Updated on 21 Feb 26 by
Barry Carter
Poker Expert

Can you handle the pressure of 250BB tables?

In their final video, Rogier & Vice1 show you how to beat the deepstack cash tables and handle the pressure of 250BBs.

Rogier
  • Game Type:
  • Cash
  • Coach:
  • Rogier & Vice1
  • Status:
  • Gold
  • Duration:
  • 45 minutes

Our Dutch coach Rogier and Vice1 are back with the final part of their guide to climbing the ranks in online cash games. 

They have tackled the micro stakes, small stakes and midstakes, now they are taking on deep stacked (250BB) and ante cash tables at all of these levels. Topics of interest will include: 

  • How to put pressure on your opponents & how to handle the pressure of deep stack play
  • Stealing at ante tables
  • The importance of position in these games
  • How reads and stats become more valuable
  • Why these tables are not just full of tough pros - expect to see limpers and min-reraises!

5-way with a draw - how to play it deep?

In a hand where we call a minraise preflop, how would you play your Open Ended Straight draw in a 5-way pot? We do have position and the opportunity to build a big pot. Is this a mandatory bet? Or are there too many opponents and we don't hit often enough to make this a profitable bet?

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Poker Expert

Barry Carter is the editor of PokerStrategy.com and the co-author of The Mental Game of Poker 1 & 2, Poker Satellite Strategy, PKO Poker Strategy, Endgame Poker Strategy, GTO Poker Simplified, Mystery Bounty Poker Strategy and Beyond GTO. In 2025, he won the Global Poker Awards for Best Book and Twitter Personality of the Year.