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Level 2 of 5
Solid Basics
Level 2 is where results start to change. You’ll learn which hands to play from each seat, how to open and 3-bet, how to read the flop, and how to use pot odds, fold equity and expected value to make decisions that win over time.
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Lessons in this level
- 1
Starting Hands in Texas Hold'em: Which Hands to Play
Which two-card hands are worth playing, which to fold, and why position changes everything. Includes range charts and the mistakes to avoid. - 2
Position in Poker: Why Your Seat Matters
Why acting last is such a big advantage, the name of every seat at the table, and how to adjust your hand selection and betting to your position. - 3
Pot Odds and Outs: The Maths Behind Every Call
Learn to count outs, calculate pot odds and use the rule of 2 and 4 to decide in seconds whether a call is profitable. Worked examples included. - 4
Preflop Raising Basics: Open Sizes, Limpers and Isolation
How much to raise before the flop online and live, why limping loses money, how to punish limpers with isolation raises and how to steal the blinds. - 5
3-Betting and Facing Raises: Call, Re-Raise or Fold
When someone raises before you: when to call, when to 3-bet for value or as a bluff, how big to make it, and how to respond when your own open gets 3-bet. - 6
Board Texture: Reading Dry and Wet Flops
What makes a flop dry, wet, paired or monotone, which boards favour the preflop raiser or the caller, and how texture should change your betting. - 7
Aggression and Fold Equity: Why Betting Wins
Why betting and raising beats checking and calling: the two ways to win, how to calculate fold equity, and a worked semi-bluff example with real numbers. - 8
Expected Value: Thinking in the Long Run
What expected value (EV) is, how to calculate it for calls, bets and all-ins, why results and decisions are different things, and why money in the pot isn't yours.
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