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Tactical Tuesday #145: A Preflop Poker Masterclass... Okay, It's Only 3 Hands But Still Pure Gold
Want a free poker course from CPG? Just scroll down below to get it!Normally each Tuesday, our poker boys focus on hands with a lot of postflop fireworks across all three streets, since those naturally make for the most interesting discussions on Tactical Tuesday. But all this time, they've basically been lying to you and your family about one simple rule of poker. And they're ready to finally confess this week by admitting that preflop decisions are the most important ...
Tactical Tuesday #144: It's a Trap! How to Avoid Poker Traps & When to Spring Your Own (No Limit Texas Holdem)
Want a free poker course from CPG? Just scroll down below to get it!Sometimes poker is not as easy as just putting chips in the middle and hoping people call when you have a better hand. It's in these unique situations that we must get creative to get value. Enter: TRAP STRATEGY 2023 with Jon Chai.But there are two sides to the trap coin. One must always realize that for every time they are the trapper, they could themselves become ...
Tactical Tuesday #143: When To Play For Your Entire Stack in No Limit Texas Holdem (Must Have Spades)
Want a free poker course from CPG? Just scroll down below to get it!When deciding what area of poker study you should focus on, it's never a bad idea to prioritize the situations in which all of the money is at risk. And so poker pro Jon Chai has brought a measly 2 hands for the evaluation and hopefully... approval? of poker coach Brad Wilson.Do we just flip a coin? Go with our gut? See which side of the Oreo ...
Tactical Tuesday #142: Difficult Spots In 4-Bet Pots (How To Navigate Low Frequency, High Impact Situations In NL Texas Holdem Poker)
When something happens at such a low frequency, how are you supposed to get better at it when you don’t get many reps in the situation? The boys are back to illuminate the infrequent, yet crazy important world of 4-Bet Pots. It has a massive impact to your winrate, so listen up!Jon has brought 4 hands with or without incident (no spoilers) for Coach Brad to ridicule, applaud, and generally dissect. Welcome to Tactical Tuesday 142!***LIVE CASH PREFLOP BOOTCAMP IS ...
Jon Goes Whale Hunting! When To Adjust Your Poker Strategy: Tactical Tuesday 141
It doesn't happen often, but when it does, you best be ready for it with your sharpest harpoon in hand. We're talking about WHALE HUNTING. The kind of whale that cares more about killing their boredom than preserving their big blinds. They didn't sign on to fold, people, so let's give them their wish and play some hands against 'em.But what happens when a sea of Ahabs all spot the same whale? The natural order is disrupted... everyone's range is ...
Tactical Tuesday #140: Trapping With Pocket Aces & Kings (Guaranteed To Never Backfire*) *Not a Guarantee
Aces and Kings are pretty easy to play preflop... right? Just rip it in and hope villain has something to stack off with. But wait... what does villain do with their bluffs and light 3-bets then? Oh right, they just fold and you never get their stack.Jon's come a long way since pre-COVID and always 5-bet jamming Aces preflop, and he's added some pretty ingenious traps to his arsenal. As we see today, the random degenerate player pool of Ignition ...
Tactical Tuesday #139: "What's The Best Way To Get All The Money In?" High SPR Value Betting in Poker
We've done value betting episodes before, but his one is a bit different. This week we examine the spots where you have thick value on the river, but there's just one problem... the SPR is pretty high and it's difficult to see how you can pile it all in and get called.So what's the best way to get all the money in and get maximum value when you have nutted hands on the river? Spoiler alert: it's not as easy ...
Tactical Tuesday #138 - The Bet/Fold & Raise/Fold Poker Instruction Manual (YMMV)
The pain train is right on schedule this week, as Jon digs... not very deep in the database to find a few hands that illuminate an important topic in poker: how to bet/fold and raise/fold.It's not a difficult concept to understand... you think you can take down the pot with a bet or a raise, but, if the villain should somehow not fall for our lies and shenanigans, you've got to know the jig is up and not chase good ...
Tactical Tuesday #137: Equity Calculation in No Limit Texas Holdem Poker (They Did The Math)
One of our more interesting and instructive episodes in recent memory pertained to equity calculation and range construction when facing all-ins. If you're a poker player struggling with the mathematical side of things, this episode is for you! To everyone else, don't worry -- if you're only here for degenerate flush draws and high card floats I'm sure we will be back to normal next week.Join us for Tactical Tuesday 137 and be sure to leave a review to help ...
Tactical Tuesday #136: How To Play For Max Value When Out Of Position In No Limit Texas Holdem
Position is everything in Poker, also known by its full, formal name: No Limit Texas Hold Them. But when you're playing the game at a positional disadvantage, it can be hard to extract full value in spots where you have good hands. What hands should you check and trap? What situations call for an overbet to hope to get bluffcaught? These questions and more are explored on Tactical Tuesday 136!Also -- we've received requests in Greatness Village to upload the ...
