaha Fundamentals 4d581s

by Omaha Poker Strategy Articles | 0 Comments

Pot Limit Omaha is an exciting, action-filled game that anyone can play. But you need to be mindful of the differences between PLO and Texas Hold’em. For starters, you must use exactly two cards from your hand and exactly three from the board.

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SnG Key Strategies 4c6y4u

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There are a lot of strategic concepts involved in proper Sit and Go play. By learning how to wield your stack as a weapon, playing appropriately tight and developing proper preflop ranges, you’ll be well on your way to beating the games. You’ll also need to consider what other players are doing.

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Limit Omaha High-Low Guide 3l413e

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Omaha High-Low is one of those rare poker games that appeals to people that like to gamble it up as well as to nits who don’t like to play many hands. Good players have a substantial advantage over either category of opponents as long they to draw to the nuts.

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Finding the Fish, if Only Life Were That Easy! 4o6f46

Jun 5, 2025 |

the pitfalls of relying solely on poker software tools, emphasizing that mastering poker requires a deep understanding of the game beyond technical tools and that true proficiency takes time and self-awareness

Developing a Feel for Equities in No-Limit Hold’em Part 6: Meaningful Practice 5y71

Jun 3, 2025 |

This article will walk through an example poker hand, showing you how the equity of Hero's hand stacks up against Villain's range on every street. By learning to get a feel for the equities of different ranges, you'll be able to make superior decisions at the tables.

Handfuls of Trouble 4a5d61

Jun 2, 2025 |

pitfalls of playing seemingly strong but actually weak hands in poker - specific hands like A-10, K-J, J-J, and K-10 can lead to trouble

4 Tabling Low Stakes Poker Strategy ($5 NL Full Ring by Bigspenda) q6c4u

Jun 1, 2025 |

features 4-tabling at $5 NL Full Ring on PokerStars, covering various aspects of postflop play such as note-taking, two-barrelling, hand ranges, relative position, and scare cards, with the aim to exploit the weak-tight tables and focus on improving postflop strategies

ISF’s Heads Up Cash Game Strategies 1y6k14

Jun 1, 2025 |

When playing heads-up No Limit Hold'em poker, you need to modify the strategies that you would use at larger tables. to focus on every hand and adjust to the specific player you're up against, because every hand you play will be against him or her.

NLHE Foundations #04: Putting Opponents on Pre-Flop Ranges (Part 1) 4u382h

Jun 1, 2025 |

how to deduce opponents' pre-flop hand ranges by analyzing their actions and using specific statistics like VPIP, PFR, and ATS, emphasizing the importance of understanding these stats in combination and the need for detailed study outside of active play to develop an intuitive grasp of opponent ranges

Tactics vs. Strategy (Part 2): The Foundations of Strategy 625432

May 31, 2025 |

Once you understand the basis of tactical play, you can start to move towards strategic play which will give you a lot more options for exploiting your opponents.

[FTR Quick Tip 001] To C-Bet or not to C-Bet (That is the Question) 133a3q

May 31, 2025 |

factors to consider when deciding whether to make a continuation bet (C-Bet) in poker, emphasizing the importance of understanding your opponent's tendencies, the board texture, and your own hand strength

Chardrian’s Guide to Live Small Stakes Limit Poker (Part 3) 6p694s

May 31, 2025 |

delves into the common characteristics of small stakes games, emphasizing that most players in these games are loose and ive, often attributing outcomes to luck rather than skill and suffering from the "monster under the bed syndrome.

Poker Odds of an Ace In Hand 19j1

May 30, 2025 |

the strategic importance and probabilities of having an Ace in one's hand during pre-flop play in Hold'em, emphasizing the dominance of pairs of Aces and the frequency of hands like Ace King (Big Slick)

A Post About Bluffing 5i143g

May 30, 2025 |

Bluffing is an integral, exciting part of poker. Defending against suspected opponent bluffs is no less important to your overall strategy. But becoming too focused on bluffs to the exclusion of other considerations can lead you straight to the poorhouse.

Bluffing Frequencies and Exploiting Opponents 54694q

May 29, 2025 |

Appropriate for lower stakes players, this article demonstrates how to calculate your unexploitable bluffing frequency and your competitor’s unexploitable folding frequency. It also explains how and when to apply these unexploitable strategies to your advantage to maximize your winnings!

Chardrian’s Rebuy Tournament Strategy 4m2mo

May 29, 2025 |

Chardrian's rebuy tournament strategy in poker, emphasizing the importance of aggressive play during the rebuy period and adjusting tactics based on opponents and stack sizes

Study Poker With Spreadsheets (Part 2): Multiple Betting Options 5q6271

May 29, 2025 |

Being able to calculate two or more EV equations at the same time is the focus of this week's poker spreadsheet tutorial.

