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Barny Inspires Another Generation

… Emporium to play a few hands and have the craic. His … and bet. Barny called with top pair (jacks). After a brick …

Deep Run in the WPT Borgata Poker Open!

… Main Event leads to a top-50 finish for $15k! It … time with lots of fun hands played. I hope you enjoy …

Guest Blog Post: Making Big Folds and Hero Calls by Evan Jarvis

… a heroic call. Practice reading hands and trusting your instincts, and … , call him down with a top pair, top kicker most likely, if … ; figure out his standards. What hands is he willing to play … ’t likely to experience sneaky hands. How many players saw the …

Playing Paired Boards by Alex Fitzgerald

… to fold 27% of his hands. Our half-pot bet needed … have the best hand with top pair. You’ll notice with … their hands. Which means they’re folding 60% of their hands. That …

Giving Up a Little Value

… you to play more hands and realize more … hands better than A-K, meaning he has mostly decent top … with too many worse hands, otherwise his range … top pairs hand worse than mine and raise with most better hands … bet all top pairs and better made hands, many of …

Playing Slowly

… poker table that plays 30 hands per hour. If instead, you … because you will play fewer hands per hour. You may also … , you reduce the number of hands played per hour significantly. Another … they are tanking. Sometimes the top pros are studying their opponents …

Listen to What They are Telling You

… 9h-8d-5d, giving me top two pair. He checked, I … too often, are there any hands he could play for value …

Do NOT Use a Card Protector

… would put one chip on top of his hand if … puts the card protector on top of his cards with … may slam it on strong hands while placing it softly … protector for premium hands, or only for marginal hands. They may … put a card protector on top of cards. As you …

Facing a Lead on All Three Streets

… betting for value. So, which hands do most straightforward players think … least consider folding their worse top pairs, and if Hero gets … worse two pairs (assuming those hands are in his preflop range … beats essentially all marginal made hands, I think a raise …

Check-Raise Bluffing the River

… with one of the worst hands in your range or … blinds. I defend with many hands that are much worse … he will have either made hands that crush me or … with all over pairs and top pairs. However, given I … some of his two-pair hands. After some deliberation, I …

 
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