Category Archives: Theory

Playing in position against a three-better is a lesson in playing to your advantages. As the defending…

21/11/2023 12 min. / 42 sec.

Three-bet pots are scary. Playing out of position is scary. Put them together, and you’ve got many…

20/11/2023 11 min. / 19 sec.

Today, we’ll examine one of the most epic final table battles I’ve ever witnessed! Our adventure begins…

17/11/2023 6 min. / 11 sec.

Valuing your hand appropriately—determining whether it’s strong enough to value bet or so weak you should consider…

14/11/2023 14 min. / 3 sec.

Monotone flops tend to provoke great anxiety among poker players. It’s easy to imagine that your opponent…

30/10/2023 15 min. / 42 sec.

Responding effectively to donk bets on the turn is tricky;, there’s no getting around that. It’s one…

26/10/2023 7 min. / 58 sec.

Donk betting–taking the betting lead away from the previous street’s aggressor–on the flop is rarely correct and…

24/10/2023 10 min. / 55 sec.

In this series, we have looked at factors that can influence ranges in otherwise identical scenarios. As…

16/10/2023 11 min. / 25 sec.

With the advent of solvers, some troubling new turns of phrase have entered the poker lexicon. In…

03/10/2023 12 min. / 51 sec.