Playing in Tough Limit Holdem Games 3f7321

May 29, 2025 |

challenges faced by low stakes limit Hold'em players as they progress to higher stakes, emphasizing the increasing aggression and skill levels of opponents, the diminishing value in middle limits, and the need for strategic adjustments

Nine Noobie Myths About Microstakes NLHE 325s2o

May 29, 2025 |

debunks nine common misconceptions that beginners have about playing microstakes No-Limit Hold'em poker

FTR SNG Strategy: Maximizing value in HU situations 2x3t69

May 28, 2025 |

The video focuses on maximizing profits in heads-up situations during 18 or 27 man sit & go's, providing a detailed review of three hands played heads-up and the strategic thought process behind each decision on every street

When the Game is Good…… 4y4p1n

May 28, 2025 |

When things are good at the table, you are winning money hand-over-fist! The key to keeping this rush or lucky streak going is to keep playing for as long as possible! Don’t set an end-time or pre-set a certain amount of winnings that will trigger the end of your session – just keep grinding!

Pre-flop Strategy – Starting Hand Rankings: Groups 3 to 4 6r4v1v

May 28, 2025 |

insights into pre-flop strategy, emphasizing the importance of being selective after the Big 10 starting hands, detailing the rankings and playability of Group 3 and Group 4 hands, and highlighting the challenges of drawing hands in no-limit games compared to limit games

Short Stacked and Dangerous 3d505l

May 27, 2025 |

how to navigate the challenging situation of being short-stacked in poker, emphasizing the importance of not panicking, assessing the game's dynamics, and employing well-timed aggression

Adjusting to Different Buy-in Levels 434b47

May 27, 2025 |

the differences in strategy required for playing at varying buy-in levels, from 20-50bb to 100-250bb, and the impact of antes on gameplay

PokerStars Sit And Gos – HORSE 4w2j4p

May 27, 2025 |

overview of HORSE Sit & Go Tournaments on PokerStars, detailing the five poker games that make up the format, the rotation of games, buy-in ranges, and payout structures, aiming to offer a diverse and entertaining experience for players of varying skill levels

Renton Theorem aka ABCD Theorem 3j4y3f

May 27, 2025 |

When playing No Limit Texas Hold'em poker, it's common to try to make the best play with the hand you're given. However, you should also be considering how to maximize the value you get out of your whole range of hands. Usually, your range will be divided into four parts.

Applications of EV Calculations (Part 3): River Checking vs. Bluffing 724gf

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We have to consider the alternative to the aggressive option a lot of the time if we want to make sure that we're making the best plays possible.

Analyzing some WSOP Main Event Hands 5l576k

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World Series of Poker action sees some talented players square off against each other. By examining the televised hands, we can often gain insights into excellent plays and boneheaded mistakes that the pros make. It's very important to extract as much value as you can with your monsters.

No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw Strategy (Part 5): Post-Draw With Draws 4131x

May 27, 2025 |

Check out all of the factors that go into post-draw play with drawing hands and how they affect range distributions.

Balance is the Key 4r154l

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finding the right balance between playing too tightly and too loosely is crucial for success in poker, emphasizing that tracking software can assist but ultimately, adapting your strategy based on the game's dynamics is key

iPhone Online Poker How-To f151o

May 26, 2025 |

You can easily play poker on your iPhone or other iOS device. Despite the fact that Apple doesn't like gambling apps in its app store, you can use three simple techniques to start playing almost immediately. to use a reliable connection when playing for real money.

Double or Nothing SNG Advanced Strategy – Early Stages 32o2u

May 26, 2025 |

early-stage strategies for Double or Nothing Sit & Go poker tournaments, emphasizing the importance of tight pre-flop card selection, understanding the implications of the Independent Chip Model (ICM) when considering all-in confrontations, and the challenges of playing small to medium pocket pairs due to the tight nature of general DON players

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JGB discussing tight aggressive play strategies, detailing his PokerAce layout, and conducting a session review that includes the use of PokerStove to evaluate the value of [Ac Kc] on a [Qs 8c Jc] flop in a 6-max cash game

Implied vs. Reverse Implied Odds 31h1c

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while implied odds consider the potential future gains when making a call, reverse implied odds focus on the potential future losses, and understanding both is crucial for making informed decisions during gameplay

How to Adjust to Multi-Player Hands in No-Limit Hold’em 2i6h27

May 26, 2025 |

We have five concepts for you to follow here which will drastically increase the strength of your play in multi-way spots in no-limit hold'em games.

Playing Long Sessions 6n1w2y

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By learning how to play longer sessions at the poker tables more effectively, you can increase the amount of money you win. By carefully choosing the right tables and using lobby filters to your advantage, you can keep yourself in good +EV situations for extended periods of time.

