Updated on 21 Feb 26 by
Davor Miljkovic
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PokerStrategy Weekly Strategy Round-up

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 will now provide you with a weekly round-up containing the strategy-related content that we have added in the past week.

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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 will
now 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.

If you look up the word "busy" in a dictionary you'll find its definition to be "this week on PokerStrategy.com". In case you didn't find that definition then you're probably using a wrong dictionary. Either way, there were quite a few updates in all sections that you wouldn't want to miss. New articles, videos and perhaps most importantly, our new video content producer jonathanlittle.

videos
Videos have indeed been the highlight of the week with jonathanlittle taking the spotlight with his first SnG session. If you wish to find out more about him then this interview should provide you with plenty information.

High stakes content for SnG players has been long awaited and now you can finally expect a steady stream of such videos. jonathanlittle's debut features nearly 50 minutes of action for our diamond members as he plays four tables of $200-$300 buy-in SnGs.
Watch the special SnG Video here

More SnG videos you say? After a creative pause, thenose is back to bring you exactly that. In his latest session review he plays $55 SnGs on PartyPoker which should help you improve your play in various situations from the early to the late phases.
$55 SnG Session Review By TheNose

Yet another SnG video for this week, this time the author is teddythekiller with his $220 + $16 session review he played on Full Tilt Poker. Video begins with teddythekiller giving the information he has on his opponents, along with examples. As for the rest of the video, simply put: it's a must-watch.
$220+16 SnG Session Review By TeddyTheKiller

Poker world consists of more than just SnGs and our video producers are well aware of that. One of such video producers is hasenbraten as he continues to fight through a jungle of NL $25 players and records it all the way.

This week he played four short-handed tables on PartyPoker while using tools such as notes, reads and stats. The video should give you more insight on the NL25 games as well as explain the stats and how to use them properly to your advantage.
NL $25 SH Session Review by Hasenbraten

You're done with the basics and want to climb to the high limits? If that's the case, then tribuncaesar's new NL200 live video is just the thing for you. In his latest creation he uses tight aggressive strategy at the higher levels on four PokerStars tables while discussing several key concepts relevant to this type of strategy.
NL $200 Live Video by TribunCaesar - Part I

ingolpoker wraps up this week with four NL100 full ring tables played on Full Tilt Poker. It is addressed to our gold ranked members who are looking to improve their mid-stakes game and advance to the bigger limits.
NL $100 Live Video by IngolPoker

strategy articles
Two new silver SnG articles will help you improve your play as blind steals often determine the winner. First one covers the basics of blind steals as you need to learn when to attempt a blind steal and how to pull it off properly.
SNG: The Basics of Blind Steals
Second article covers the other way around situation, or to be more precise your opponent trying to steal the blinds and you re-stealing it from him. Re-steals are one of those things that will give you an edge over your opponents, so don't hesitate to improve that aspect of your play.
SNG: Re-steals the Basics

Leaks in your play often lead to leaks in your bankroll, how to fix them? The following three FL Hold'em silver articles should help you with that.

The article on Expected Value (EV) will help you compute the expected value of a situation, teach you how to use the EV to make the best decision as well as reveal to you other uses of the EV.

FL: How does knowing the Expected Value (EV) help you?

To make right decisions on the river you often have to consider the action on the previous streets in Hold'em and decide which hands your opponents can have after the flop and turn. The following article explains the basics of river play in FL Hold'em.
FL: How to play on the river

Implied odds, or even worse, reverse implied odds? You probably ran into these terms in forum discussion or coaching, but do you know what do they mean and how to use them to improve your decisions? The following article will help you understand what these two terms mean and how to use them properly to maximize your profit.
FL: Implied odds & Reverse Implied odds

The blinds are the driving motor behind poker, as such stealing one or two here and there can often lead to one's advantage. The following article discusses how to adjust to open raising raise from the button and the small blind along with an explanation why such adjustments are important.
Blind steals - How to Adjust to Your Opponents

You are on the turn, out of position, don't have showdown value and your opponent has the initiative. Not the kind of situation you like to find yourself in, but once you're in it, how to proceed? The following article will help you with that.

Playing With Showdown Value on the Turn OOP Without Initiative

quizzes, news and other updates

Two weeks ago, the first version of the PokerStrategy.com Poker
Hand Converter went online and now the first update is out. We have
improved our new software tool according to your feedback and
eliminated as many bugs as possible. You can read more about it here, or download it straight away from the link below.
Click here to get to the PokerStrategy.com Poker Hand Converter!

In order to make the fundamental content even more accessible, the basic
charts are now available as wallpapers to download. These wallpapers
will give you compact overview of your profitable starting hands in all
situations whether you're playing Fixed Limit, No Limit or SnG.
Download All Wallpapers

Having problems with donkbets? Who doesn't - the people who know how to
confront them. The quiz of the week will help you react properly to donkbets
and how to properly continue the hand afterwards, in the end you can
save yourself a lot of trouble by gaining an edge over such players
instead of losing your head.
Quiz of the Week: FL - Playing Donkbets


Quizzes are a fun way to test your knowledge, but what if you want
to take some of the older ones? Now we will save you the trouble of
looking for our previous NL, FL or SnG quizzes as we will gather them
all at one place. This week's summary of quizzes features FL Hold'em.
Quizzes Summary: Fixed Limit
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