How to Play Multiway Pots vs. Fish in Poker (Rule 1: Don't Call Them Fish): Tactical Tuesday 135
Tactical Tuesday is cleaning up its "bad boy" image this week and we're trying to come up with newer, more respectful ways to refer to unstudied, instinctual poker players who are not as good at poker as Jon Chai.I said "trying" to come up with newer terms, correct? Because while we tried, we failed. They just do so many fishy things! There's no better way to describe it, so we're done trying.Jon has brought 3 hands this week, and they ...
River Raise Sizing in Texas Holdem ("No Limit LITERALLY Means No Limit!"): Tactical Tuesday 134
Jon is back this week with hands from the poker database (4, which is always nice), and unsurprisingly, many of them contain river raises. While he would obviously love to jam all-in at all times, upon analysis, he does at least admit that there is a subtle art to choosing the right river sizing to get the desired result. Coach Brad is ready for the challenge of unraveling Jon's thought process to find the best retrospective path toward effective river ...
#133 Tactical Tuesday: How To Play Small Pocket Pairs In Poker... Multiway (What Could Go Wrong?)
Fresh off of playing large pots with pocket nines, Jon has learned the error of his ways and returns this week to play even larger pots with... pocket fours?? And... he's doing it mUlTiWaY?? AND!! IN LIVE BOMB POTS!!???Looks like we're going off the rails on this fours-ey train for Tactical Tuesday 133. Let's see how much money Jon... wins?As a reminder, we've partnered with GTO Wizard, where you can start learning for free. Click this affiliate link and help ...
#132 Tactical Tuesday: How To Play Pocket Nines In No Limit Texas Holdem Poker (An Attempt Was Made)
Middle pocket pairs are somewhat of an imperfect science in the never-frustrating game of No Limit Texas Holdem. Pocket Nines are specifically right on that borderline of a great starting hand preflop, but... how them nines look after all 5 community cards come out?Jon's back this week with just such situations for our collective poker study -- three of them, to be exact. While he's still in recovery from his flush draw addiction, he's decided to at least focus on ...
#131 Tactical Tuesday: Flush Draw Fetish Confessions: How to Play Flush Draws and Avoid Rock Bottom
The first step toward solving a problem is admitting that you have one. We don't know when it got out of control, or why we didn't stage an intervention sooner, but Jon and his flush draw fetish have finally reached a breaking point. We've since taken away the keys to his Ignition (account) and forced him to seek help for this addiction. Please help us help Jon in Tactical Tuesday 131...As a reminder, we've partnered with GTO Wizard, where you ...
#130 Tactical Tuesday: The Big Slick Bible: How To (And How Not To) Play Ace King in Cash Game Poker
"Ace King is just a drawing hand" they said... but WTF does that even mean? And try telling that to a Fish.Jon is back this week, desperately pleading with Coach Brad to help him off the ledge as he finds himself playing for stacks with everyone's favorite Ace High hand. Should he have folded preflop? Should he call down when things go sideways? Are we supposed to answer a question with a question? Anything goes in Tactical Tuesday 130.As a ...
#129 Tactical Tuesday: Tom Dwan vs. Doug Polk in the Hustler Casino Live Million Dollar Game
In celebration of the launch of CPG's Live Cash Preflop Bootcamp, Tactical Tuesday is all about live cash poker this week... Decidedly high stakes live cash poker... for (in Dr. Evil's voice) one MILLION dollars.Hustler Casino Live played host to quite the hand recently, featuring live cash poker legends Tom Dwan and Doug Polk. Having played a little bit of live cash poker themselves, Coach Brad and Jon Chai weigh in with their thoughts on how it all went down.It's ...
#128 Tactical Tuesday: Bluffcatching For Stacks in Online Cash Game Poker ("It DOES Matter!" - Brad)
We've finally found an offramp from value betting month here at Chasing Poker Greatness, but is it possible that Jon's only transitioning to bluffcatching mode because it's an even thinner way to battle for stacks in the online cash poker streets?With 3 hands to review, does Coach Brad go 3/3 in disagreeing with Jon's decisions to bluff catch for many online dollars? Let's catch around and find out in Tactical Tuesday 128!As a reminder, we've partnered with GTO Wizard, where ...
#127 Tactical Tuesday: Jon's Newest Secret Weapon: The Bet, Check, Bet Value Betting Line
Yes, it's another episode on theme for value betting month at CPG. But this time it's with a twist -- Jon's been in the lab digging deeper into the data... mixing chemicals in beakers and doing things with Bunson burners and he's emerged from these possibly unethical experiments with the discovery of a new weapon for his arsenal that he's been irresponsibly deploying out in the field: the fabled Bet / Check / Bet value bet line.Does Coach Brad approve? ...
#126 Tactical Tuesday: Go Thin to Win! More Thin Value Betting Strategy to Add to Your Poker Game
In what is becoming quite the theme / cry-for-help lately, Jon has returned with... Jack Deuce suited (?) to find out if he is still addicted to value betting too thinly. Obviously the answer is yes, but to what degree? What sizing should he find on the river on equity-shifting runouts?Coach Brad intervenes to make sense of it all as Tactical Tuesday brings 3 hands containing more thin value betting tips -- just in time for summer.For the most groundbreaking, ...
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