Tag: Poker Strategy

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Stop supporting the big bet in hold’em

The evolution of hold’em has gone something like this: the continuation-bet after the flop, the large bet preflop from the button, and the large bet preflop from middle position or in the cutoff or hijack positions. Then there was the super aggressive raise preflop to five or six times the big blind, which has now […]

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Aggression and the double-barrel move in poker

Everyone always talks about aggression in relation to poker: “If you’re in there calling, you got to be in there raising.” Raise, reraise or fold. Those are your options. Bet or raise. Calling is not an option. Calling is failure. Calling is weak. It’s passive. Raising or betting is cool. It’s bold. It’s aggressive. Sexy […]

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