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8/20/2019 Championship No-Limit & Pot-Limit Hold'Em by T.J. Cloutier & Tom McEvoy

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Championship No-Limit & Pot-Limit Hold'em(On the the Road to the World Series of Poker)

b !"#" Clo$tier and !om % o


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!/9L' O0 CON!'N!S

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FOREWORD

by Mansour Mat oubi,299/ Cham%ion,

0or d Series o4 (o5er

!" #" Clo$tier and !om % o ha e


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We pla ed head-$p at the .iamond #im 9rad to$rna-ment in *++3 $st after 8 had


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has been s$ essf$l for $s" !" #"


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INTRODUCTION

by Tom McEvoy29'6 Cham%ion,

0or d Series o4 (o5er

!" #" Clo$tier and 8 first be an talkin abo$t


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We don't $se an fan lan $a e and


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A CONVERSATION WITH

!" #"CLO !'R by Dana Smith

8f o$ ask pla ers on the to$rnament ir $it


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into the inner spa es of o$r mind """ o$ kno< that hekno


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the a e of *, ears !" #" started pla in poker in a p$bliardroom and b the time he


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Canada so 8 o$ld pla as a CanadianIan /meri an-trainedCanadian


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When he left Canada !" #" his father and his brother-in-la< started 9ets $alit 0oods an a ron m for 9ill d and!om (!" #"'s first name) and later bro$ ht !" #"'s brother in


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BHe


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did and then s$itin those mo es to m o


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or a G * 333 b$ in" 8 $sed to dri e the 233 miles from Shre e- port three da s a


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s


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t


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e er ear" 9$t in this one 8 had three-to-one hips on Hoffnot like the se ond ear that 8 pla ed


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ferentl from a re $lar ame" /bo$t the onl thin o$ et afeel for from satellites is the raise in limits"B

!he thin that has made !" #" so s$ essf$l at no-limitand pot-limit hold'emis his obser ation po


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are d in o$t" er bod toda is book-learned b$t in theold da s it


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$p another hand" !hese t pes of ine=perien ed bettors aren'toin to et paid on their ood hands"B

!hese are the t pes of thin s that road amblers ha elearnedD the aren't thin s that o$ pi k $p from readin booksat home" B8 an remember one time in the World Series


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and o$ kno< ho< m$ h noise there is in a to$rnament roomlike that" / %$latto irl ame into the room


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!oda he no lon er feels $nkindl to


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don't ha e an other life" 8 $sed to pla stead in .allas fi eda s a


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ome home


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Cha%ter $ne

GETTING TO ENOW

YOUR OPPONENTSThe Most a uab e S5i in 8i!)8et (o5er

Dt has al


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8n to$rnament poker o$ an ome o er the top of thesea ressi e pla ers" Mo$ kno< their le el of toleran e thatthe an't stand t


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!he thin that 8' e al


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Settin) p Pla s

Pot-limit and no-limit ho 8d'em are ames in


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Se eral ood pla ers that 8 kno< raise


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hand and et broke to it" Mo$ don't stand raises


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Obser e the Other Pla ers

Obser e all of the pla ers as the ards are bein dealt" /s people are makin bets al


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0ollo< Mo$r 0irst 8nstin t

!om told me a stor abo$t se ond- $essin himself ona pla er's tell" B8


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o$" Mo$ ha e t


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a$tomati all lose the pot to him" 9$t it doesn't happen that min$tesafter he takes a bad beat" Mo$'re oin to take beats in pokerthat's all there is to it" #$st


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ment pla their /- ames for an ho$r or so $ntil the an'tstand it an lon er" !hen the all o ba k to their nat$ral st leof pla - %a be the ' e been tr in to pla real sn$ or realsolid


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Cha%ter Two

PO!-L8%8! HOL.' %S!R/! ;M

ot-limit hold'em is the ne=t $mp $p from limithold'em" Mo$ an bet


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fo$r times the si e of the bi blind" /nother


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read " So o$ ha e to be skilled eno$ h to kno<


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has a bi hand and


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/ ood pla er doesn't hope to et a 43-63 break in the ards" 8f the ards break e en a ood pla er


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make the /-@- -#-*3 strai ht all the


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strate and limit strate doesn't 3 the amble is


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* in head-$p then !om doesn't all the raise """ he onllls it if looks like the pot is oin to be pla ed m$lti


