LVL3
Level 3 of 5
Winning Player
Level 3 moves from single hands to ranges and from single streets to whole hands. You’ll learn to c-bet and defend against c-bets, value bet, bluff and control the pot with a purpose, follow a full hand review, protect your bankroll, and adjust your tournament strategy to your stack size.
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About 9 hours of learning
Lessons in this level
- 1
Thinking in Ranges: Stop Guessing One Hand
Learn to put opponents on a range of hands instead of one guess: count combinations, remove cards you can see, narrow ranges street by street and make better calls. - 2
Continuation Betting: When and How Much to C-Bet
When the continuation bet works, when to check instead, and how to choose a c-bet size from the board texture, your position and the number of opponents. - 3
Facing C-Bets: How to Play as the Preflop Caller
You called preflop and your opponent c-bets the flop. How to use price, board texture and position to decide when to fold, call or raise. - 4
Value Betting: Getting Paid With Your Strong Hands
How to win the most with your good hands: the value-bet test, choosing sizes, thin value on the river, when not to slow-play and how to value bet different opponents. - 5
Bluffing With Purpose: Semi-Bluffs and Bluff Selection
How to bluff profitably: the break-even maths, why semi-bluffs beat pure bluffs, how to choose bluffing hands, the best spots to bluff and the opponents to avoid. - 6
Pot Control: Playing Medium-Strength Hands
How to play hands that are good but not great: when to check, when to bet small, how to bluff-catch, and why turning medium hands into bluffs costs money. - 7
Turn and River Play: Double and Triple Barrels
When to keep betting on the turn and river: good and bad barrel cards, choosing your double and triple barrels, river value-to-bluff ratios and when to give up. - 8
Hand Review: Top Pair in a Button vs Big Blind Pot
A full street-by-street review of ace-jack on the button against the big blind: c-bet sizing, a turn value bet and a tricky river decision. - 9
Bankroll Management: Protect Your Poker Money
How big your poker bankroll should be for cash games, tournaments and sit & gos, when to move up or down, and how to keep poker money separate from real life. - 10
Tournament Strategy: Stack Sizes and Push-Fold Play
How your stack size in big blinds changes tournament strategy: deep, medium and short stacks, open-shoving, re-shoving, antes and when to move to push-fold.
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