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Capitalizing on bet sizing mistakes

Sometime you can call with a draw because your opponent will make bet-sizing mistakes on future stre...

By Bart Hanson

Posted Jun 04, 2017

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Depolarizing your river value bet range

If you want to become an expert no limit hold player you should really work on depolarizing your riv...

By Bart Hanson

Posted Jul 07, 2013

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Bluffing at low stakes

One of the biggest mistakes that I see people make at the lower levels is overplaying their draws. T...

By Bart Hanson

Posted Jun 21, 2013

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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 ...

By Bart Hanson

Posted May 16, 2013

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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...

By Bart Hanson

Posted Apr 02, 2013

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Opponents' preflop raise sizing

One of the easiest things that you can pick up about the strength of your opponents’ hand comes from...

By Bart Hanson

Posted Mar 21, 2013

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Bet calling against good opponents

If you have read some of my previous articles or have checked  out my training material at Seatopenp...

By Bart Hanson

Posted Mar 13, 2013

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Value-towning people who donkbet

Often times, at the lower levels, players are not advanced enough to lead with big hands. And, if th...

By Bart Hanson

Posted Mar 05, 2013

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Flopping trips and folding

The deeper that you play the more comfortable that you have to be with folding big hands. If you fin...

By Bart Hanson

Posted Feb 09, 2013

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Bet sizing when flopping a monster

Most of the money won in live no limit games is through maximizing value with the best hand. If you ...

By Bart Hanson

Posted Feb 05, 2013

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Pattern recognition

One of the most important tool you can use to be a successful poker player is pattern recognition. T...

By Bart Hanson

Posted Jan 28, 2013

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Stack to pot size ratios in bloated pots

Most of the advice in the training material I produce relates to games with deeper stacks. My favori...

By Bart Hanson

Posted Jan 16, 2013

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Checking back top pair

As more of the money in poker has switched over to big bet games often times you will see limit play...

By Bart Hanson

Posted Jan 12, 2013

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Opponents checking after aggresive action

  If you are a serious poker player you know how much of an advantage it is to have position especia...

By Bart Hanson

Posted Jan 08, 2013

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Taking notes

A few months ago I talked about not fooling around with electronics at the table. Using Twitter, Fac...

By Bart Hanson

Posted Dec 31, 2012

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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...

By Bart Hanson

Posted Dec 07, 2012

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Donk bets

One of the most awkward spots you can find yourself in in todays no limit games is an opponent who c...

By Bart Hanson

Posted Nov 29, 2012

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Delayed Semi-Bluffing

There was a phrase created from one of the online tracking databases a few years ago called the “Fuz...

By Bart Hanson

Posted Oct 28, 2012

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Flat calling preflop with AK or AQ

If you have been playing no limit for a long period of time you probably noticed that the aggression...

By Bart Hanson

Posted Oct 24, 2012

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Opponents flop bet sizing

One of the easiest patterns to pick up when dealing with weaker, inexperienced players is bet sizing...

By Bart Hanson

Posted Oct 20, 2012

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Avoid playing against good players

For winning players poker is like an arbitrage of a financial situation. Warren buffet once said "Pr...

By Bart Hanson

Posted Oct 12, 2012

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Calling too often from the blinds

In capped games, a large percentage of your winrate is directly correlated to preflop hand selection...

By Bart Hanson

Posted Oct 08, 2012

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Opponents playing their draws

One of the more common excuses I hear people use when explaining why they could not fold an overpair...

By Bart Hanson

Posted Sep 15, 2012

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Betting thinly for value after checking back flop

We've all had it happen to us--we raise with pocket kings, get a few callers and the board comes out...

By Bart Hanson

Posted Aug 18, 2012

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