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Choosing larger river sizing

You can choose large sizing if you don’t think your opponent will fold top pair. Unlike the previous...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Oct 29, 2017

River check raise for value

A check raise for value on the river is a tricky play—use it wisely.Before I get into an interesting...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Jan 08, 2017

Forced to Play Straightforward

When playing deep and the pot is small sometimes you are forced to play your hand straight forward O...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Nov 15, 2015

NLH is a battle for stacks

One of the most important things that has changed over the last ten years in no limit cash games is ...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted May 16, 2013

Donk betting with big hands

Fold equity, in its most simple form, refers to the chance that your opponent will fold. Usually we ...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Apr 10, 2013

Playing small pocket pairs from early position

One of the most common questions that I receive from students is “how do I play small pocket pairs f...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Apr 02, 2013

Consider your opponents holdings

First level poker players are only thinking about their own hand. If they hold four to a flush they ...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Mar 17, 2013

Finding the softest game by size

There are a lot of big egos in poker. If you listen in to some of the regulars in the higher no limi...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Feb 21, 2013

Berating bad players

This was the quote that Alan Kessler shared with me while playing in a 40-80 Omaha 8 or better game ...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Feb 13, 2013

Reverse pot odds

One the most simple yet misunderstood concepts about betting when last to act is that when you are c...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Jan 24, 2013

Opponent's polarized flop raising range

People confuse the term polarization a lot even though it is a very simple concept. Simply put when ...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Dec 23, 2012

Cbetting draws in multiway pots

One of the things that you want to do to become a better poker player is to stop thinking of situati...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Dec 07, 2012

Leveling yourself

One of the biggest mistakes that any serious player can make is giving other players too much credit...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Oct 04, 2012

Check raising the pre flop raiser with draws

I am never a fan of trying to bluff players off of over pairs at the lower levels. 95% of the money ...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Sep 22, 2012

Rarely bet to "protect"

There are primarily three reasons to bet in No limit holdem. The first and most important is betting...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Sep 01, 2012

Turning counterfeited hand into a bluff

One of the most frustrating things that can happen in big bet hold'em is having an opponents over pa...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Aug 11, 2012

Characterizing unknown players

Whenever I think about unknown players I am reminded of a hand that I played at the Commerce Casino ...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Jul 21, 2012

Rarely check call the river

One of the biggest mistakes that I see at the lower stakes of no-limit is the check-call on the rive...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Jul 04, 2012