December 13, 2020LearnWPT Today you’ll be playing as the chip leader at a tournament final table. You have called from the Big Blind against an open raise from the medium stack on the Button. Note that there are 2 short stacks at this final table with 10BBs and 12BBs. The […]
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Jonathan Little on When You Should Go for a Check-Raise Holding the Nuts on the River
December 08, 2020Jonathan Little Sometimes when you river the nuts you should go for a check-raise, but how do you know when? In this week’s strategy column, I discuss it using a hand from a $5/$10 no-limit hold’em cash game I played. Here’s how it went down. Action was eight-handed […]
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WPT GTO Trainer Hands of the Week: Defending the Big Blind on Shallow Stacks
December 07, 2020LearnWPT Today you’ll be playing a common tournament spot where you defend the Big Blind with a 20BB stack by calling against a late position open raiser. Since the Villain has the stronger preflop range as the raiser and your range is rather weak and capped because you […]
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How to Play Jack-Ten Suited in Cash Games (Preflop Advice & 6 Postflop Tips)
December 07, 2020Upswing Poker Jack-Ten suited has to be one of the prettiest hands in poker. It’s not just a looker. Jack-Ten suited is also a very strong hand because it has a ton of playability and solid blocker effects. This article covers: How to Play Jack-Ten Suited Preflop 3 […]
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Did Jamie Nixon Lose His Mind?
December 04, 2020PokerNews Staff Jamie Nixon has been on a heater in 2020. In February he final tabled the Unibet Open in Dublin. Then, in May, he final tabled the Unibet Open once again, this time the Online version, where he came 2nd for €55,000. Then, just a few short […]
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What Did I Do Facing a 3x-Pot River Bet in a $25/$50 NLH Cash Game?
December 03, 2020Jonathan Little In a tough $25/$50 no-limit hold’em cash game, I had a solid middle pair but faced a 3x-pot river bet for $2,700. What was the play? That’s the subject of this week’s strategy article here on PokerNews. The hand took place a while back before COVID […]