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!om doesn't fa or s$ited onne tors as m$ h in the earl positions be a$se o$ $s$all ha e to make a lot of tri k $d ment pla s" Sometimes o$'ll make somethin


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T&% Big Cards. %an pla ers


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o$rse if it's passed to o$ on the b$tton


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S$ar$ing Hands '( P%si$i%n. Position is more im-ortant in pot-limit and no-limit hold'em than it is in limithold'eni" !o pla from an earl position o$ sho$ld ha e an/-O s$ited or abo e" 0rom a middle position fifth spot andlater o$ mi ht pla /-# or /-*3 s$ited and $p" 0rom a late position into the blinds o$ &an pla @-*3 s$ited and abo e"

9e mindf$l that a hand s$&h as #-*3 s$ited is rated as a better hand than @-*3 s$ited in a m$lti or ,-5" S$re o$ &an

flop a strai ht to these hands b$t o$ &an ne er make thenut strai ht" /ltho$ h a lot of people pla them 8 don't pla three-holers in hold'em period"

8n poker the @-+ is &alled Bsa


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ha e the best hand" / lot of times a ainst a era e pla erso$r kin s


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that his hand is no ood" 9$t this reasonin ets ba&k to mtheor that o$'re s$pposed to kno<


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T) C) ck!Rais . ;ood pla ers al


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Pla in on the 0lop

!he strate in pot-limit is to b$ild the pot" /l


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P$ &ome

!he flop omes1

Let's sa that o$he k on the flop"

Wh


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that he hastrip kin s

b$t be a$seo$

n't


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Of &o$rse there are a lot of


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T%* Pai r- /0 1ick r. Mo$r bi est


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make it the make it b$t o$ ha e the best of it" So -2 o$ bet and o$ et alled" / kin omes on the t$rn"Sho$ld that s are o$J No not in either pot-limit or no-limit"8f o$


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0a 5in! 8ac5 to +ouston, ( ayin! 8i! S ic5.X 26+ miles from .allas to Ho$ston" We $sed to sa that if

pla 9i Sli k often eno$ h in .al las and o$ li e in

$ston o$'re onna' ha e to


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shoes if the flop top pair """ and then o$ an et thern


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are s$ essf$l in makin o$r hand o$ aren't oin to


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the bettin o$ ha e e en more of an ed e" /nd e en tho$ mi ht lose the pot (as 8 did) o$ sho$ld al 333 in front of o$ or e en G5 333 o$ mi ht pla thehand ompletel differentl " With a bi bankroll o$ mi httrail


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** a small bet


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or no-limit ame or to$rnament table is ei ht-handed be a$se o$ ha e a lot more mane$ erabilit in the


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*la(ing Big Pairs. !he three hands that kno k more ole o$tof pot-limit to$rnaments than an other ones are a air of E$eensa pair of a ks or a e-kin " S$ppose o$ ha e1

!he flop omes1

8f o$ ha e t


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% thinkin is that i) I am pla in in a pot that 8 ha eraised before the flop it is likel that m opponent(s)


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Z:hat happens if o$ bet and et &alledJ en tho$ h' e made the bet o$ &an still sh$t do


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W) n Y%# Fl%* an O4 r*air. What do o$ do if 3$are holdin E$eens in a raised pot


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8din - He o$ld ha e the / @ makin o$ an $nderdoKthis hand" 8n that ase he


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/ ain the flop omes1

/s for me if 8


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s$it in m hand and a t%ird s$ited ard falls on the board>

ma et a tion


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!he flop omes1

" < do o$ pla trip a es in this s enarioJ !om sa s that he'ikes to lead


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possible that someone


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not for o$rself espe iall if the raise


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Pla in on the

On the t$rn in pot-limit hold'em o$ still


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Z:hat 8'm lookin at is the bi pi t$re of the ame" One 9 +sonl a small part of the p$ le and 8 don't


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be a$se then 8 ha e t


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Bl#++! We all bl$ff b$t nobod an bl$ff a


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T) Big Bl#++. !he best bl$ff is the bi bl$ff"somebod is tr in to take a shot at o$ o$ ome ba k othe top of him - - !his is the resteal or the rebl$ff" !om e

plains that BMo$ an tr to resteal


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Pla in on the Ri er

m talks abo$t ho< he pla s the ri er in pot-limit" BS$ppose t o$ are in ol ed in a m$lti


