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Configuration

Pay attention to preflop “configuration”. You can represent a very strong range when you open from t...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Mar 04, 2018

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

Don't get upset over correct folds

Don’t get upset if you make the right fold preflop and then happen to flop the nutsI was watching an...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Jan 22, 2017

Ace hi at showdown

You’d be surprised how often ace hi can be good at showdown when your opponents line is polarized. H...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Mar 06, 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

Stack Leveraging

In NL tournaments forcing your opponent to risk total effective stacks through the last bet is power...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Jul 06, 2015

Attacking the right textures

Straightening ragged boards are some of the best to semi-bluff vs the preflop raiser.If you want to ...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Jun 15, 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

Using preflop ranges to hand read

A lot of hand reading has to do with pegging your opponents preflop range—raised pot, position etc.H...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Feb 09, 2015

Stealing the dead money

Whenever someone comes to me for a general “game plan” of preflop strategy I often tell them that it...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Oct 20, 2014

Attacking preflop limpers

I remember 7-8 years ago when online training sites first came out that one of their most useful pie...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Oct 06, 2014

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

Don't force the issue in cash games

Right around the time of the poker boom several notable poker authors said that No Limit should be a...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Sep 08, 2014

Seat changing in nitty games

Sometimes when a table is playing overly tight you have to make certain adjustments to increase your...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Aug 11, 2014

Tournament players in cash games

As we find ourselves in the middle of the WSOP I figured that it would be a good time to discuss the...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Jul 16, 2014

Breaking preflop math rules

If you have read some of my columns before or are familiar with my training material over on CrushLi...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Jun 25, 2014

Playing laggy full ring

When we talk about adjustments in NL holdem the looseness and tightness of your image is one of the ...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Mar 19, 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

Preflop hand selection in capped games

Many times I have talked about the importance of playing the correct hands preflop. Hand selection i...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Jul 11, 2013

Opening trash from upfront

No matter how good you are at No Limit Holdem the simple fact of the matter is that in a nine or ten...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Jun 29, 2013

Knowing when to complete from the small blind

We all know how enticing pot odds can be. And there isn’t a better example of “getting a great price...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Jun 25, 2013

Playing tight in split pot games

One of the most basic fundamentals of playing split pot games is to go for scoop pots. And one of th...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Jun 13, 2013

Opponents' mistakes on later streets

Because of the nature of shorter, restricted buy-in games most of the decisions within a hand are ma...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Jun 09, 2013

Changing your plan depending on action

After busting the Main Event of the WSOP this year I was absolutely miserable. We all hear the stori...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted May 12, 2013
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