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Skill versus Luckin Poker

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Texas Holdem:Setup and Basic Play

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The Role of the Dealer

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The Role of the Button: Whose DealIs It?

1 1Texas Holdem: Setup and Basic Play

The Two Blinds to the Leftof the Button

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Holdem Setup

Two Cards Are Dealt, Facedown

1 3Texas Holdem: Setup and Basic Play

The Player to the Left of the TwoBlinds Acts First

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One More Circumstance of the FirstRound of Play

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Second Round of Betting

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Holdem Flop

Third Round of Betting

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Holdem 4th Street

Fourth Round of Betting

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A Short Review of What a Hand ofLimitTexas Holdem Looks Like

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First Round of BettingP2 Raises

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Two Important Aspects of HoldemEtiquette

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Introducing Limit Holdem into Your Private Game

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The Advantage of Position

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No-Limit Texas Holdem StructureThe Cadillac!

Pot-Limit Holdem

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Limit Holdem:Beginners Strategy

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Preflop Limit Holdem: Lessons forBeginners, Top Ten Hands Only

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Top 10 hands in Holdem

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Phils Animal Types

Phils Animal Types

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Raising with a Top Ten Hand in LatePosition

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Re-RaiseFour Bets

Beware of the Mouse

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Reraising the Jackal with a Top TenHand in Cyberspace

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A Top Ten Hand against a Mouse

Pocket Aces

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Kings, Queens, and A-K

Pocket Jacks

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Playing the Flop for Holdem Beginners: The Power of the Raise

4 1Limit Holdem: Beginners Strategy

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Examples

The Flop Comes Down

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The Flop Has Come Down

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The Flop Is

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The Flop Is

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Playing the Flop, for Limit HoldemBeginners: The Special Case of A-K

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Examples

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The Flop Includes an A or a K (ForExample,A-9-4, K-10-7, A-2-3, or K-Q-J)

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The Flop Is J-5-2

The Flop Is and You Have

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The Flop Is Q-10-2

The Flop Is 6-5-2

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How to Play the Top Ten Hands onFourth Street

Protecting Your Hand

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Knowing When to Fold Em

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Folding Down Your Hand

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Folding Your Hand Because a Bad CardCame on Fourth Street

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Protect Your Hand

The Elephant Scares You Off

Raising the Jackal on Fourth Street Whena Good Card Hits

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A Tough Situation

6 3Limit Holdem: Beginners Strategy

Playing the River with the Top TenHands: Call for the Pot Odds!

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Folding on the River

The Board Is So Bad I Surrender!

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The Following Hand Has ThreeDifferent Endings

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Pot Odds Say,Close Your Eyes and Call

Calling Two Bets on the River

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Folding A-A for Two Bets on the End

When the Last Card Is Bad for Your Hand

6 9Limit Holdem: Beginners Strategy

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Limit Holdem:Intermediate Strategy

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Extending Your Play beyond the TopTen Hands

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Stealing the Blinds

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Weird Things Can Happen When YoureStealing the Blinds

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Playing the Majority Play Hands beforethe Flop

Calling with Small Pairs

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Reraising with Small Pairs, before the Flop

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7 9Limit Holdem: Intermediate Strategy

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Make It Two Bets with No Callers

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Making It Two Bets with Callers

Small Pairs When the Mouse Has Come inRaising

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Raise and Isolate the Jackal

Small PairsDont Call Three Bets!

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How to Play A-x Suited before the Flop

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Playing K-Q before the Flop

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Playing the Majority Play Hands on theFlop

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Examples

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Playing Small Pairs (2-2 through 6-6) onthe Flop: Pump It or Dump It

Playing Small Pairs on the Flop

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8 9Limit Holdem: Intermediate Strategy

Playing Small Pairs: Flopping a Set

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Playing Small Pairs: Good Flops,Protecting Your Hand

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Playing Small Pairs: Terrible Flops

Playing Small Pairs: Good Flops

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Reraising before the Flop Leads toBetting on the Flop

Playing A-x Suited on the Flop:Hit It or Fold It

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9 5Limit Holdem: Intermediate Strategy

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Playing A-x Suited on the Flop: Flush Draw

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Playing A-x Suited: Bad Flop

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Playing A-x Suited: Hitting SecondBoard Pair

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Playing A-x Suited: OK Flop

Playing A-x Suited: Marginal Flop

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Playing A-x Suited: Flopping a Draw

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Playing A-x Suited: Second Pairwith Mouse

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Playing A-x Suited: Strong Flops, SlowPlay

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Playing A-x Suited: Strong Flop, Slow Playor Not

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Playing A-x Suited: Strong Flops, SlowPlay?

