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Pattern recognition

One of the most important tool you can use to be a successful poker player is pattern recognition. T...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Jan 28, 2013

Reverse pot odds

One the most simple yet misunderstood concepts about betting when last to act is that when you are c...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Jan 24, 2013

Stack to pot size ratios in bloated pots

Most of the advice in the training material I produce relates to games with deeper stacks. My favori...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Jan 16, 2013

Checking back top pair

As more of the money in poker has switched over to big bet games often times you will see limit play...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Jan 12, 2013

Playing through a bad image

If you have read any of my past Cardplayer articles you know how important I think short-term image ...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Dec 27, 2012

Opponent's polarized flop raising range

People confuse the term polarization a lot even though it is a very simple concept. Simply put when ...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Dec 23, 2012

Allowing opponents to valueown themselves

Occasionally bad players accidentally play in an optimal way. One of the things I have noticed over ...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Dec 03, 2012

Donk bets

One of the most awkward spots you can find yourself in in todays no limit games is an opponent who c...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Nov 29, 2012

Building pots

Whenever I see a weak player get to showdown with a flopped monster it always amazes me how little t...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Nov 25, 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

Slowplaying

I am going to preface this segment of this article by saying I HATE SLOWPLAYING. When David Tuchman ...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Nov 01, 2012

Value betting

There is a simple equation to determine if a value bet on the river is profitable. When your bet is ...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Sep 30, 2012

Evaluating the turn

Poker is a game of incomplete information. The best players take the little information that is avai...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Sep 26, 2012

Rarely bet to "protect"

There are primarily three reasons to bet in No limit holdem. The first and most important is betting...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Sep 01, 2012

Value -- most important concept at low stakes

Whenever I have a new student come to me for lessons they always want to talk about a big bluff that...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Aug 25, 2012

Betting thinly for value after checking back flop

We've all had it happen to us--we raise with pocket kings, get a few callers and the board comes out...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Aug 18, 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

Rarely check call the river

One of the biggest mistakes that I see at the lower stakes of no-limit is the check-call on the rive...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Jul 04, 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

Chopping the blinds

If you have ever played in live cash games you know that there is a decision to be made when everyon...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted Jun 06, 2012

Check raising from blinds

People at small stakes live no limit games fall into a lot of predictable patterns. One of the most ...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted May 30, 2012

River play

Whoever came up with the phrase “if I called the turn and nothing changes I have to call the river” ...

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By Bart Hanson

Posted May 23, 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

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
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