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Raises to overbets

Raises to overbets are rarely bluffs If you have read my articles here before you know that I have s...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted May 15, 2016

You may be overplaying your hand

If you get worried after being called when making a bet for value you may be overplaying your handTh...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted May 01, 2016

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

Paying attention to short stacks

Pay attention to short stacks that you think may move all-in preflop so that you can size your raise...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Dec 13, 2015

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

Thin value range

Sometimes, no matter how thin your opponents’ value range is they just have itOccasionally you will ...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Oct 18, 2015

Hand reading multiway

Multiway action can sometimes make it easier to hand read. When you are playing against predictable ...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Oct 11, 2015

Can my opponent be overplaying something

You should always consider what your opponent may be overplaying when you get raised and hold a stro...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Oct 05, 2015

Turning medium strength hands into bluffs

Most players are incapable of turning medium strength hands into bluffs. Use this to your advantage ...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Aug 31, 2015

Small pocket pairs out of position

Against good players small pocket pairs from OOP are rarely profitable. If you are the type of playe...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Apr 13, 2015

Suited connectors in the blinds

We have all learned that holdings like 8:c: 7:c: are supposedly better starting hands than K:h: T:c:...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Sep 22, 2014

Beware of players check calling to your right

A lot of the skill of hand reading comes from rightly assigning an accurate range of your opponent b...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Aug 18, 2014

Floating vs exploitable players

In today's No Limit games even the most passive players tend to know that betting on good textured b...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Jul 28, 2014

Blockers in your hand and relative hand strength

Like most situations in no limit when determining whether or not to bluff catch you should be thinki...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Jul 09, 2014

Underbluff sizing is important

A lot of players at the mid stakes and lower levels of no limit do not spend time thinking about the...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Apr 16, 2014

Cash game staking

One of the more common non strategy based questions that I receive on twitter or via email has to do...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Apr 09, 2014

Raising turn after flop gets check through

Even at the lower levels of no limit these days most players understand the concept of bluffing scar...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Apr 02, 2014

Countering floating

Everyone knows how strongly I feel about a general game plan of bet folding at the mid stakes and lo...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Mar 26, 2014

Unpaired boards lead to river polarization

Even though thin value betting really is the key to increase your winrate in live NLHE games I am st...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Mar 05, 2014

Overplaying your hand because of sizing

Have you ever had a sick feeling after you have made a bet or a raise? Like “uh oh I am not good her...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Feb 26, 2014

Countering blockish bets

One of the things that you will commonly see players do at the lower stakes of live no limit is bloc...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Feb 19, 2014

Constantly max out your buy in in capped games

Capped no limit strategy is a very straight forward topic. Most of the time if you play extremely ti...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Jan 15, 2014

Watch your hand selection vs short stackers

The simple fact of the matter is the shorter stacked you are the less skill that it takes to be succ...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Jan 01, 2014
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