Pocket pairs can be tricky, and misplaying them can put your chips in serious trouble!
A pocket pair can look great preflop but how does the strength of your hand change on the Flop, Turn, or River?
Whether you have ducks, treys, walking sticks, snowmen, ladies, cowboys, or rockets, understanding what your pocket pair is worth on every street will give you a skill edge against your opponents.
Put your skills to the test in these decisions involving pocket pairs!
- 3♥3♠ with 17BB Stack
- 5♦5♣ in the Small Blind
- 6♠6♣ on the Flop
- J♠J♥ on the Turn
- T♣T♠ on the River
Understanding and mastering these strategies will give you the opportunities to exert a skill edge against your opponents and play your pocket pairs effectively:
Keep on practicing!
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Knowing how and when to C-Bet, Continuation Raise, Float, and Check-Raise are the keys to getting a hold of chips and protecting your stack.
Understanding and mastering strategies such as Continuation Betting, Floating, Protecting C-Bets, and Check-Raising will give you the opportunities to exert skill edge against your opponents.
Practice your Continuation Betting decision-making skills now by reviewing the following collection of Poker Hand examples on how to effectively use the LearnWPT C-Betting strategy.
- When You Miss the Flop: Missed the Flop in a Multiway Pot
- C-Bet and Get Check-Raised: T♠T♥ vs a Check-Raise
- 3-Bet and Get a Single Caller: 6♠6♣ on the Flop
- Continuation Raising: K♠K♥ vs a Flop Bet
- Calling in Position vs C-Betting: A♥K♠ vs a Donk Bet
An effective C-Betting strategy that accounts for board texture, number of opponents, stack sizes, and likely hand ranges is an essential tool that separates amateurs from the Pros.
Understanding these critical concepts and how to apply them will put you in a position to take down uncontested pots through aggression, and provide a balanced approach to your postflop game plan.
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Watch this 2-minute preview of a LearnWPT Strategy Episode as Nick Binger explains 1-Pair Betting Lines (plan of actions taken across multiple streets with one pair).
Understanding which Betting Line you should take prevents thinking street by street and gives you a game plan needed to gain value in a hand!
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Knowing how and when to make moves Preflop is one of the keys to getting a hold of chips in a poker tournament.
Understanding and mastering strategies such as Preflop Calling, Preflop Raise Sizing, and Position will give you the opportunities to exert skill edge against your opponents.
Practice your preflop decision making skills now by reviewing the following collection of Poker Hand examples on how to increase the number of ways of to win hands (and not lose chips!) Preflop:
- T♠T♥ vs a Raise and a Reraise
- T♣9♣ vs a Raise and a Call
- A♠J♥ vs a Raise & Call
- Q♦Q♣ vs a Limp-Reraise
Preflop is where your toughest opponents will often give you the most trouble. Our purpose of the Poker Hand emails is to get YOU (our students) to become the player giving everyone else trouble.
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Watch this preview of a LearnWPT Strategy Episode as Nick Binger explains First-in Hand Ranges (what hand ranges you should be playing when it folds to you preflop).
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