How NOT to Play Pocket Aces

pocket-rockets-1I recently played a large pot in a major poker tournament that beautifully exemplifies the exact opposite way you should play pocket Aces. At 200/400 blinds with a 50 ante, everyone folded to me on the button and I raised to 1,000 out of my 30,000 effective stack with Tc-Ts. The small blind folded and the big blind, a loose, aggressive player, reraised to 2,200. While I expected this specific opponent to reraise more often than most players, his abnormally tiny reraise size made me think his range was quite strong. …

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Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Video Blog

Experience the highs and lows of my 2016 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open including making a deep run in the $1,650 Heads-Up tournament and busting with trips in the $25,500 buy-in high roller event. Poker is tough!

Thanks for watching this video blog. If you enjoyed it, please let me know in the comments section below. If you haven’t checked out PokerCoaching.com already, I strongly suggest you do so. My students are working hard and learning a lot. Be sure to check back at JonathanLittlePoker.com next week for another educational blog post.

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BLUFFS is now available

Bluffs_cover_miniIn case you haven’t heard, my newest book, BLUFFS, is now available in paper and Kindle forms on Amazon. I am excited! It will be available on Audible soon (I will post about it on twitter @JonathanLittle).

Here is the description from Amazon:

Have you ever wondered how the best poker players in the world successfully bluff on a regular basis? Many amateurs make the mistake of mindlessly attempting sporadic bluffs because they do not fully understand when and why to bluff. In this book, world class poker professional Jonathan Little (over $6,300,000 in live tournament cashes) explains when and why to bluff in order to maximize your chances of success. …

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Bluffs

How to Intelligently Apply Aggression to Increase Your Profits from Poker

Have you ever wondered how the best poker players in the world successfully bluff on a regular basis? Many amateurs make the mistake of mindlessly attempting sporadic bluffs because they do not fully understand when and why to bluff. In this book, world class poker professional Jonathan Little (over $6,300,000 in live tournament cashes) will explain when and why to bluff in order to maximize your chances of success.

Bluffs demonstrates how to widen your ranges and force your opponents to make costly errors. In small and middle stakes cash games and tournaments, you will often find yourself playing against conservative opponents who play in a straightforward manner. They see flops with their good hands and fold to bets when they do not connect with the board. Against these players, you can play a wide range with the intention of playing aggressively post-flop.

Numerous examples, featuring the play of an amateur player who got out of his comfort zone to put these tactics to the test, make it clear when you should play aggressively and the thoughts you should consider as you do so. Each situation is explained with attention to your hole cards, stack size, position, and your perception of your opponent. You will learn how to apply the concepts discussed in Bluffs in the real world, allowing you to win more money from poker. Реальной причиной, по которой исчез каннабис и семена каннабиса как способ приемлемого лечения стал период сухого закона в США. Всплеск общественного употребления наркотиков в 1960-х и 1970-х годах еще больше усилил сопротивление использованию каннабиса в любых медицинских целях.

If you want to learn how to successfully bluff, scroll to the top of this page and buy this book.

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A Bit Too Optimistic?

analyze-poker-jonathan-littleThe following hand took place in the €5000 six-handed turbo event, which always takes place on the last day of European Poker Tour series to give the players one last chance at a nice score.

With blinds at 200/400 with a 50 ante, I raised to 1,000 out of my 50,000 stack with Qd-Jd from the cutoff seat. Deep stacked 6-handed NLHE is fun! The Small Blind, a young European kid, and the Big Blind, a tight player, called. I thought my opponents’ ranges could easily be incredibly wide, although they were probably not too out of line.   …

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Tough situation on the bubble

downloadHello everyone! In this blog post, I am going to share with you the most important hand from a $5,000 event I recently played. Nearing the bubble, I was cruising along with an 185,000 stack. Average once everyone got in the money would be roughly 175,000. When you have an average stack on the bubble, your general strategy should usually be to avoid playing a gigantic pot versus the big stacks while applying pressure to the short stacks. This will allow you to build your stack while avoiding going broke. It is important to have a rough game plan before you approach any poker situation. I have laid out my tournament strategies in my best-selling book, Secrets of Professional Tournament Poker.  …

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