Weekly Poker Hand #121
My opponent, who was clearly on tilt, made a huge mistake and handed me a pile of chips. Have you ever punted a stack like this week’s opponent?
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My opponent, who was clearly on tilt, made a huge mistake and handed me a pile of chips. Have you ever punted a stack like this week’s opponent?
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The following extremely interesting hand example is featured in my book Jonathan Little on Live No-Limit Cash Games, Volumes 2: The Workbook. It took place in a live $10/$20 no-limit hold’em game. Leading up to this hand, I had been fairly loose and aggressive, although certainly not crazy.
I raised to $60 out of my $8,000 effective stack with 2c-2d from second position at an eight-handed table. Only the Hijack, a loose, aggressive guy, and the Small Blind, a tight, aggressive kid, called. …
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I had a strong read that my opponent was bluffing. The only problem was my hand was quite weak.
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I recount the highs and lows of the 2016 PokerStars Festival New Jersey, including grinding lots of tournaments, streaming on Twitch, and playing the Chad Brown charity tournament. I also share the sights and sounds of the CHOP Charity event. Amie got all-in with the nuts versus Phil Hellmuth! Watch to see how it turns out for her.
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This episode is the opposite of last week’s hand. This time I get “set up” with weak trips but manage to conserve most of my stack.
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This summer at the WSOP, I decided to spend a bit of time away from the tournaments playing $10/$20 no-limit at Bellagio. After a few hands at the table, a Spanish kid to my left commented about how he didn’t like that I was writing down my hands in my notebook. It clearly had him rattled. He proceeded to play in a maniacal manner and bluffed off over $5,000 to me over the next hour. He was tilted. To be fair, I showed down decently strong hands, so he probably didn’t think I was outplaying him, but instead was lucky to make some strong hands. (I was actually lucky that he kept trying to bluff me!) …
I flop the nuts and my opponent makes a huge blunder on the river by overplaying a marginal made hand. Have you ever made this mistake?
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I recently had the pleasure of traveling to Barcelona for the EPT events. If you ever have a chance to attend, I highly recommend it. Both the city and the poker are amazing. Unfortunately, I did not fare well in my first five events. While I was a bit unlucky to lose the first three, the other two bust-outs would be considered avoidable by some. In each of them, I had to decide whether or not to go all-in with A-K before the flop when I was fairly certain my opponent had a strong hand. I am going to look at one of these situations and explain why I think getting all-in is the best play. …
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I attempt a risky double barrel in a 3-bet pot. Would you have made this play?
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I have been fortunate enough to be featured in the poker (and non-poker media) quite a few times over the last few months. In this blog post, I will share with you a few of these mentions, many of which include lots of free educational poker content. This blog post has been in the works for quite a while, but great things have kept popping up. Sorry that it is so long!
The Cover of CardPlayer Magazine