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Playing K-Q on the Flop: Hit It or Fold It

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on Fourth StreetHow to Play the Majority Play Hands

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Smooth-Calling

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Jamming the Pot

Protecting Your Hand with a Raise

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Folding Your Hand

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Playing the Marginal Play Hands on theRiver

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Limit Holdem:Advanced Strategy

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Playing Suited Connectors

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Three Limit Holdem SituationsAppropriate for Playing Suited Connectors

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Calling with Suited Connectors

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Calling with Suited Connectors inthe Blinds

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Three-Betting with Suited Connectors:Messing with the Other Players Heads

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1 2 3Limit Holdem: Advanced Strategy

Spencers Approach: Fire Up theGame

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1 2 5Limit Holdem: Advanced Strategy

Stealing from the Blind Stealers

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1 2 7Limit Holdem: Advanced Strategy

Trapping with Big Hands before theFlop

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Advanced Holdem on the Flop

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Dangers of Resteals andSuited Connectors

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Position in Advanced Play

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No-Limit and Pot-LimitHoldem Strategy

1 3 3No-Limit and Pot-Limit Holdem Strategy

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Pot-Limit Holdem (PLH)

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The Biggest and Most PrestigiousPoker Game: No-Limit Holdem (NLH)

1 3 5No-Limit and Pot-Limit Holdem Strategy

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Introducing No-Limit Holdem to YourH o m e Game

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Beginners Strategy for NLH and PLH

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Beginners: If You Hold A-A, K-K, Q-Q, orA-K before the Flop, Bet It All

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Beginners: Trapping with the TopFour Hands

1 4 1No-Limit and Pot-Limit Holdem Strategy

Beginners: Reraising J-J, 10-10, or 9-9before the Flop

Beginners: Pairs 8-8 and under and A-QThree Different Theories

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1 4 3No-Limit and Pot-Limit Holdem Strategy

Intermediate NLH theory: Adding A-xSuited

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Guessing an Opponents Exact TwoHole Cards

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Judgment is Everything in NLH

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Phils NLH Strategy

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Phils Strategy: Reraise with Nothing

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1 5 1No-Limit and Pot-Limit Holdem Strategy

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1 5 3No-Limit and Pot-Limit Holdem Strategy

The Bet It All Strategy for NLHYuck!

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1 5 5No-Limit and Pot-Limit Holdem Strategy

Huck Seeds Advanced Theory ofSuited Connectors for NLH

Suited Connectors

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When Suited Connectors Dont Work

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Superadvanced Megalomaniac NLHTheory: Playing with Nothing

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Dave Devilfish Ulliotts Theory ofNLH

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Develop Your Own Style

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Limit Holde mTournament Strategy

1 6 3Limit Holdem Tournament Strategy

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Aggressive Play Helps in Limit HoldemEvents

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Tight Play Helps in Limit HoldemEvents, Especially Early

1 6 7Limit Holdem Tournament Strategy

Stealing the Blinds Helps You SurviveLate in Limit Holdem Events

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Steal Blinds at the Money-Cutoff Line

1 6 9Limit Holdem Tournament Strategy

Survive and Thrive

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Bring Your Big Guns to a War!

1 7 1Limit Holdem Tournament Strategy

How to Trap with a Big Hand

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Play Satellites in Order to ImproveYour Holdem Game

1 7 3Limit Holdem Tournament Strategy

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Psychological Advantages inPoker Tournaments

Limit Holdem Tournaments: Summation

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Omaha:Setup and Basic Play

Omaha and Holdem

1 7 7Omaha: Setup and Basic Play

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A Quick Run-Through of the Bettingand Dealing Action (Minus SomeImportant Elements)

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Omaha Flop

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A Quick Refresher: The Button, Blinds,Betting Order, and Betting Options

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Omaha River

A Sample Hand of Omaha

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1 8 3Omaha: Setup and Basic Play

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1 8 5Omaha: Setup and Basic Play

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Omaha Eight or Better: Setup andBasic Play

1 8 7Omaha: Setup and Basic Play

Pot-Limit Omaha: Setup and Basic Play

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Pot-Limit Omaha: Sample Hand

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Omaha Eight or Better(High-Low Split) Strategy

Omaha Eight or Better (High-Low Split) Strategy

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Qualifying a Low Hand in O8B

Omaha Eight or Better (High-Low Split) Strategy

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When No Low Hand Is Possible; and WhenTwo Players Share the Same Low

