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What is a scare card? Understanding what cards are scare cards for you and what cards are blanks is ...
By Bart Hanson
Posted Apr 25, 2023
Thin River Value from OOP
Posted Apr 18, 2021
When playing in low stakes live games, getting maximum value with your strong hands is very importan...
Posted Mar 21, 2021
Sometimes the run out is such that checking to check-call on the river is the right play.If you are ...
Posted Feb 04, 2018
High only hands have very little value in deep stack PLO8 cash games. PLO8 played as a cash game is ...
Posted Dec 24, 2017
You can choose large sizing if you don’t think your opponent will fold top pair. Unlike the previous...
Posted Oct 29, 2017
Unique individual situations often arise in the Main Event. Top set in a 3 bet pot….Since the 2017 M...
Posted Jul 23, 2017
4 bet pot hand reading reveals I must have the best handAbout two hours into my session at the Bicyc...
Posted Jun 25, 2017
Sometime players will not continue with the betting lead on the river, so you should consider min ra...
Posted Apr 30, 2017
Sometimes you can go you can go for thin value in a 3 bet pot. We all know that if you want to maxim...
Posted Feb 19, 2017
A check raise for value on the river is a tricky play—use it wisely.Before I get into an interesting...
Posted Oct 30, 2016
You should have a very good reason to go for a check raise on the river. A lot of players don’t valu...
Posted Nov 01, 2015
A few weeks ago I embarked on an east coast poker trip to the Turning Stone Casino in upstate NY to ...
Posted Aug 24, 2015
Most recreational players don't bet trips strongly on a non-draw heavy paired board. If you are lo...
Posted Jun 01, 2015
It can be good sometimes to mix up your play against aware opponentsI think “mixing up your play” is...
Posted May 11, 2015
If you think your opponent has missed a draw sometimes checking the river when the highest card pair...
Posted Apr 20, 2015
Often times you should bet or raise large when you back into a hand that you perceive to be the nuts...
Posted Apr 06, 2015
Against early position limpers you can play for big pots with a flopped 2 pair out of the blind on d...
Posted Mar 23, 2015
When you flop the nut flush deep fast playing can be the most deceptive line (concept revisited)One ...
Posted Mar 02, 2015
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
You can sometimes check raise the turn with overpairs to gain max value from field callerOne of the ...
Posted Feb 02, 2015
If your opponent won’t bluff and you think he is betting a draw than it is best to raise him to avoi...
Posted Dec 29, 2014
Sometimes you can have the best hand almost always on the river but the right play is still to check...
Posted Dec 08, 2014
Whenever someone comes to me for a general “game plan” of preflop strategy I often tell them that it...
Posted Oct 20, 2014
