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PokerStrategy.com July Highlights

With the month of July behind us, we take a look back at all the best content released on PokerStrategy.com during that time. Join us in this review and make sure you haven't missed out on anything that will help you improve your game.

We've organized the content by status level. Just click on your status level below, and you'll find some July content for players at that level.

Bronze status Silver status Gold status Platinum status Diamond status

Highlights for All
Type Title Producer
Article Putting Theory Into Practice miiwiin
In this article, MiiWiin explains how players can make the best use of all of the resources available at PokerStrategy.com.
Coaching NL Poker School with veriz veriz
NL Poker School with veriz is about to finish, weekly coaching was taking place to answer all beginner questions.

Highlights for Bronze
Type Title Producer
Article 30 Beginners Tips for Your No Limit Career (1) miiwiin
The following MiiWiin article will help you become a successful NL strategist. In part one you can read 15 tips on topics such as finding the right play and staying cool in difficult phases.
Article 30 Beginners Tips for Your No Limit Career (2) miiwiin
In part two of MiiWiin's article, the things you can learn include the importance of thinking indepently of results, the role proper bankroll management plays and more.
Coaching SNG Bronze+ chenny8888
chenny8888 had a record 424 PokerStrategists tuned in to one of his coaching in July. Join his coaching sessions yourself on every Sunday and learn all about being successful on lowest 10-max SNGs.

Highlights for Silver
Type Title Producer
Article Mental Coaching (1)
carstenbruns
After having played mid to high stakes successfully for years as well as being a mental coach, Carsten Bruns has now joined our coaching staff. In his first article you can learn more on mental coaching and calling up your A-game.
Article Overcards in 3-Bet Pots (4) - Possible Plays without Initiative miiwiin 
In the fourth and final column dealing with overcards in 3-bet pots, our NL BSS coach MiiWiin writes about playing your overcards when you're in or out of position.
Column River Value Bets (1) - Basics (NL) miiwiin
MiiWiin's first column of a series on value betting explores common problems people make with river bets.
Column River Value Bets (2) - In Position as PFA (NL)
miiwiin
The second column of MiiWiin's series on value betting will expand your knowledge on this topic by exploring some interesting spots in which you are the preflop aggressor.
Column River Value Bets (3) - In Position without Initiative (NL)
miiwiin
The third column of MiiWiin's series on value betting shows you what your best possible option is based on your opponent's actions when you are in position without initiative on the river.
Quiz Opa's FL Chest (2)
opabumbi
Do you know what to do as the pre-flop aggressor when your flop conti-bet is met with a raise? Test your knowledge in Opabumpi's quiz!
Quiz Opa's FL Chest (3)
opabumbi
The third quiz in Opabumpi's FL series tests your knowledge in spots where you face a raise on the turn after having villain call your bet on the flop.
Quiz Equity with Overpairs and Top Pairs (NL)
miiwiin
If you wish to test your knowledge and/or learn more about equities with overpairs and top pairs, then you should definitely take this quiz.
Quiz Freeplay with 83s (NL)
miiwiin 
 Do you know how to play atrashy hand like 83s? Put your knowledge to a test in MiiWiin's quiz based on the topic of freeplay.
Video Simple Heads-up Poker - Part 1 (NL)
raskolnikov
Based on his first-hand experience with all the perils fancy plays can put you into, Raskolnikov decided to show you his simple approach to the game in this heads-up video series.
Video Micro Surgery - Part 4 - Introduction to 3-betting (FL)
boomer2k10 
 In the fourth part of his Micro Surgery video series, Boomer2k10 explains pre-flop play in depth for the superior understanding of 3-betting and to give you a solid foundation to develop from.

Highlights for Gold
Type Title Producer
Article Metagame - What It Is, and Why It’s Important jaxtraw
Metagame is all about the image you and your opponent give off and in this article jaxtraw explains how you can use metagame to your advantage while at the table.
Video Sunday Night H.O.R.S.E Tournament (Part 1) (Part 2) rainmantrail
RainmanTrail takes you through his first H.O.R.S.E. tournament played on Full Tilt Poker. 
Video Game Theory Optimal (Part 1) (Part 2) chenny8888
chenny8888's latest video series on Game Theory Optimal explains everything from the theory behind GTO to optimal bluffing and folding frequencies. The series also provides you with some interesting hands as examples.

Highlights for Platinum
Type Title Producer
Video Advanced Ways to Play Common Tough Spots yourdoompoker
In this video featuring hands from NL600, YourDoomPoker gives an in-depth analysis of ranges and lines while using Equilab to explore the different cases.

Highlights for Diamonds
Type Title Producer
Video Bet Sizing Matters (NL) yourdoompoker
YourDoomPoker talks about the right sizing and gives some examples.
Video PLO Highstakes - Part 2 (PLO) jenskyllonen
Follow our coach Jens Kyllonen when he plays the highest stakes of PLO.
Video Saving Bets - (Part 2) (Part 3) (FL) dooshcom
Recent Bracelet winner DooshCom shows you how to save unncessary bets in Fixed Limit Hold'em.