Variance increases as the speed of the tourney goes up, but comes down with the greater number of games you can play. So if you switch from regular SNGs to turbos, but you’re playing more, you can stick to the bankroll requirements above. But if you’re playing the same amount, you’ll need to increase your [...]
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A-5 Triple Draw is another draw and lowball poker game, where players discard cards from their hands, replacing them with new cards, and the best low hand winning. The game is similar to 2-7 Triple Draw, except winning hands are ranked differently. If you want to learn how to play poker, then A-5 Triple Draw [...]
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Variance increases as the speed of the tourney goes up, but comes down with the greater number of games you can play. So if you switch from regular SNGs to turbos, but you’re playing more, you can stick to the bankroll requirements above. But if you’re playing the same amount, you’ll need to increase your [...]
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Two other things to consider for MTT bankroll management. Variance reduces over time, so the more MTTs you play, the less variance will affect you. This makes playing more than one tournament at a time appealing. However, be honest with how many MTTs you can play at one time, without it affecting your game. It’s [...]
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Bankroll Management for MTTs Multi-table tournaments (MTTs) have a high variance. This means you’re much more likely not to win anything than other poker games. But when you do win, you win big. Remember, MTTs regularly only pay out around the top 10% in the field, and even that figure is misleading because a huge [...]
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When you’re learning how to play poker, bankroll management is one of the key skills to develop. If you don’t have the bankroll, you can’t play poker. We looked at the basics of bankroll management Basic Bankroll Management, as part of the Key Concepts of Poker series of posts. This series of posts will expand [...]
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The math problem here is to work our equity in the hand and the EV (expected value) of making the play, to work out if calling or folding will show a profit over time. In all the following examples, we will assume that we are playing at a nine-handed table, with blinds and antes of [...]
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Bet sizing also needs to be reconsidered now, as three-betting 2.5 to 3 times the original raise is less important than sizing your bet depending on the effective stack sizes. What you need to do here is consider the effective stack sizes in the pot (that is, the lowest stack size), how much money your [...]
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You can also flat call with hands you want to see a flop with (medium pairs, suited connectors) but aren’t strong enough to four-bet. However, flat calling might be a mistake for two reasons. The first is, if you consider that most three-bets are being made for value at this stage of the tournament, you [...]
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The marginal hands, meanwhile, are three-bet for speculation, with the three-bet achieving a number of things. Firstly, a player that three-bets a hand like T♣9♣ represents a hand like A♠A♥, and either forces his opponents to fold pre-flop, or sets up a bluff on the flop if a Ace or King hits.
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Technically speaking, in poker a ‘three-bet’ is the third bet in a single betting round. In Texas Holdem, this would typically be when the first player bets, the second player raises, and a third player re-raises.
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Much like playing a big stack, your targets are other medium stacks who you have covered, ideally shoving from the button or small blind when the action folds to you. Of course, this also means you’re a target for all the other big and medium stacks who have you covered.
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In the satellite endgame, don’t play if you don’t have to. Know exactly where you are in terms of who is around the bubble, and what their current positions are. Are the blinds about to go up? Will that force someone all-in? Are any of the big stacks calling light?
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