28 Feb 10

Strategy Round-up: Time to Take Matters Heads-up

Our new video producer ByronJacobs presented himself this week with a Fixed Limit heads-up video series. Somnius and Hasenbraten were also seen in action and if you'd like to test your knowledge, a tricky quiz awaits for you as always.

Our strategy section is constantly growing and new material is being added each and every day. To make sure you do not miss the updates, we provide you with a weekly round-up containing the strategy-related content that we have added in the past week.

This news serves as an archive, as well as a reminder for those of you who could not visit our site often enough but are still interested in learning about the latest happenings from our strategy sections.

This week's videos

ByronJacobs is our latest video producer and he introduced himself this week with a Fixed Limit video series. Playing on FL $10/$20, Byron criticizes himself perhaps even more than the villain in his video(s).

Great insights on the possible reasons which led to him making a certain mistake as well as an analysis of his session overall are definitely worth checking out.



Somnius was also busy this week, continuing his "Parallel Lines" video series. The fourth part is now available, as Somnius focuses on donk betting - what is a donk bet, why to bet in a such way and against what kind of players.

Watch Somnius' video series:

Part I | Part II | Part III | Part IV ( Diamond)

Here are the videos released this week:

Fixed Limit:

• Platinum: Basic Heads-up Strategy by ByronJacobs - Part I Recommended
• Platinum: Basic Heads-up Strategy by ByronJacobs - Part II

No-Limit:

• Silver: Major Leaks on NL $50 by Hasenbraten - Part III
• Diamond: Parallel Lines by Somnius - Part IV Recommended

Quiz of the Week: Playing Big Pocket Pairs (FL)

Playing big pocket pairs pre-flop is straight forward, you simply want to get as much action as you can. However, things aren't as easy after the flop.

On an ugly board, your monster will often quickly turn into a marginal hand. Calling, folding and raising in the right spots will help you boost your win rate significantly.

If you want to gauge how well you perform with premium hands in difficult spots, take our quiz:

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