Strategy Round-up: Are you prepared?
Are you prepared to face the perils of NL Heads-up? If not, our Coach and Author norenore has written a special article this week to help you out. We have also released multiple videos this week, including the final part of Nazgul's MTT video series.
Making mistakes is not a bad thing, that is if you are capable of spotting these mistakes and correcting them. This is one of the reasons why user review videos can help you improve your play and 
Nazgul's recent video series brings you just that.
With the final part of Nazgul's series now released, you can check out the late stages of play in MTT $215. In case you missed some of the previous parts, you can find them all here:
Watch Nazgul's video series:
Part I | Part II | Part III | Part IV | Part V
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Platinum)
We have also released many more interesting videos this week, such as the SnG live video created by and jaroz007. Watch these two discuss the correct play in various difficult situations, as they combine their thoughts into inspiring conclusions which will help you see many things more clearly.
This week's videos
| Video |
Producer |
Rank |
| terrorblade |  Bronze
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| ge5sterne |  Gold
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| xarry2 | Bronze |
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| steinek |  Silver |
| ge5sterne | Bronze |
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| & jaroz007 | Gold |
| terrorblade | Bronze |
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| Nazgul
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Platinum |
| hasenbraten | Silver
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| greyboy | Platinum |
| Platinum |
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| pokermarcel87 | Silver
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Quizzes, articles and other updates
This week our Coach and Author norenore presented an NL Heads-up article which will help our Silver-ranked members and above to prepare themselves for some NL HU action.
Apart from tips that will get you into this game variant, norenore also shares his secrets on where you're best off playing, as well as what characteristics will help you pinpoint worthwhile opponents.
Read article now ( Silver status and above)
Pocket pairs will make up a considerable part of your winning rate in the beginning. However, once you hit your set, there is lots of room for beginner mistakes. Being too passive and trying to trap your opponent every time you've finally hit a set on the flop is amongst the most common mistakes to be made. Slow-playing a set can be very fruitful in the right spot, though.
At the same time, being too impatient and aggressive at the wrong moment can mean that you lose substantial value and thus fail in achieving your goal of extracting maximum value. Can you dodge the pitfalls when it comes to getting your opponents to pay the maximum for your sets?
If you think you can you make a correct estimate of your equity and
assess your position adequately against such a wide range, then don't
hesitate to take the quiz and find out if your play has any leaks in it:
