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Hello there dear readers! I know it’s been a while, but I’ll make it up to you. Today, much like the time I talked about calculating your plays, I’ll be touching lightly on a subject, talking some mumbo-jumbo some won’t understand, and allowing you to read more into it if you please, or go ‘what the hell, I don’t need to understand this to play solid poker’. However I do think today’s concept is way easier than last one, and yes, I am quite awesome for being able to use it so beautifully.
How to calculate your plays, and introducing GTO
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Hey. If you are about to read this post, make sure you’re doing nothing else, because it will take some focus to get it. Actually, I don’t really know if what I’m about to say will come over well, but sadly I do not care enough to re and rewrite it. Let’s give it a shot anyway, shall we?
On betting
Today, I’ve got another strategy post for you poker-playing fellows out there. More specifically, as you can read in the title, I’ll be talking about betting. Many beginning players use a very exploitable check/call strategy when they are learning poker, and it isn’t until later that they start betting their hands. However, quite a few players are stuck after this transition. They understand and experience that betting is often better than check/calling, but they often don’t know why they are betting. I’m here to fix that.
How to tell pretty stories
Before I start typing all poker-related stuff, I’d like to state that I like fish sticks. There. Now that’s out of the way, let’s talk some poker. In particular I’d like to cover the bluffing aspect of poker, coloured with a review of a live hand I played not that long ago.
The Clarkmeister Theorem
Hey guys, I come bearing gifts: the Clarkmeister theorem. This is a very easy concept to apply and it is my experience that it works in close to all games bar the easiest ones.
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