Omaha Eight or Better (High-Low Split) Strategy

Back to the More Usual Low Hands

Adding Two Cards from a Hand to Makethe Four Best Possible Low Hands

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No Low Is Possible

A Lot of Times You Can Just Add A-2 tothe Three Lowest Cards on the Board

Omaha Eight or Better (High-Low Split) Strategy

Adding A-2 Works Again

Remember: You Have to Use Exactly TwoCards from Your Hand

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Using Two Down Cards for High and theOther Two for Low

Using the Same Two Down Cards for BothHigh and Low

Using One Card Twice: Once for High andOnce for Low

Omaha Eight or Better (High-Low Split) Strategy

When Only a High Hand Is Available

The Importance of A-2 in YourStarting Hand

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Omaha Eight or Better (High-Low Split) Strategy

The Rank of Starting Hands in O8B

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Omaha Eight or Better (High-Low Split) Strategy

Premium and Strong O8B hands

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Preflop Theory for O8B Beginners

Tight Play

Raising before the Flop

Omaha Eight or Better (High-Low Split) Strategy

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Beginners Theory for Strong Flops andWeak Flops

Great Flops

Omaha Eight or Better (High-Low Split) Strategy

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Good Flops: Protecting Your Hand

Omaha Eight or Better (High-Low Split) Strategy

Good Flops: Keep Em In

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Marginal Flops: Pump It or Dump It

Omaha Eight or Better (High-Low Split) Strategy

When a Pair Hits the Board

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Bad FlopsFold

Playing O8B Hands on Fourth Streetfor Beginners

Omaha Eight or Better (High-Low Split) Strategy

Drawing Low on Fourth Street, with NoHigh Draw

Drawing to a High Hand on Fourth Streetwith a Low Possible

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Jamming with the Best High Hand onFourth Street

Jamming with the Best Low Hand onFourth Street

Omaha Eight or Better (High-Low Split) Strategy

Jamming with the Best Possible HandBoth Ways on Fourth Street

Smooth-Calling with the Best PossibleLow Hand

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Get Rid of the Low Draws

Beginners Strategy for Playing onthe River

Jamming with the Best Hand with aChance for It All

Omaha Eight or Better (High-Low Split) Strategy

To Raise on the River with the BestPossible Hand?

Folding the Second-Best Low on the End

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Folding a Strong High Hand on the End

Omaha Eight or Better (High-Low Split) Strategy

Miami John Cernutos Three-Wheel-Card Theory

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Folding a Three-Wheel Hand on the Flop

Omaha Eight or Better (High-Low Split) Strategy

Hitting the Flop

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Never Leave Home without an Ace!

Omaha Eight or Better (High-Low Split) Strategy

Scotty Nguyen Told Me to Play Only A-2 in O8B

Ted Forrests Loose O8B Experiment

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Omaha Eight or Better (High-Low Split) Strategy

My (Unsuccessful) Theory of O8B

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Pot-Limit Omaha: Beginnersand Intermediate Strategy

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In PLO, Youre Looking to Make theBest Possible Hand

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Pot-Limit Omaha: Beginners and Intermediate

Investing a Toothpick to Wina Lumberyard

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What It Means to Bet the Pot

Pot-Limit Omaha: Beginners and Intermediate

The Best Beginners Strategy for PLO

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Pot-Limit Omaha: Beginners and Intermediate

The Best Starting Hands for PLO

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Best Starting Hands in Pot-Limit Omaha

Pot-Limit Omaha: Beginners and Intermediate

The Most Dangerous Starting Handsin PLO

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The Danger of Small Wraps

Small Flush Draws

Pot-Limit Omaha: Beginners and Intermediate

Beware of Pairs Under Nines

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Playing A-A-x-x before the Flop in PLO

Pot-Limit Omaha: Beginners and Intermediate

All-in with A-A-x-x before the Flop

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Raising with A-A-x-x before the Flop

If You Raise before the Flop with A-A-x-x,Bet the Flop

Pot-Limit Omaha: Beginners and Intermediate

Dont Raise the Pot with A-A-x-x beforethe Flop; Reraise

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Playing Big Pocket Pairs in PLO

Playing Strong Hands before the FlopPutting in a Small Raise

Pot-Limit Omaha: Beginners and Intermediate

With Strong PLO Flops, Bet Hard toProtect Your Hand or Bluff

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Pot-Limit Omaha: Beginners and Intermediate

Mathematics in PLO on Fourth Street

Phils Flaw

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Pot-Limit Omaha: Beginners and Intermediate

Calling Because of the Math onFourth Street

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Math in PLO Forces You to Fold

Pot-Limit Omaha: Beginners and Intermediate

Make Sure to Bet the Size of the Potto Protect Your Hand

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Making Big Bets with Hands That Arentthe Best Possible

