Post-flop betting
Post-flop betting in tournament hold’em is about extracting value and exercising solid pot control Continuation bets should generally be the same size w...
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Winning it all
Reaching the final table is an achievement, but to be a big winner you need the skill to navigate your way to a podium position The final table is where poker ...
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Fashion victims
A look at six of the hippest strategies that the kids are going nutz for on the baize… Betting the pot has to work a lot less frequently than a sm...
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Floating
Each month Marc ‘Mr Cool’ Goodwin gets to the bottom of some of the game’s trickiest concepts What is ‘floating’? There are differing definitions of floating b...
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The final table
Top British pro Marc ‘Mr Cool’ Goodwin gets to the bottom of some of the game’s trickiest concepts What’s the best strategy to adopt at the start of a final ta...
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Maths rules
Making good decisions in tournament poker often means calling with the worst of it when the maths tells you to There are 18 players left in a tournament and th...
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Win deep-stacks
Marc ‘Mr Cool’ Goodwin gets to the bottom of some of the game’s trickiest concepts. What’s your plan for the early stages of a deep-stack? At the recent Manche...
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Short stacking
Short-stacked tournament play is not simply a case of shoving all-in whenever you see an Ace If you limp or make a standard raise, you give your opponen...
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Big money time
How to navigate a path from the bubble to the final table and close out a tournament While reaching the final table is an achievement, trying to get the...
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Killing the action
How the check-raise with a big hand on a heavily textured board can be your best friend Opponents who have raised before the flop in a heads-up pot are ...
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