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February 27, 2021 Gareth James In his latest strategy video, Gareth James takes a look at c-betting, giving you five top tips on how to approach this technical aspect of your post-flop play. Check out the video at the bottom of the page, and read on for all the advice! I've coached a lot of players, looked over a lot of databases and seen some very costly mistakes when it comes to flop c-betting! In this video, I go through some of my top tips for flop continuation betting (aka c-betting) that, when fixed, can help you make more deep runs and more final tables.

February 14, 2021LearnWPT With a 100 big blind effective stack, you open-raise to 3bbs in the Cutoff seat and get called by the player in the Big Blind. This scenario shows a common spot where you are in position against a tough opponent in the Big Blind on the flop after you were the preflop aggressor. Against a less-skilled opponent automatically c-betting a standard size is often the best play. These types of opponents are less likely to put pressure on your c-bets by making moves on the flop. Against tougher players you’ll need to focus on board texture to determine the best continu...

With its long and shady history, poker seems to have a natural affinity for fantasy writers, ranging from Edward Whittemore ( Jerusalem Poker) to Tim Powers ( Last Call). It shouldn’t come as a surprise that the ever-eclectic Lavie Tidhar turns his attention to it with The Big Blind, which is peppered with cardsharp lingo and informed descriptions of high-stakes games. There’s not actually a shred of SF or fantasy in the novella, so the obvious question is, why mention it at all here? Well, Tidhar has long taken a kind of perverse glee in his own unpredictability, sometimes blurring the ...

Martin Jacobson has teamed up with fellow poker pro Farid Jattin to offer a new way of studying poker at an elite level. The pair have put their minds and resources together in order to bring the poker community a comprehensive poker road map on the most valuable knowledge needed to succeed in tournament poker. When Does The Course Take Place? The group course will take place via Zoom and Jacobson says that by the end of the course, students will be able to better understand the fundamentals of the game. "Due to the complexity of the game," said Jacobson. "We've optimized the course by focus...