Sample Hands of the Week
Every day a lot of new members start posting their sample hands in order to improve their game. In this news, you will find last week's most interesting hands, with hands from TheBrood, bartex and CoreySteel.
Posting sample hands and trying to evaluate others' sample hands is
one of the best ways to improve your own game and to become a better
poker player. So you should read the hand posting guide
and start taking advantage of this unique offer from PokerStrategy by
frequently posting your hands in the forum. Take a look at the sample
hands of the week, try to evaluate these
hands yourself and compare your analysis with that of the hand judges.
Sample hands of the week
Reading the board structure and reacting to your opponents' play is always important. This hand is a good example how you should act on a drawy board facing a donkbet by a rather passive player.
Position is very important in NL SH. If you don't have position, things get more difficult. In this example, hero has a strong hand and loads of outs to improve to an even better hand. Therefore you should play aggressively in these spots.
NL SSS 2nd barrels and isolation raises by xarry2
Playing the SSS means making most decisions preflop or on the flop. Nevertheless, there are situations where 2nd barrels are useful and profitable. xarry2 explains when and how to use these tools in this sample hand and article.
sample hands of the week
This is a good example for the influence of preflop play on post flop play. In this hand, the preflop action reduces our opponents range, which make it -EV to stay
aggressive even with a good overpair.
FL $0.5/$1 SH QKo by CoreySteel
This is another hand where ranges are important. Watch out for spots where you're running good even against a very tight range and put in a raise to maximize your winnings.
Sample hands of the week
Do not neglect pot-building in limped pots if you want to get
a significant number of chips into the pot by the river. The same applies for the turn and river play. Try to get as many chips in as you can when you have a very strong hand.
Don't think of hands that can beat you when you have a hand close to the nuts,
think of ranges and whether you're ahead of the range of your opponent or not. In this hand, hero is clearly ahead of the opponent's range.
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