Although most people associate poker schools and training websites with good videos another huge part of our business model is the hand evaluation boards.
As a poker school we promise our members that if they have a hand that they are unsure about, we will answer it for them in their respective status sections. Recently we migrated from hand evaluation forums to hand discussion forums, trying to increase the exposure of the boards whilst still keeping the evaluation aspect.
Today as part of the advent calendar give aways, we have set a challenge for you all. Read about the guys below and then take part.
Win a database review!
I would love to welcome you to our super awesome no limit cash game hand evaluation team 
BogdanPS
Bogdan is taking care of the NL2-NL10 board and also helps out in the NL25-NL50 board, recently he has taken control of the beginners course project. Always taking great care in every post Bogdan does a fantastic job of helping our aspiring poker players.
Keyser1
A recent addition to the team, carefully scouted from twoplustwo his posts are nothing short of amazing. He takes great time and effort in all posts and whilst his posts may seem very long, they are very very informative and well structured. It is an absolute pleasure to have Keyser on board.
In the spoiler below is the "debut post"
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Originally posted by Keyser1
Hi burek,
You played this hand well. At a regular table with a read that villain is a strong, solid player and with the knowledge that villain perceives you to also be a solid player then shoving the river with 99 is reasonable but a little thin. It's thin because most of your perceived semi-bluffing range got there with the exception of hands like non-spade JT, KJ, etc., which most people float flop with anyway. Thus, if villain has AK then I'd expect him to fold on the river with these stack sizes because he doesn't beat anything. With 99 you could potentially get called by AQ, but I'd expect most regs to re-raise the flop while deep and OOP on this drawy board. I'd also expect AA and QQ to 3bet this flop, which means that his calling range on the river starts to get weighted toward flushes and most non-flush hands are likely to fold.
Having said all that, that's only against a player who you know well. At at anonymous table with a 50 hand sample on someone who appears to be very aggro (he's 3bet several times, cbet 90%, cbet in 3bet pots 100%) I think this is a clear value shove. For one, his range possibly includes two pairs like A9, A6, A8, but most importantly, you just don't know villain enough to be sure that he's not a station. He could always level himself into a call with Ax when he has such an aggro image. You have a set in a 3bet pot against a player who you don't know much about. Checking is a bit too weak. Shove and let him figure out what he wants to pay you off with.
I'd also note that it's important for you to be aware of your own image even at these anonymous games. If you've been active and maybe have been caught bluffing before then the river is an even clearer shove.
One point of your analysis that I disagree with is that you think villain won't have a flush after he check-calls the turn and checks the river. Check-calling a flush on the turn is imo the best line. Your range is still perceived to contain bluffs, many of which could fire the river, especially on a board changing card like another spade. You're also still likely to value shove sets. Check-calling the turn with a flush might lose some value against an AQ that checks river (if AQ bet/calls AI on the turn, which is likely but somewhat debatable), but against the entirety of button's range I think there's no reason to shove a flush.
Lastly, this is possibly inconsequential but I do prefer just putting villain all-in by betting $52 rather than shoving all-in yourself. Whether they know it or not, most players have a psychological response to seeing all your chips getting shoved in the middle. All-in just looks a little more threatening and dangerous compared to $52. Of course, I'm not saying that this is likely to make a huge difference in the chance villain calls, but it's still worth doing if it leads to a lighter call-down 1% of the time. Against a weak, recreational player I would often just bet $50 on the river and leave him with $1.11. I've found it increases their calling frequencies substantially. Weak players don't like the idea of losing all of their money in one hand. Leave him a buck to play a SNG!
MBML
Whilst it is MBML's first month as a professional hand judge, over the last years MBML has spent a lot of time in the strategy boards. He has always given a lot of help and support to members and generally his posts are spot on.
He hasn't allowed hand judging getting in the way of crushing the virtual felt and posted in his blog -> mbml's Zoom+Rush Blog: November Graph inside a pretty nice graph.
EmanuelC16
Emanuel recently became a coach with his premier series Knowing me, Knowing you after getting great acclaim we decided to add Emanuel to the hand evaluation team and his posts have been epic. We're really looking forward to more videos from Emanuel and we are all looking forward to him being a permanent fixture of the team for the foreseeable future.
imfromsweden
Yesterday we welcomed Oscar to the team in the number 1 spot in the advent calendar this year. Although IFS plays higher stakes, he has been getting into some very juicy discussions in the NL50 board and we are all looking forward to his game on Tuesday night against KTU.
Getdotacom
Forum favourite getdotacom has been a big part of the community posting everywhere and this month we convinced him to start as a hand evaluator.
Since the creation of the advanced discussion board, GDC has been posting some really interesting hands. Huge river raise vs trips
We look forward to more posts and more threads from one of the big heroes of the English community.
Pleno1
One of the main advocates being the discussion mentality of the forum, full time employee Patrick "pleno1" Leonard helps out in all of the different boards. His motto, "you can't win if you fold" echos through everybody's ears and he likes to reiterate his favourite equation whenever possible..
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POSITION + INITIATIVE = PROFIT
lnternet
Posting exclusively in the NL100 and the no limit advanced forums, Paul "lnternet" Otto is clearly one of the big guns of teaching poker. Victorious against Insyder19 on Wednesday night, the German crusher will be playing in this weeks semi finals. With the backing of both the English and German community he is the favourite to win the championship.
Again his posts are usually very long, very informative and very good.
ctstc
German freelancer, ctstc has moved over to the English community and has full control of the MSS boards. An expert playing smaller stack sizes he gives very prompt and accurate replies. It's great to have him on the team and we're looking forward to the MSS team expanding in the short future.
Kaitz20
A true hand evaluation grinder. We often get guys coming and guys leaving because of real life problems or commitments. Kaitz has been a long term fixture on the boards. Initially in the higher stakes boards and now home in the smaller stakes board giving his experience and enthusiasm to our budding poker players. Great job again and we expect another solid year in 2013!
Kymupa
Comes from the Bulgarian community and is an expert in both MSS and BSS play. Expect to see very professional replies, talking about the whole hands and often making the posters think about different lines. Another new addition that we are very happy to have.
DeMarcohsp/Tomaloc
Two guys who post alot of hands themselves in the NL50 boards, they have learned alot from PokerStrategy.com legend Veriz. They are putting that knowledge back into the forum and do an absolutely amazing job. We expect big things from this duo in 2013 and we will certainly not be surprised if they are both regulars at mid stakes tables this time next year.
:heart: THANK YOU! 
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Looking forward to another clash of office titans KTU - IFS
