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opponent must be on a draw

When the pot is large and your opponent only calls a big bet or raise without much money behind ther...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Mar 20, 2016

Considerations Before Playing Draws Aggressively

Things to Consider Before Playing Your Draws Aggressively It can be difficult to know when to pull ...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Jun 04, 2023

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

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

Opponents playing their draws

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

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Sep 15, 2012

Pot control is overrated

I am not sure who came up with the term “pot control” but nowadays you hear it referenced much more ...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Jul 28, 2012

Weak draws in multiway pots

It is pretty rare that you find yourself drawing virtually dead when playing no-limit hold’em. Even ...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Jun 27, 2012

Raise folding

One of the most powerful tools of a world class no limit player is the raise-fold for value. Raise-f...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Jun 20, 2012

Running it twice

Running the cards more than once is a way to decrease the variance in a hand by chopping the pot int...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Jun 13, 2012

Backdoor flushes

Hand reading is a critical element in becoming a big winning player at no-limit holdem. One of the m...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Apr 25, 2012

Top pair and a flush draw

One of the most overplayed hands in live no-limit is top pair and a flush draw. It's amazing that pe...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Mar 13, 2012

Avoid risks early in session

I am a huge believer in having a great image at the table. I have talked in past articles about how ...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Nov 09, 2012

Implied odds

Often times I will make really big calls with draws. In fact, I get a lot of weird looks after makin...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted May 09, 2012

Leading when completing draws oop

If a scare card comes in that makes your hand and your are OOP leading is usually a better line than...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Feb 16, 2015

Capitalizing on bet sizing mistakes

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

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Jun 04, 2017

Preflop math

One of the simplest leaks to plug when playing small level no-limit cash games is calling with the w...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted May 02, 2012

Bluffing scare cards

It’s easy to spot a flush draw. As opponents become more skillful they recognize when flushes are a ...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Feb 28, 2012

Turn bet sizing

Typically, when you are playing smaller, live no limit games buy-ins are capped or are for a fixed a...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Nov 05, 2012

High only hands in PLO8

High only hands have very little value in deep stack PLO8 cash games. PLO8 played as a cash game is ...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Dec 24, 2017

Calling next to act multiway

In a multiway pot the player that calls next to act usually has a draw or a strong hand, especially ...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Apr 16, 2017

pair and a flush draw

Think about what you want to accomplish when you flop a pair and a flush drawIt is interesting how d...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Feb 05, 2017

waiting for the turn to semi-bluff

Sometimes a semi-bluff raise on the TURN adds much more fold equity than a raise on the FLOP.About t...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Dec 25, 2016

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

Check raising the river

You should have a very good reason to go for a check raise on the river. A lot of players don’t valu...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Nov 01, 2015
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