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Pro Poker Player Brad Wilson dives deep with World Class Cash Game Players (No limit hold’em, Pot Limit Omaha, and Mixed Games), poker tournament Superstars (WSOP bracelet winners, WPT champions, Online Poker Crushers), legendary poker ambassadors (Norman Chad, Matt Savage), and poker mindset coaches (Elliot Roe, Nick Howard, Jared Tendler) in this strategic poker podcast. There are greatness bombs aplenty whether you’re trying to improve at live or online No Limit Hold’em, Pot Limit Omaha, ...
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Today's episode of Tactical Tuesday comes with a focus on overbetting the River in an effort to maximize your value. Enjoy.By Brad Wilson: ChasingPokerGreatness.com | Poker Pro & Coach
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Today's Tactical Tuesday goes in-depth as to when Coach Brad & Coach Jon believe you ought to be using a small bluff size on the river as opposed to a much larger size. Enjoy.By Brad Wilson: ChasingPokerGreatness.com | Poker Pro & Coach
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Today's much requestedTactical Tuesday is all about placing River overbet bluffs. If you've found yourself wondering when you should pull the trigger on running a big bluff, today's show is one you're not gonna wanna miss.By Brad Wilson: ChasingPokerGreatness.com | Poker Pro & Coach
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DISASTER! Flopping Huge & Being Forced to Navigate Draw Completing Turns/Rivers
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In today's episode of Tactical Tuesday, Coach Brad & Coach Jon break down hand histories where the Hero flops huge, only to see terrible, awful, no-good Turn & River cards. If this is a problem you've experienced in your poker journey, today's episode is just for you.By Brad Wilson: ChasingPokerGreatness.com | Poker Pro & Coach
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Today's world-class hand breakdowns will feature a bunch of suited aces in a bunch of different spots. It shall be a Tactical day indeed.By Brad Wilson: ChasingPokerGreatness.com | Poker Pro & Coach
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Jon Chai: Online Cash Savant & Wolves Associate Coach
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In a long awaited episode on CPG, today's guest is none other than longtime Tactical Tuesday co-host, cash game professional, & Wolves assoicate coach Jon Chai. Follow along Jon's journey from humble beginnings during Covid to quickly racking up one of the highest winrates Coach Brad has ever seen in online high stakes cash games. Enjoy.…
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Today's Tactical Tuesday will be all maximizing your edge vs. opponent's who are so angry they have steam coming out of their ears. Enjoy.By Brad Wilson: ChasingPokerGreatness.com | Poker Pro & Coach
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Learn how the CPG Wolves navigate postflop after 3betting AK and then completely whiffing the flop. Tune in to hear how Coach Brad and Jon teach their CFP students the best way to play AK in this tricky situation.By Brad Wilson: ChasingPokerGreatness.com | Poker Pro & Coach
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Learn how the CPG Wolves win the max after 3betting AK preflop. Tune in to hear how Coach Brad and Jon teach their CFP students the best way to play AK after flopping big!By Brad Wilson: ChasingPokerGreatness.com | Poker Pro & Coach
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If you aren't great at thin valuebetting, it will be exceptionally difficult to be a long-term winning poker player. In today's episode, Coach Brad & Coach Jon break down their thought process in some recently played hands where our Heroes went for value is spots nobody would fault you for missing. Enjoy the show.…
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Both Coach Brad & Jon recently discovered they had both recently played premium hands a little funky preflop... by cold-calling 3b's. Tune in to see if their funkiness paid off or left them needing to reload.By Brad Wilson: ChasingPokerGreatness.com | Poker Pro & Coach
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Today Coach Brad & Coach Jon breakdown a bunch of hands where our Hero was bet into after raising preflop. If you regularly struggle with a coherent strategy when facing donk bets, this episode is one you don't wanna miss!By Brad Wilson: ChasingPokerGreatness.com | Poker Pro & Coach
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Ace High Hero Calling in a Massive $2,700 Pot
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Today on Tactical Tuesday Coach Brad makes a pair of Ace High Hero calls for all the money, as well as hero folding with two pair.By Brad Wilson: ChasingPokerGreatness.com | Poker Pro & Coach
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Guess Villain's Hole Cards First and Win Coach Brad's Money