Betting Out with a Set into a Possible

Pot-Limit Omaha: Beginners and Intermediate

Straight

Betting Out a Set into a Straight

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Pot-Limit Omaha: Beginners and Intermediate

Betting or Calling Bets on the River

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Bluffing on the End Makes Them CallYouYou Have to Do It

Pot-Limit Omaha: Beginners and Intermediate

PLO: Final Thoughts

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Seven-Card Stud:Setup and Basic Play

Bet Limits, and an Extra Roundof Betting

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Antes, Not Blinds

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How a Hand Proceeds

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Seven-Card Stud Antes

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2 6 3Seven-Card Stud: Setup and Basic Play

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A Sample Hand of Seven-Card Stud

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Seven-Card Stud Setup

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Seven-Card Stud: Setup and Basic Play 2 6 7

Seven-Card Stud Board

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Two Other Stud Games

Betting Structure for Razz (Seven-CardStud Low)

Betting Structure Seven-Card Stud Eightor Better

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There Is No Positional Advantage inDealing Stud or Its Variants

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Seven-Card Stud:Basic and Intermediate

Strategy

Seven-Card Stud: Basic and Intermediate Strategy

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Seven-Card Stud: Basic and Intermediate Strategy

Beginners Strategy: The Number OneThing to Know about Stud

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What Are the Most Powerful StartingHands in Stud?

Seven-Card Stud: Basic and Intermediate Strategy

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Seven-Card Stud: Basic and Intermediate Strategy

Weaker Seven-Card Stud StartingHands

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Beginning and Intermediate Strategy:Play It Until the Bets Are Double

Seven-Card Stud: Basic and Intermediate Strategy

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Beginners: What to Do with Your Handon the First Round of Betting

The Time to Throw Away Your Jacks

Seven-Card Stud: Basic and Intermediate Strategy

The Time to Reraise with Your Pair ofJacks

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The Time to Make It Three Bets to Gowith Your Pair of Jacks

Seven-Card Stud: Basic and Intermediate Strategy

Slow-Playing Your Hands inSeven-Card Stud

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Watch the Other Players Up Cardsfor Information

Seven-Card Stud: Basic and Intermediate Strategy

Winning the Pot with a Draw

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Throwing Your Hand Away When YourOpponent Pairs His Door Card

Seven-Card Stud: Basic and Intermediate Strategy

Throwing Your Hand Away When YourOpponent Hits an Overpair on theBoard

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One Final Thought: Dont Fight theMath

Seven-Card Stud: Basic and Intermediate Strategy

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Seven-Card StudLow (Razz) Strategy

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The Best Low Hands

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The Best Playable Hands in Razz

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The Up Cards Will Determine theStrength of Your Hand

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The Up Cards Sometimes Tell You Whatto Do

Automatic Steal When Youre the OnlyLow Card

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Automatic Raise When Its You versusthe High Bring-In Card

Semiautomatic Raise: Stealing theAntes

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Starting with the Best Possible Hand

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Duplicated Cards in Your Hand

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Why You Should Jam It in Razz withYour Strong Hands in Three

Jamming Keeps You in the Pot

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The Argument for Trapping in Razz

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A Razz Trap Gone Awry!

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3 0 5Seven-Card Stud Low (Razz) Strategy

Who Is the Favorite after Five Cards?

Representing a Hand in Razz after YouMake a Hidden Pair

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3 0 7Seven-Card Stud Low (Razz) Strategy

Look for the Old Board-LockSituation

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When Its Time to Fold Your Handin Razz

Dont Draw Weak against Power on

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Dont Try to Hit Two Perfect Cards ina Row

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Fold a Four-Card Nine for a Lot of Heat

One World-Class Tip from Ted Forrest

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Defending When Yours Is the High Cardon the Board

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Seven-Card StudEight or Better Strategy

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Scooping the Pot

3 1 5Seven-Card Stud Eight or Better Strategy

Qualifying a Low Hand in Stud 8/b

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All the Qualifying Low Hands for Stud 8/b

3 1 7Seven-Card Stud Eight or Better Strategy

When No Low Hand Is Possible, theBest High Hand Wins the Whole Pot

When Players Tie for High or Low

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Go for the Low, Hoping to Luck Outand Win Both Ways

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The Best Starting Hands in Stud 8/b

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Premium Starting Hands in Stud 8/b

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A Solid, Safe Strategy for Beginners inStud 8/b

3 2 3Seven-Card Stud Eight or Better Strategy

Beginners Strategy after Three Cards: Trap or Not?

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Beginners Strategy: Trap with theLow, Jam with the High

3 2 5Seven-Card Stud Eight or Better Strategy