Sample Hands of the Week
Our hand judges have searched through the forum to again provide you with the most instructional and interesting sample hands of the week. Don't miss the opportunity to learn from this selection.
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poker player.
This is why we want to provide you with the best sample hands of the week. Our hand judges have chosen some of the most interesting and instructional sample hands of the last week in order to give you the opportunity to read through them. Try to evaluate these hands yourself and compare your analysis with those of the hand judges.
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Sometimes you don't want to play overpairs for your entire stack on an ugly low-card flop. Take a look at this hand and learn when to play for pot control.
Floating is a powerful tool in your poker arsenal. But it's not that easy to find the right spot to do so. This hand teaches you when not to float your opponent.
A lot of players fall in love with bluffing in every possible spot. Of course bluffing is an important tool, but you should choose your spots wisely. In this hand you will learn when not to bluff.
Even if you play the short stack strategy, strong draws will cross your path. This hand illustrates how to play them.
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This hand illustrates that you should play your strong hands aggressively in multi-way pots, especially if a scare card appears on the river.
Drawy boards are difficult to play in many cases. This hand illustrates how to play in a heads-up situation on the different streets against a passive opponent without a strong made hand.
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Learn to simply fold your good pre-flop hand on a bad flop, a pure bluff is seldom the right thing to do in a multi-way pot. Take the free card and don't get fancy.
While playing you will always get reads on your opponents, be it timing tells or something else. The value of these reads is very important. Are they reliable? Take a look at this hand and decide for yourself.
