Sample Hands of the Week
Do you want to become a successful poker player? Start posting your hands in our hand evaluation forums. You will find the most instructional hands chosen by our hand judges in this news.
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hands of the week, try to evaluate these
hands yourself and compare your analysis with those of the hand judges.
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Sample hands of the week
The
higher you get in the limits, the more complex the game becomes, even if
you play SSS. In this hand, Hero had to make a difficult decision in a
rather marginal spot, but take a look for yourself.
When you are faced with a raise on the flop, you need to put your
opponent on a range and act accordingly. Based on the range of your
opponent and the board structure, you need to decide whether a fold, a
call or a re-raise is the best decision.
Position is an advantage that can't be overestimated. If you have
position, you are the last one to act and can therefore decide if you
want to bet, call or raise. In the given hand, Hero flopped a draw which
can be played aggressively. Take a look at that hand and learn about
the positional advantage.
sample hands of the week
Second barrels are a tool which you should use wisely. If, however, the
turn is a scare card or a blank that doesn't change anything, you can
make your opponent fold his hand by firing another barrel. Sometimes
you'll have the best hand even if you get called.
In FL, you call or fold based on your equity. Due to the fixed
betting amounts, you very often get the right odds to call. But there
are still cases in which you can fold even on the flop. Our hand judge
has provided a nice calculation on this hand which leads to an easy
decision.
Sample hands of the week
In SnG's, most decisions are made pre-flop. For that reason, bad
pre-flop decisions can lead to bad post-flop choices. Take a look at this
hand and figure out how you would have played it.
Small
pockets are very strong hands in the later stages of a tournament,
however, you can't play these stages purely by the chart. In this hand, for
example, we have a great deal of action before us, so our opponents'
ranges mostly have us beat, thus we can even fold hands that are as strong
as pocket sixes.
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