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Cha%ter Thr 6e

HOW !O W8N PO!-L8%!!HO ! % !O RN/% N!S

World Series of Poker made some si nifi ant han es informat in *++4" 9efore that time all of the G* >33 pot-limitto$rnaments be an limits b$t in '+4 the e ents

be an -G>3" !his han e essentialleliminated the first ro$nd of pla and a$sed theto$rnaments to be in at 33 to G2 333 33 in hips some


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Ke of the blinds the more opport$nities the ha e to o$tma-ne$ er and o$tpla the lesser pla ers"

! pes o0 Pla ers

po$r different ate ories of pla ers enter pot-limit ho 8d'emto$rnaments" !here are pla ers like 0redd .eeb and St$

n ar


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Perfe t !o$rnament Strate

!he perfe t to$rnament strate is that o$r hips hain reased at the end of e er le el" !he don't need to in rease

b an spe ified amo$nt b$t the al


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5raWS. !he ood pla ers sta a


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as se ond nat$re to o$" 9e an offensi e poker pla er ` D

pla s defense nat$rall "8f o$ don't ha e an thin at all on the flop sornebod

an pi k $p on that and be sharp eno$ h to sh$t o$ o$tthe t$rn" 9$t if o$ don't take the first ard off


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srn i8Aggr ssi4 n ss. !om e=plains 33 Mo$ no< ha e a s$b-standard sta k" Mo$ an't $st

sit there and pla a s$per- onser ati e ame be a$se the blindsare be omin too bi " So o$ ha e to open $p o$r ame a

bit take a fe< more risks"BPicking Y%#r S*%$s. !akin a fe< more risks means

pi kin spots


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!he point is that o$ ha e to take more risks


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la er a Sressi et - Ho& rre&t to also &he&k and take the free &ard"

8f o$ pla&e a bet espe&iall if o$ make a pot-si e betmebod &omes o er the top of o$


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BNo< let's look at a different s enario" Mo$ ha esame /\ 7 \ and the flop is the same b$t o$'re $p ionl one opponent" Sa that o$ ha e made a positional

before the flop the bi blind alled o$ and no< o$BB5lf

head-$p" 8f he he ks to o$ on the flop o$ an bet the WOr sa that in addition to the bi blind there is one limp etthe pot" !he both are some


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ralS ' !here o$ld be a strai ht o$t there a set or topt


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o$ bet" 8f o$'re allin o$ ha e onl one option1Sa i 8 ha e this $ beaten"B

!he onl time that o$ sho$ld be a aller past the flop in8'mit or no-limit hold'em is


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seat into ei ht other pla ers the 're oin to i e o$ a Lredit espe iall if o$ ha e an ima e" Mo$r opponents

ha e to ha e a prett stron hand to all o$ so o$'them m$ kin hands s$ h as /-# /- and @- s$ited

8f 8 ha e been raised b a front position pla er 8 not ne essaril m$ k m handD it depends on


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!he 0inal 0i e

< s$ppose it's do


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mo ed me all-in" % onl hope in pla in the hand


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Pla in) Head- p

time that o$ are head-$p


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fe< hands later 8 raised


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/nd that's e=a tl the mo e that 8 made" skimo foldedhis @- and 9obb and 8 ended $p splittin the pot sin e


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pla ers" !om talks abo$t this in Tournament #oker,


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times in those ** ears


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that 8'd ne er seen before" So 8 $st bo$ ht in for G>33 insteadof the $s$al G* 333 pla ed for abo$t an ho$r and left" /ndthe 9i !e=an ne er ame in


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happen" !hat's be a$se no-limit hold'em is the Cadilla of poker I there are more mo es o$ an make and more trapsthat o$ ha e to a oid than in an other ame" When o$ etdo33

b$ -in ones most of the pla ers at the final table are re o -ni able" !hat is not the ase in the limit ames" So


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$ntil the antes o into effe t at the se ond G*33-G233 le el"Mo$ ha e to s$r i e $ntil o$ hit that point"

Pla in) Si l_

8n the first fe< ro$nds of a to$rnament people $s$all tr to pla their best ames b$t o er a lon period of time the 're

oin to pla their re $lar ame" Mo$ ha e to be er aref$land kno< ho< the pla er is pla in at an parti $lar time inthe ame" Some pla ers ome o$t of the shoot firin andne er han e their st le" !he pla the same from start tofinish" / pla er like %el Weiner for e=ample


