Strategy for handling three bettors in 6 max cash games
In no-limit hold ‘em 6-max cash games, there’s one thing most of my students bring up when I ask them to tell me an area they have trouble with: dealing with 3-bets, specifically, when getting 3-bet by their opponents.
It’s a spot that comes up often and is almost always tough to deal with. What [...]
Playing limped pots in 6 max no limit cash games
The following is an excerpt from Bill Vosti’s excellent ebook covering winning 6 max cash play online that Vosti was nice enough to provide to PTP readers. If you’re new to 6 max play or looking polish up your game, Vosti’s book is a great tool. It offers solid, well-reasoned advice presented clearly [...]
Winning at heads-up, no limit poker: Advanced Strategies
As I articulated in part one of this two part article (Winning at heads-up, no limit poker: Basic strategies), aggression is key to winning at heads up, no limit poker. When you’re more aggressive than your opponent, you’re in the driver’s seat. As I stated, with employing this style, you control the action; you determine [...]
Winning at heads-up, no-limit poker: Basic strategies Part 1 of 3
Competition is a complex enterprise. And those complexities are magnified significantly when we are playing on a team, competing together to beat an opponent. Baseball, football, hockey and other games require us to formulate strategies with our teammates in order to win. We win as a team, and we lose as a team. In these [...]
When should you continuation bet? Answers for no limit hold em cash games
The dominant approach to low and mid-stakes no limit holdem cash games, especially shorthanded games, emphasizes a high level of activity preflop. While you’ll find plenty of articles and videos that deal with aggressive preflop play, you’re likely to find slightly less material that deals with what happens next – flop play.
There are several [...]
Reasons to raise preflop in shorthanded no limit holdem
Recently, I was talking to a friend of mine who is a casual poker player and we got on the topic of the hyper-aggressive preflop style that’s promoted by the Cardrunners set. When I started describing the preflop raising frequency some of the pros over there advocate, he reacted with a slight roll of [...]
The weak lead in no limit holdem cash games
In this article I want to dissect the often derided line of leading for a weak bet into a preflop raiser. Commonly referred to as ‘donking out’, the weak lead isn’t an inherently bad line. Like any tool, you just have to be sure you know what you’re using it for. I’m [...]
Playing against a light three bettor: a sample scenario
As no limit cash games get more and more aggressive, many players are finding that they’re forced to develop ultra-aggressive counter-strategies that would have been pretty controversial even a few months ago. The old adage, popularized by (I believe) T.J. Cloutier,that a fourth raise preflop is a guarantee of pocket aces now seems oddly [...]
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