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In today's episode of Tactical Tuesday, Coach Brad and Jon breakdown a couple of a hands Jon recently played on WSOP.com at $100 NL and give you a chance to join in the fun and games by attempting to guess what Villain had. The first folks to guess Villain's hole cards in hand 1 and hand 2 will win $50. Good luck!…
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Online Poker Mastery: Nailing a Gutshot after a Crafty Bluff
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In today's episode of Tactical Tuesday Coach Brad returns to the online poker streets and finds himself bluffing all of his chips on the river with a busted combo draw while trying to max value after he drills a gutshot on the turn in the 3BP. Tune in to see how it goes.By Brad Wilson: ChasingPokerGreatness.com | Poker Pro & Coach
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How-To Play Against Splashy and Unpredictable Villains
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Learn how Coach Brad adapts his strategy when facing an unpredictable Villain capable of putting all the money in at any time.By Brad Wilson: ChasingPokerGreatness.com | Poker Pro & Coach
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Tactical Tuesday 161: High Stakes ($10k Pot) Live Poker Hand Break Down
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CPG Wolves Coaches Brad and Jon break down two live hands that Coach Jon played recently in Las Vegas.By Brad Wilson: ChasingPokerGreatness.com | Poker Pro & Coach
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Tactical Tuesday #160: 4-Bet Pots in Difficult Spots! (Early Position Poker Strategy) [Increase Your Winrate]
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Last week the boys reviewed 4-Bet pots in a loose configuration (blind vs. blind), and now we're doing the same, but better! I think? It's 4-Bet pots in a TIGHT configuration, as Jon has submitted to the jury for consideration his early position 4-Bet hands to see if Coach Brad approves or disapproves of his life choices. Welcome to Tactical Tuesda…
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Tactical Tuesday #159: it's small blind... VERSUS BIG BLIND!! (Facing Poker 3-Bets)
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THE CAPS ARE LOCKED FOR THIS EPISODE OF THE TACTICAL TUESDAY POKER YOUTUBE PROGRAM. Alright I can't handle it anymore; I'm going back to normal... and ya' know what else is pretty normal? Getting 3-Bet by the big blind when you decide to stick your poker nose out and open a pot from the small blind. Those dang big blind villains always think they h…
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Tactical Tuesday #158: How To Use Equilab (How to Calculate Poker Equity)
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We're revisiting Equilab again on Tactical Tuesday to calculate the all-important share of equity when making decisions at the poker table. Join us to see how close poker pro Jon Chai's judgments are to optimal as the boys review some tough spots from the poker database on this week's installment. Welcome to Tactical Tuesday 158! ***FREE POKER COUR…
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The 2024 New Year's Raiseolution! (HUGE $40k POKER GIVEAWAY) [Over 100 Prizes & Dozens of Winners]
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Go to https://chasingpokergreatness.com/newyears to enter! What's your New Year's Raiseolution?? Chasing Poker Greatness has partnered with friends of the CPG Podcast to bring you a MASSIVE $40,000+ value giveaway just in time to make 2024 the year you resolve to raise up your winrate and crush it at the poker tables! Featuring POKER COURSES, COACH…
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Tactical Tuesday #157: ALL or NOTHING! The Mechanics of Poker BLUFFING (Live Cash Poker)
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Jon's battling it out in the live cash game streets in sunny Las Vegas, and he's developed a love affair for Ace Queen lately (flopping a full house will do that) that's he's bringing to the Tactical Tuesday show for review with poker pro Coach Brad Wilson. Welcome to Tactical Tuesday 157! ***FREE POKER COURSE*** Click here to get the NURRLE poker …
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Tactical Tuesday #156: CRUSH Your Next Online Cash Game! (Poker Strategy from the Button)
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We're all well aware of Jon Chai's flush draw addiction and thin value shenanigans. But what about maximizing positional advantage when playing from the button? Does he know when to set the trap when he's ahead, and apply enough pressure to take down the pot when he's behind? Poker coach and mentor Brad Wilson has high praise for Jon in today's pok…
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Tactical Tuesday #155: How To Crush Multiway Pots In No Limit Texas Holdem!