No Limit Betting 50363m

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guidelines for betting in No Limit Texas Hold'em, focusing on how to handle Top Pair Top Kicker (TPTK) and overpairs by betting half to 2/3 of the pot, and advises that if you're raised, you're likely beaten and should fold unless you have a strong redraw

10 PLO Hands From Salsa4ever 5z3sv

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discusses 10 specific Pot Limit Omaha (PLO) poker hands played by Salsa4ever, offering insights and strategic analysis for each hand

PokerStars Sit And Gos – Heads Up 2r3b1n

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overview of the heads-up Sit and Go tournaments on PokerStars, detailing the different blind structures, game styles, and buy-in levels, along with strategic advice for improving win rates

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EV Poker Chart from the Small Blind – Limit Texas Hold’em 2u2656

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EV Poker Charts – Limit Texas Holdem Hands from the Button 4r2s17

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Texas Holdem Expected Value Hand Charts – 5 Players 1d5e6x

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expected value charts for Texas Hold'em poker hands when playing with 5 players, offering insights into which hands are profitable and which are not
Expected Value Charts of Specific Holdem Hands

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graphs depicting the expected value of every starting Texas Hold'em hand based on position, with the data derived from a set of a few million hands, highlighting the variance in the game

Basic Poker Odds 603j55

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The Greatest Obstacle in Poker 514e1u

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Top 10 Biggest Tournament Scores By Celebrities

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Playing Poker Inside a Goldfish Bowl

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Flop Turn River.com has been around since 2003, when I started to seriously learn and play online Texas Holdem. My real education began in 2003 (even though I had played poker and holdem casually for many years), studying poker books, reading whatever online materials I could find, and eventually, ing and playing at an online poker room. My online poker adventure would begin on an impulse late one Saturday evening, after seeing a random Paradise Poker commercial on TV. I opened an , deposited some money, and began to play Texas Holdem online for the first time. It was absolute thrilling! At Paradise Poker, I started playing the $.50-$1.00 Limit Texas Holdem poker game.

As a brand new player to the online poker world, I was a pretty easy target. A “fish” you could say. A student of Sklansky’s books, my poker education started and developed in the low stakes Limit Texas Holdem ring game where I eventually developed into a break-even player …after dropping a bankroll of $700.

But then I began experimenting with other variations of Texas Hold’em. I moved from the low stakes Limit Texas Holdem ring game to Limit Texas Holdem tournaments at Paradise Poker. I played $10 Limit Sit-n-Go Tournaments (10 player tournaments), and started having a lot more fun playing Texas Holdem, but was still just a break-even poker player, even in this form of Texas Hold’em.

I then switched from Limit Sit-n-Go’s to the No Limit Sit-n-Go Tournaments, where I enjoyed greater success, graduating to a slightly winning poker player. I started to develop a No Limit Texas Holdem strategy that was working for me. I moved my game to UltimateBet ( these assholes?!), to take advantage of the new bonus, and here I finally migrated my poker game to the No-Limit Texas Holdem ring game variation. I practiced my no limit texas holdem strategies at UltimateBet’s low stakes $.10-$.25 tables, while earning some free bonus dollars.

While figuring out No Limit Texas Holdem was the game for me and developing that strategy, I also learned that earning free money through initial deposit bonuses offered by the poker rooms was an easy way to pad my beginner’s bankroll. I would take my game to Party Poker, followed by Empire Poker, then ACR Poker, and would eventually every other major online poker room in existence, taking advantage of new player bonus dollars wherever possible.

I also put in a lot of hours earning the big bonus at Bovada, where I worked off the $600 welcome bonus grinding out low stakes no limit Texas Holdem. The poker bonuses helped me stay afloat during this early period of playing.

Anyway, I would find my greatest success, and profits, playing this form of Texas Hold’em – No Limit ring games. Needless to say, by the latter end of 2003, I was a consistently profitable online Texas Holdem poker player, more than recouping my initial losses, and I’ve been tacking on poker profits ever since. I’ve been a profitable online poker player since September of 2003, and had a stretch of 18 profitable months in a row. These days I’ll play any No Limit Holdem table with buy-in’s up to about $1,000, and when playing online I prefer to multi-table four tables at a time.

Becoming a winning poker player, in my opinion, was not that difficult. It took some time, it took the right variation of Holdem poker that I was most competent, and over a $700 bankroll in my case, but at the end of the learning experience, I developed a No Limit Texas Holdem strategy that would prove to give back so much more. Eric helped me publish the little poker knowledge I had to share with other players, and so begain our little online Texas Holdem strategy website. Solid and useful no limit holdem strategies and discussions were hard to come by back then, so we delivered our own, and if you’re a losing poker player, the strategies on this website will undoubtedly help you.

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