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Things to Consider Before Playing Your Draws Aggressively It can be difficult to know when to pull ...
By Bart Hanson
Posted Jun 04, 2023
I am never a fan of trying to bluff players off of over pairs at the lower levels. 95% of the money ...
Posted Sep 22, 2012
One of the more common excuses I hear people use when explaining why they could not fold an overpair...
Posted Sep 15, 2012
I am not sure who came up with the term “pot control” but nowadays you hear it referenced much more ...
Posted Jul 28, 2012
It is pretty rare that you find yourself drawing virtually dead when playing no-limit hold’em. Even ...
Posted Jun 27, 2012
One of the most powerful tools of a world class no limit player is the raise-fold for value. Raise-f...
Posted Jun 20, 2012
Running the cards more than once is a way to decrease the variance in a hand by chopping the pot int...
Posted Jun 13, 2012
Hand reading is a critical element in becoming a big winning player at no-limit holdem. One of the m...
Posted Apr 25, 2012
One of the most overplayed hands in live no-limit is top pair and a flush draw. It's amazing that pe...
Posted Mar 13, 2012
I am a huge believer in having a great image at the table. I have talked in past articles about how ...
Posted Nov 09, 2012
Often times I will make really big calls with draws. In fact, I get a lot of weird looks after makin...
Posted May 09, 2012
If a scare card comes in that makes your hand and your are OOP leading is usually a better line than...
Posted Feb 16, 2015
It’s easy to spot a flush draw. As opponents become more skillful they recognize when flushes are a ...
Posted Feb 28, 2012
When the pot is large and your opponent only calls a big bet or raise without much money behind ther...
Posted Mar 20, 2016
Sometime you can call with a draw because your opponent will make bet-sizing mistakes on future stre...
Posted Jun 04, 2017
One of the simplest leaks to plug when playing small level no-limit cash games is calling with the w...
Posted May 02, 2012
High only hands have very little value in deep stack PLO8 cash games. PLO8 played as a cash game is ...
Posted Dec 24, 2017
In split pot tournaments it is tough to get knocked out. Patience and not passing the big bet street...
Posted Jul 13, 2015
Almost all of my previous CLPTT articles have been about live no limit cash and because I am writing...
Posted May 08, 2013
Just because you raise with a combo draw doesn’t always mean you will get the right price to call an...
Posted Jun 08, 2015
The concept of inducing involves making a bet or a raise that attempts to get your opponent to make ...
Posted Apr 18, 2013
Just because you raise with a combo draw does not mean that you will necessarily get the right price...
Posted May 04, 2015
First level poker players are only thinking about their own hand. If they hold four to a flush they ...
Posted Mar 17, 2013
In a multiway pot the player that calls next to act usually has a draw or a strong hand, especially ...
Posted Apr 16, 2017