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"One of the unconquered frontiers of No Limit Holdem" is probably the best way to describe multiway spots in online poker. Poker pro Jon Chai's words ring true, as we discover on this week's episode. Christmas comes early as we "present" 4 hands for your enjoyment. It's multiway madness in 2/5 fast fold online poker... Welcome to Tactical Tuesday 1…
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Tactical Tuesday #154: The Number 1 Toughest Decision(s) in 3-Bet Pots (Online Cash Poker)
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Yes, the title of this week's Tactical Tuesday poker strategy show contains an intentional misnomer. And that is because, in all of poker's 3-bet pots, there is not a single "Number 1" toughest spot -- there are multiple spots that are equally tough, and many of them are frequent occurrences, as poker pro Jon Chai has arrived to tell us. Welcome to…
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Tactical Tuesday #153: So You Flopped A Set... Now What?? (Fast Fold 500NL Poker)
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It's easy to flop sets in No Limit Texas Holdem Poker when your name is Jon Chai. All you have to do is buy into a Fast Fold 500NL game and the virtual chips drop from the sky into your stack. None of the above is factually accurate, but in the rare instance that you do flop a set in No Limit Texas Holdem, the next two cards to come can have a pret…
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Tactical Tuesday #152: Playing 3-Bet Pots in No Limit Texas Holdem Poker (Online Cash Game Poker)
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So we've got a good starting hand preflop. Something like Ace Jack suited or the sexy Ace King suited. Worthy of a 3-bet, no doubt, but it's still not a pair. We play our hand the best we can, but what happens when a 3-bet pot becomes a 3-bet problem? The first step toward solving a problem is admitting you have one. While poker pro Jon Chai is sti…
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Tactical Tuesday #151: To Raise Or Not To Raise... That Is The Poker Question (Epic Value Strategy)
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So you're playing No Limit Texas Holdem and your "one time" finally happens. For the first time in the last 48 months of grinding, you flop a set. You've already booked an AirBnB during peak season in Valuetown. But then the turn and river come out, shifting those pesky equities and changing the nuts out on us when we were so cozy and warm on the f…
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Tactical Tuesday #150: The Poker Coach Becomes the Poker Student... Brad Back in the No Limit Streets
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Tryouts for the CPG Wolves CFP are OPEN for a limited time (a few more days)! Just listen to the episode for more details! Genghis Wilson has been on the sidelines for the past few years... scheming, teaching, plotting, planning, mentoring, philosophizing, and a few other mental activities aimed at cultivating the CPG Wolves team and building cours…
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Tactical Tuesday #149: Tales From The Cufoff! Bet Sizing in 3-Bet Pots with Value & Spooky Bluffs
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Want a free poker course from CPG? Just scroll down below to get it! It's a special Halloween episode of Tactical Tuesday, for which Coach Brad has spent weeks developing the unofficial title of the episode... TALES FROM THE CUTOFF *spooky organ music*. These river spots are so scary that we don't even need any costumes or Halloween graphical overl…
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Tactical Tuesday #148: More Tough River Spots at Higher Stakes Online Poker (No Limit Texas Holdem)
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Want a free poker course from CPG? Just scroll down below to get it! They say most of your money is saved preflop. Or maybe we just made that up. But where is most of the money made? Well, naturally that's going to be in the spots where the pots are largest and the leverage is larger-est. We're talking about the old man river, friends. How do we ge…
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Tactical Tuesday #147: Breaking Down Community Hands on the PokerCoaching.com YouTube Channel!
