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Players complain about microstakes games all the time. The strategies from training videos supposedly do not work there because nobody folds. Fair enough. So what do you do when nobody folds? You adjust, and the […]

One of the most common and most expensive mistakes in small stakes poker happens with top pair on the river. A player bets the turn correctly, the opponent calls, and then on a blank river […]

Heads-up poker looks simple. Two players, wide ranges, constant action. Then you actually play a match, and the blinds hit you every single hand, every decision is yours alone, and the leaks you could hide […]

A triple barrel bluff is not a single brave decision on the river. It is a plan that starts on the flop, with a hand chosen as much for the cards it removes from the […]

Knowing when to give up a missed draw is a skill, but so is knowing when it is correct to be going for it. The same blocker logic that tells you to check down some […]

When a weak player never bluffs, you know exactly what to do and stop paying off their river bets. When a loose player calls everything, you stop bluffing and bet your good hands. Easy game. […]

Most players never lead into the preflop raiser. They were taught that the out-of-position player should check to the aggressor, full stop. But at shallow stack depths on the right board textures, leading the flop, […]

Perfect theoretical play leaves a lot of money on the table against opponents who repeat the same predictable mistakes hand after hand, and that’s what you are mostly facing in small-stakes cash games. The players […]

Flopping a set is one of the best feelings in poker, but it does not play itself. The instinct to slow play a monster and trap can be right or badly wrong depending on the […]