Q&A #93: A River Scare Card Kicks Up A Perfect Storm

While you can use SPR and plan for the Commitment Threshold to minimize the number of tough no-limit decisions you’ll face, you can’t get rid of them entirely. Sometimes you have to play for the most likely outcome and simply suffer the consequences if a bad card comes.
For instance, Q&A #93: A River Scare Card [...]

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Hand Discussion #7: My Thoughts

Whenever I flop top two, I always seem to think to myself, “Ooh, I have to find a nice overpair to bust.” But by the river, there’s always a four flush, a four straight, and six overcards, and my two pair is on life support. Top two can be hard Hand Discussion #7: My Thoughts|306|3.95|USD|| [...]

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Hand Discussion #7: Flopped Top Two Against Turn Pressure

One of the trickiest parts of no-limit is trying to deal with good, but also quite beatable, hands when there’s still a lot of money left. These “reverse implied odds” situations, where you can easily lose more money against a better hand but you’re unlikely to win more against a …Login/Register for more.

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Q&A #43: A Scare Card on the River

PeterL asks,
the following hand, I think I played the river badly and missed some bets. I know if I went to 2+2 they would say I played it well.
But I believe SSHE would reccomend betting for value here.
PokerRoom 0.15/0.30 Hold’em (8 handed)
Preflop: Hero is CO with 9 , 8 Q&A #43: A Scare Card [...]

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Q&A #39: Should a Scary Turn Card Freeze You?

With Christmas soon approaching, I figured it was time to add some Christmas spice to my little blog. So to comfort and relax you as you Q&A #39: Should a Scary Turn Card Freeze You?|123|3.95|USD|| read about limit hold ‘em, I present a Santa Claus garden gnome.
Richard asks,
I thought I would bring up [...]

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