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Obser ation

Obser ation is er important in pot-limit ho 8d'em b$t it'se en more r$ ial in no-limit hold'em" Mo$ see no-limit

hold'em is the onl ame in


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do


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%akin %istakes

/ ood pla er doesn't hope to et a 43-63 break in the ards"8f the ards break e en a ood pla er


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sho$ld $st thro< that medi$m pair a


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time" %an times the earl hip leaders are not &ood pla ers the 're lucky pla ers


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When the a tion ets do2> a ro$nd to pla " 9$t 8 al


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! pes of Hands to Start With8n arl Position

8n the first ro$nd of the World Series as


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Pla in the Small Pairs

8 do not pla bab pairs b$t 8 mi ht $st flat all 333 or more

hips in front of him he mi ht all the raise b$t


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Pla in the / e-@in

to$rnaments are


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and the flop omes ,-6-2" Mo$r opponent makes a bet I no<o$ ha e to i e $p the hand" 8f o$ make a de ision to pla

/-@ short-handed o$ mo e in 333


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!he Startin Hands in%iddle Position

Mo$ an lo


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b$ild a pot" When o$ mo e in on them there are a lot of pla ers


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E$arter of the time o$ ) and the blinds are G*33 and G233 makin G>2> inthe pot to start


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8n this


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9l$ffin

people's per eption of bl$ffin in no-limit hold'em is thatB!he bl$ff is kin B as !e= Sheahan$sed to sa in his

poker ol$mns $t let me tell o$ that there is less bl$ffin bein done than most people think" 9efore theflop the bl$ff positions are the b$tton and the little

blind" %ore bl$ffin is done from those positions thanfrom an other spot" /ltho$ h 8 an't sa that 8 ne er

bl$ff from the b$tton or the small blind most of thetime 8 tr to $se a re erse from those positions I 8


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ame b$t she


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of the first seat raisin " 8t's a bad pla of o$rse b$t


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fo$rth street ame a a k i in me a strai ht" !hen onstreet ame another *3 i in him a f$ll ho$se" 8 hadn't hes "tated to all him be a$se 8 had obser ed all of the other handsthat he had pla ed"

8 had all of this in the ba k of m mind d$rin the firstno-limit to$rnament at the Commer e Cl$b's L" /" Poker Championship in *++," Pa$l raised on the b$tton three or fo$r times and 8 ame ba k o er the top of him three or fo$r timesto take the pot a


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!he Clo k

Some pla ers


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da one


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!he 8mportan e o0 Sla k Si e

er bod starts off eE$al" !he more &hips o$ ha e in relationto the si e of the blinds the less reason o$ ha e to pla in bi

pots


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bi pot a ainst an other h$ e sta k $nless o$ ha e a pre-mi$m hand b$t o$'re oin to take more latit$de a ainst theshorter sta ks" 9$t


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Pla(ing a S)%r$ S$ack. With a short sta k the idea isto sta ali e" So o$ ha e to pi k o$t o$r sit$ations" !hereare ertain pla ers that o$


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ried abo$t those bi sta ks be a$se if 8 hold an hands at all8'm oin to ha e a lar e sta k too" 8 an do$ble $p thro$ hthose bi sta ks"

Ob io$sl


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/ll top pla ers not onl make fe


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8n to$rnament poker all of that side-a tion st$ff abo$todds and the pot oes o$t the


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and so 8 thre< in G *>3 to make the all" !he flop ame /-5-6


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Pla in the /&e-@in/fter the 0lop

!he /&e-@in is the most mispla ed hand in no-limit poker" Sa that o$ ha e raised


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are tr in to ma=imi e the amo$nt that o$ an


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Agains$ a Dra&ing Hand. en if an opponent has adra


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pla in the hand the


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ra hand" S$ppose o$ ha e po ket kin s and the flop omes-#-4" Mo$r first


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When Mo$ 0lop / Set

cX6o< s$ppose that o$ flop o$r set" Whether it is top set or middle set makes a bi differen e" Sa that o$ alled a pre-

flop raise


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T) C) ck Call and $) Fla$ Call. !here is E$ite adifferen&e bet


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8f o$ reraise from this spot o$ still ha e si= pla ers sittin behind o$


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8f o$'re in the sta e of a to$rnament


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a$se


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S$ppose the blinds are G>3 and 8 brin it in for G>3" !hensomebod raises me G*>3 and 8 de ide to take a shot at it" Onthe flop 8 don't like m hand and ha e to i e it $p" No< 8' e


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there al


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mi ht &ome ba&k


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in lined to $st flat all him be a$se 8 don't


