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#532: Effective Stacks and Block Bets Gone wrong
In this week's Crush Live Call-ins episode Bart takes a number of calls where the Hero gets the effective stack wrong in the hand. For whatever reason the callers also choose to make river block bets that put them into difficult spots.
Episode Notes: HERE
Sep 22, 2025
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Bart Hanson
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Professional Cash game trainer Bart Hanson has been producing strategy content for over fifteen years. He first started on Live at the Bike! back in 2005, then moved on to host "Cash Plays" on Poker Road, then "Deuce Plays" on Deuces Cracked and then to CrushLivePoker in 2012.
In his career as a professional poker player, Bart Hanson has:
-6 WSOP Final Tables
-Over 15 years of experience at the table
-Over $1,000,000 in tournament earnings
-Multiple appearances on ESPN and Poker Night in America
-4th place finish in 2019 WSOP Monster Stack
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