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As you may have learned from our announcement in the CPG online community, Greatness Village (free to join at greatnessvillage.com!), Coach Brad & Jon Chai took the show on the digital road this week, all the way over to the PokerCoaching.com YouTube channel! In anticipation of the PokerCoaching.com 6-Max Cash course that Brad has contributed to, t…
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Tactical Tuesday #146: How to Play Pocket Aces in No Limit Texas Holdem Poker (The "Tricky" Way)
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Want a free poker course from CPG? Just scroll down below to get it! Alright, now that we've gotten all of that boring, responsible, winrate-determining preflop nonsense out of the way last week, it's time to give the people what they want: I'm tallking about SEXY ACES, baby! Three times in one show! *RIC FLAIR WOOOOOO!.wav* But we didn't come here…
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Tactical Tuesday #145: A Preflop Poker Masterclass... Okay, It's Only 3 Hands But Still Pure Gold
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Want a free poker course from CPG? Just scroll down below to get it! Normally each Tuesday, our poker boys focus on hands with a lot of postflop fireworks across all three streets, since those naturally make for the most interesting discussions on Tactical Tuesday. But all this time, they've basically been lying to you and your family about one sim…
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Tactical Tuesday #144: It's a Trap! How to Avoid Poker Traps & When to Spring Your Own (No Limit Texas Holdem)
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Want a free poker course from CPG? Just scroll down below to get it! Sometimes poker is not as easy as just putting chips in the middle and hoping people call when you have a better hand. It's in these unique situations that we must get creative to get value. Enter: TRAP STRATEGY 2023 with Jon Chai. But there are two sides to the trap coin. One mus…
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Tactical Tuesday #143: When To Play For Your Entire Stack in No Limit Texas Holdem (Must Have Spades)
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Want a free poker course from CPG? Just scroll down below to get it! When deciding what area of poker study you should focus on, it's never a bad idea to prioritize the situations in which all of the money is at risk. And so poker pro Jon Chai has brought a measly 2 hands for the evaluation and hopefully... approval? of poker coach Brad Wilson. Do …
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Tactical Tuesday #142: Difficult Spots In 4-Bet Pots (How To Navigate Low Frequency, High Impact Situations In NL Texas Holdem Poker)
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When something happens at such a low frequency, how are you supposed to get better at it when you don’t get many reps in the situation? The boys are back to illuminate the infrequent, yet crazy important world of 4-Bet Pots. It has a massive impact to your winrate, so listen up! Jon has brought 4 hands with or without incident (no spoilers) for Coa…
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Tactical Tuesday #141: Jon Goes Whale Hunting! When To Adjust Your Poker Strategy
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It doesn't happen often, but when it does, you best be ready for it with your sharpest harpoon in hand. We're talking about WHALE HUNTING. The kind of whale that cares more about killing their boredom than preserving their big blinds. They didn't sign on to fold, people, so let's give them 'em action! But what happens when a sea of Ahabs all spot t…
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Tactical Tuesday #140: Trapping With Pocket Aces & Kings (Guaranteed To Never Backfire*) *Not a Guarantee
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Aces and Kings are pretty easy to play preflop... right? Just rip it in and hope villain has something to stack off with. But wait... what does villain do with their bluffs and light 3-bets then? Oh right, they just fold and you never get their stack. Jon's come a long way since pre-COVID and always 5-bet jamming Aces preflop, and he's added some p…
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Tactical Tuesday #139: "What's The Best Way To Get All The Money In?" High SPR Value Betting in Poker
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We've done value betting episodes before, but his one is a bit different. This week we examine the spots where you have thick value on the river, but there's just one problem... the SPR is pretty high and it's difficult to see how you can pile it all in and get called. So what's the best way to get all the money in and get maximum value when you ha…
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Tactical Tuesday #138 - The Bet/Fold & Raise/Fold Poker Instruction Manual (YMMV)
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The pain train is right on schedule this week, as Jon digs... not very deep in the database to find a few hands that illuminate an important topic in poker: how to bet/fold and raise/fold. It's not a difficult concept to understand... you think you can take down the pot with a bet or a raise, but, if the villain should somehow not fall for our lies…
