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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

November 29, 2020LearnWPT This week we’re playing a common spot in a tournament where stack sizes are around 20 BBs. The player in the Cutoff seat opens and we flat call on the Button. Our range on the Button will include some slowplayed premium hands such as AA and KK, […]

November 26, 2020Gareth James Gareth James is a tournament poker player, author, coach, content creator and streamer. He currently grinds the off-peak Sunday schedule over on Twitch and you can find his regular strategy content, for free, over on Youtube. Last year I recorded a series of videos called ‘How […]

November 22, 2020LearnWPT Today you’ll be playing a common spot in a cash game where it folds to the Small Blind who raises and you reraise from the Big Blind. Given how wide the Small Blind can open raise in this spot, your reraising range in position should include many […]

November 08, 2020LearnWPT Today you’ll be playing a common tournament spot where you reraise from the Big Blind against a Button open. Having a robust Big Blind strategy that includes frequently defending by calling as well as reraising is a crucial component of winning tournament play. Sizing your reraises when […]

November 15, 2020LearnWPT Today you’ll be playing as a medium stack with 30 Big Blinds at a major tournament final table with a couple short stacks in play. You raise in the Cutoff seat against the chip leader’s big blind and they call. This model is a common spot where […]