I have been told quite a few times that I should have more face time with the people I work with, so we took a trip to Vegas. It was awesome! We worked hard and played poker even harder, including a win in the poker tournament for $8,000!
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When you get of line, it is quite easy to get punished, as demonstrated in this episode of WeeklyPokerHand.
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Weekly Poker Hand #229 Read More »
Recently I have been reviewing hands from small stakes poker tournaments for some of my private students and it seems like their opponents (amateur small stakes players) check-raise in exactly the wrong spots. In general, you want to check-raise the flop when you can extract value from many inferior made hands, when you can make many superior hands fold, or when your marginal value hand plays poorly on future betting rounds, usually because your opponent is overly aggressive and the board will significantly change. …
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I discuss short stacked blind versus blind final table play. Lots of people think it is all luck, but that is definitely not true.
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Weekly Poker Hand #228 Read More »
This post is a tiny piece of Michael Acevedo’s upcoming book Modern Poker Theory. I had the pleasure to see an early copy and it is excellent. You will not want to miss this ground-breaking book!
In a HU situation, if one player is playing optimally vs a suboptimal opponent, any deviation the weaker player makes away from GTO to a worse strategy can only cost him value, which will in turn be gained by the optimal player. This phenomenon is called passive exploitation because the optimal player does not have to do anything besides play his equilibrium strategy to gain extra Ev from the suboptimal player. …
Exploitative Play vs GTO Play by Michael Acevedo Read More »
There is a two big blind stack at the final table of a $300 event yet two big stacks collide.
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Weekly Poker Hand #227 Read More »
…or watch if you want advice on holding onto your money from poker legend Mike Sexton.
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Another limped pot takes place at the final table of the $300 event at Stones Gambling Hall. This time, it gets punished.
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Weekly Poker Hand #226 Read More »
After bubbling the $25,000 event, I was a bit bummed, but that is fine. My emotions don’t matter anyway! Let’s run hot in the $5,000 Main Event please!
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I recently asked on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook if they would rather have free WSOP Main Event buy-ins for the next 20 years or play heads-up against a world-class heads-up player for $500,000. Here is my answer:
Learn how to beat small stakes poker cash games and tournaments with these 2 books! These strategies will help you win more hands and make more final tables.