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Tactical Tuesday #137: Equity Calculation in No Limit Texas Holdem Poker (They Did The Math)
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One of our more interesting and instructive episodes in recent memory pertained to equity calculation and range construction when facing all-ins. If you're a poker player struggling with the mathematical side of things, this episode is for you! To everyone else, don't worry -- if you're only here for degenerate flush draws and high card floats I'm …
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Tactical Tuesday #136: How To Play For Max Value When Out Of Position In No Limit Texas Holdem
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Position is everything in Poker, also known by its full, formal name: No Limit Texas Hold Them. But when you're playing the game at a positional disadvantage, it can be hard to extract full value in spots where you have good hands. What hands should you check and trap? What situations call for an overbet to hope to get bluffcaught? These questions …
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Tactical Tuesday #135: How to Play Multiway Pots vs. Fish in Poker (Rule 1: Don't Call Them Fish)
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Tactical Tuesday is cleaning up its "bad boy" image this week and we're trying to come up with newer, more respectful ways to refer to unstudied, instinctual poker players who are not as good at poker as Jon Chai. I said "trying" to come up with newer terms, correct? Because while we tried, we failed. They just do so many fishy things! There's no b…
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Tactical Tuesday #134: River Raise Sizing in Texas Holdem ("No Limit LITERALLY Means No Limit!")
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Jon is back this week with hands from the poker database (4, which is always nice), and unsurprisingly, many of them contain river raises. While he would obviously love to jam all-in at all times, upon analysis, he does at least admit that there is a subtle art to choosing the right river sizing to get the desired result. Coach Brad is ready for th…
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#133 Tactical Tuesday: How To Play Small Pocket Pairs In Poker... Multiway (What Could Go Wrong?)
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Fresh off of playing large pots with pocket nines, Jon has learned the error of his ways and returns this week to play even larger pots with... pocket fours?? And... he's doing it mUlTiWaY?? AND!! IN LIVE BOMB POTS!!??? Looks like we're going off the rails on this fours-ey train for Tactical Tuesday 133. Let's see how much money Jon... wins? As a r…
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#132 Tactical Tuesday: How To Play Pocket Nines In No Limit Texas Holdem Poker (An Attempt Was Made)
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Middle pocket pairs are somewhat of an imperfect science in the never-frustrating game of No Limit Texas Holdem. Pocket Nines are specifically right on that borderline of a great starting hand preflop, but... how them nines look after all 5 community cards come out? Jon's back this week with just such situations for our collective poker study -- th…
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#131 Tactical Tuesday: Flush Draw Fetish Confessions: How to Play Flush Draws and Avoid Rock Bottom
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The first step toward solving a problem is admitting that you have one. We don't know when it got out of control, or why we didn't stage an intervention sooner, but Jon and his flush draw fetish have finally reached a breaking point. We've since taken away the keys to his Ignition (account) and forced him to seek help for this addiction. Please hel…
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#130 Tactical Tuesday: The Big Slick Bible: How To (And How Not To) Play Ace King in Cash Game Poker
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"Ace King is just a drawing hand" they said... but WTF does that even mean? And try telling that to a Fish. Jon is back this week, desperately pleading with Coach Brad to help him off the ledge as he finds himself playing for stacks with everyone's favorite Ace High hand. Should he have folded preflop? Should he call down when things go sideways? A…
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#129 Tactical Tuesday: Tom Dwan vs. Doug Polk in the Hustler Casino Live Million Dollar Game
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In celebration of the launch of CPG's Live Cash Preflop Bootcamp, Tactical Tuesday is all about live cash poker this week... Decidedly high stakes live cash poker... for (in Dr. Evil's voice) one MILLION dollars. Hustler Casino Live played host to quite the hand recently, featuring live cash poker legends Tom Dwan and Doug Polk. Having played a lit…
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