Poker Hand Review (28/05/2017) – Should I Call This Triple Barrel?

Practice Makes Perfect Hello guys! I'm here with another poker hand to review. Always remember that the most important skill to achieve perfection is practice, practice and more practice. Before we know it, it becomes second nature at the tables. For this exercise, I will analyze each street in terms of better and worse hands...

Poker Hand Reading Practice (20/05/2017)

  Practice Makes Perfect Hello guys! I'm here with another poker hand to analyze. Always remember that the most important skill to achieve perfection is practice, practice and more practice. Before we know it, it will become second nature at the tables. For this exercise, I will analyze each street in terms of better and...

Poker Hand Reading Practice (14/05/2017)

  Practice Makes Perfect Hello guys! I'm here with another poker hand to analyze. Always remember that the most important skill to achieve perfection is practice, practice and more practice. Before we know it, it will become second nature at the tables. For this exercise, I will analyze each street in terms of better and...

Poker Hand Reading Practice (13/05/2017)

  Practice Makes Perfect Hello guys! I'm here with another poker hand to analyze. Always remember that the most important skill to achieve perfection is practice, practice and more practice. Before we know it, it will become second nature at the tables. Let's jump in at today's hand: Preflop Preflop Equity Estimation If you haven't...

Hand Reading Practice (06/05/2017)

Preflop I raise from EP with JTs and three people call: Preflop Equity Estimation If you haven't seen my post on how to calculate preflop equity quickly, check it out here. My equity estimation is: J(11)2 +T(10) + 20 + suited(2) = 54%* However, I estimate at least one of my opponents is calling with...

Hand Reading Practice – Range Analysis (05/05/2017)

Introduction I have been reading lately over and over again an Excerpt from Ed Miller's 1% book that goes over a couple examples on playing poker with a very different approach than the classical hand reading method. It's not revolutionary, but the way he explains it really blows my mind. This approach is playing the...

Hand Reading Practice (02/05/2017)

Preflop I raise from the CO with QTo and the BB calls: I don't have much information on the BB's player, but here are his stats: We have to assume that he is calling here roughly 30% of the time. Preflop Equity Estimation If you haven't seen my post on how to calculate preflop equity...

Hand Reading Practice (29/04/2017)

Preflop I raise from the BTN with JTs and the SB calls: Preflop Equity Estimation If you haven't seen my post on how to calculate preflop equity quickly, check it out here. I believe my opponent (as I don't have many hands on him) is calling here about 30% of the time. My equity estimation...

Most Profitable Lines in Hold’Em

Introduction When playing Hold'Em, there are definitely some spots where taking a specific line is far superior than others. In this post, I will try to expose some of those lines based on statistics taken from my own database in Holdem Manager 2. For this sample, I only consider hands at the 2NL stake level....

How to Calculate Preflop Equity in Less Than 10 Seconds

The Problem I know how difficult it can be to make a +ev call preflop when facing a 3bet or a raise from a very tight opponent in a tournament (having to take into account ICM and all of that stuff for a push/fold decision). We all know the theory and tools available for calculating...