Building Exploits From Showdown
Understanding how and when to exploit opponents at a live poker table is a delicate affair. It’s easy to get carried away based on appearance. For example, silver-haired Mister ‘Old Man Coffee’ is unlikely to be bluffing after 3-betting preflop and triple-barreling all-in on an AK-high board. Simila
The Turn Probe Bet
Imagine yourself defending as the BB caller vs BTN preflop raiser in a 100bb cash game pot. After calling the raise, the flop is dealt: T72r. This board is neither particularly good nor bad for either player. We start with a check, expecting a continuation bet. Against this bet, we can choose to fol
C-Betting As the OOP Preflop Raiser
Position is an extremely valuable advantage in poker. Most players would describe the comfort zone as being in position (IP) coupled with having the stronger preflop range. This situation, known as the ‘bread-and-butter’ of poker, occurs when we raise from late position and are called by one of the
The Worst Turn Card
Greetings from GTO land. In today’s article, we will use the Turn Reports feature to gain a macro view of what turn cards are good and bad for us in a single-raised pot where the preflop raiser (PFR) is in position and made a flop c-bet, which out of position called. For an in-depth view, we’ll look
Navigating Range Disadvantage as the 3-Bettor
Picture this: We’re playing a NL500 6-max cash game, and we’ve won a few pots, now sitting 150bb deep. We look down at the beautiful K♣Q♣ in the BB, a suited match of royalty. The CO raises. It folds to us and we comfortably 3-bet to 12bb. Our opponent responds by flat-calling our 3-bet, and we take