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What is a Scare Card?

What is a scare card? Understanding what cards are scare cards for you and what cards are blanks is ...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Apr 25, 2023

This Play makes the Most Money in Live Poker

Thin River Value from OOP

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Apr 18, 2021

The WORST Play at the Low Stakes

When playing in low stakes live games, getting maximum value with your strong hands is very importan...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Mar 21, 2021

checking to check-call on the river

Sometimes the run out is such that checking to check-call on the river is the right play.If you are ...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Feb 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

Choosing larger river sizing

You can choose large sizing if you don’t think your opponent will fold top pair. Unlike the previous...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Oct 29, 2017

Unique Main Event Situations

Unique individual situations often arise in the Main Event. Top set in a 3 bet pot….Since the 2017 M...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Jul 23, 2017

I must have the best hand

4 bet pot hand reading reveals I must have the best handAbout two hours into my session at the Bicyc...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Jun 25, 2017

Consider min raising the turn

Sometime players will not continue with the betting lead on the river, so you should consider min ra...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Apr 30, 2017

Thin value in 3 bet pots

Sometimes you can go you can go for thin value in a 3 bet pot. We all know that if you want to maxim...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Feb 19, 2017

River check raise

A check raise for value on the river is a tricky play—use it wisely.Before I get into an interesting...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Oct 30, 2016

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

Unorthodox AK hands from Poker Night in America Part 2

A few weeks ago I embarked on an east coast poker trip to the Turning Stone Casino in upstate NY to ...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Aug 24, 2015

Attacking your opponents range

Most recreational players don't bet trips strongly on a non-draw heavy paired board. 

If you are lo...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Jun 01, 2015

mixing up your play

It can be good sometimes to mix up your play against aware opponentsI think “mixing up your play” is...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted May 11, 2015

Checking the river on certain run outs

If you think your opponent has missed a draw sometimes checking the river when the highest card pair...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Apr 20, 2015

Maxamizing value when you back into a hand

Often times you should bet or raise large when you back into a hand that you perceive to be the nuts...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Apr 06, 2015

Flopping two pair out of the blinds

Against early position limpers you can play for big pots with a flopped 2 pair out of the blind on d...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Mar 23, 2015

Fast playing the flopped nut flush

When you flop the nut flush deep fast playing can be the most deceptive line (concept revisited)One ...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Mar 02, 2015

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

Check raising turn

You can sometimes check raise the turn with overpairs to gain max value from field callerOne of the ...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Feb 02, 2015

Charging your opponent on the turn

If your opponent won’t bluff and you think he is betting a draw than it is best to raise him to avoi...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Dec 29, 2014

River play

Sometimes you can have the best hand almost always on the river but the right play is still to check...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Dec 08, 2014

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
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