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 that have been chosen by our hand judges in this article.
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frequently posting your hands in the forum. Take a look at the sample
hands of the week, try to evaluate these
hands yourself and compare your analysis with those of the hand judges.
Our professional hand judge for the SnG sample hand board, 
Unam, gave us his view on posting sample hands: "You should start posting sample hands because on the forum you get the chance to give your opinion on certain hands. You can argue the pros and cons and use them to support your own opinion as well as to discover a solution to a certain problem. The hand posting forums are the best place to get precise analysis on your hands."
Sample hands of the week
A lot of players overestimate the importance of bluffs, especially on low limits. The continuation bet and the second barrel are bluffs but you should know when to use these tools. There's a very thin line between making it profitable and losing money by doing it. Take a look at this hand and find out what our judges suggest.
Even with strong made hands, you have to consider the possibility of being behind. You need to think about your opponent's range for making a certain play. Once you do that you can act accordingly. A flush is a strong made hand. On paired board, however, you need to take a closer look before you make a decision.
This hand makes clear that playing poker means to make the correct mathematical decisions. Someone might ask: Why is he playing J2o as an short stack player?"
Take a look at this hand and find out.
sample hands of the week
If you have raised preflop, you have shown strength. Therefore a continuation bet on a dry board is profitable in the long term, even if played against 3 opponents. You might have the best hand and you have loads of fold equity.
FL strategy question with TT by camicio
In FL, you have a limited ability to protect your strong hands against draws due to the fixed bet sizes. Therefore a call is used on the flop to await the turncard, which, if it's a blank, makes a big difference in terms of equity. In other cases, you should still raise your made hand to get called by worse hands. Take a look at this thread and try to follow the discussion.
Sample hands of the week
In SnGs you should play tight in the early stages. Try to avoid trouble spots and difficult decisions and you'll make less mistakes post flop.
MTTs are the most interesting and exciting kind of poker for a lot of players but they are also difficult to play. One mistake could lead to busting out of the tournament. Therefore you should be careful with building large pots with marginal hands. Take a look at this hand and find out how you would have played in this spot.
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