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o$'re takin the han e of ettin alled and then o$


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.an er Hands

8f there is any raisin before the pot hands s$ h as @-# -*3and @- an be dan ero$s to pla " Mo$


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Pla in the 9linds

!om often


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hesitate to all me" He


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8 mi ht let them take m blind t


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! 1t's not a mar inal de ision I 8t's a pot that o$ ha e toall $t like 8said earlier in no-limit hold'em bein aaller means that o$ are settin $p somebod to all"

Mo$ al


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to$rnament" /nd that's ni&e reall ni&e" !here ha e been other to$rnaments in


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is to pla ood poker" Where the other $ s are all firino$'re pla in solid"

!he a tion slo+

" le s$bseE$entats that he


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Ho< to Pra ti e 0or Winninthe World Series Of PoW

!here are t


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!he entr fee for the G> 333 one-table satellites is G>33Dfor the G*3 333 bi one it is G* 333" /ltho$ h that's a lot of mone to pa for a satellite o$ mi ht learn a lot and end $pmakin a lot of mone in the lon r$n"

One thin that 8 like abo$t the one-table satellites for the bi one is that o$ are i en G2 333 in hips min$tes) i in more ad anta e to the better pla ers"

When 8 sit do


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Remember too that o$ don't ha e to win a s$persatel-lite to et a seat in the bi to$rnament" 0o$r seats for theWSOP $s$all are i en o$t at ea h of the bi satellites at9inion's Horseshoe so o$ onl need to pla e in the top fo$r"/s soon as the satellite is pla ed do


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One of the han es that has in reased attendan e at theWSOP espe iall in the hampionship e ent is makin pla -ers pla the to$rnament for


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!he 33 satellite" !he be innin blindsare G>-G *> so e er ro$nd osts o$ G63 d$r-in the ne=t *> min$tes" .$rin the first half-ho$r o$ sho$ld

be able to pi k $p at least one hand" 9$t a lot of pla ers are pla in 7-4 /-, (an a e) @- or an t


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ame o er from one ame and #ohn 9onetti ame o er fromanother ame and 8 bet on m self" /t ,-to-l 8


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Reb$ !o$rnaments

Mo$ an reb$ d$rin the first three ho$rs in most reb$to$rnaments at the lo33


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o$


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8'm


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9$t the smartest ard pla er 8' e e er pla ed ardsa ainst and the smartest man that 8' e e er met is L leHerman" He pla s a ainst .o le and Chip and the other le -ends in side ames and he ets the ash more times than hedoesn't" 8f o$' e e er talked poker


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/mon the o$n re< that 8 rate hi h are Phil Hell-m$th H$ k Seed ri Seidel and Ho


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!he !o$ hest !able in!o$rnament Pofeer

8n the G> 333 to$rnament at the last Stair


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Cha%ter 3ive

NO! ,I6IT PRACTICE HANDS

Bere are some pra ti e hands" /fter lookin at ea h "hand think abo$t ho< o$


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A 4

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!he flop omes1

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Scenario $nePla er / bets G7 333 on the flop" What is o$r best mo eJ 8


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and


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Pra ti e Hand !


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!he flop omes1

Scenario $nePla er / he ks on the flop" What is o$r best mo eJ Mo$ are*** a E$andar " Mo$ ha e top pair and the n$t fl$sh dra< andthere is G*7 333 in the pot" !his o$ld be the perfe t traphand b$t o$ ha e to pla it so o$ mo e in


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b$t still o$'re dra


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Mo$ pass" / lot of times ood pla ers


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Anal(sis. Remember that Pla er C has old alled areraise before the flop and is et to a t after o$" 8t's fairl

ertain that he an beat a pair of de$ es fo$rs or se ens-and o$r /-@ an't beat an of those pairs" So that isanother reason


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Pra ti e Hand 0i e

Mo$ are pla in in the same G* 333 no-limit hold'emto$rnament in the middle sta e" !his time o$ are Pla er /

the first to a t" Mo$ ha e been dealt1

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that o$ ha e the best hand" 8f Pla er C reraises he


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Ho< o$ pla po ket kin s a ainst a ra flop dependson e a ain on


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Pra ti e Hand

8n the middle sta e of a no-limit to$rnament o$ are dealtt


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that E$eens are the hol n$ts and


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The Scenario!$na held /- and led at the pot" What


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Pra&ti&e Hand !enMo$ are sittin in earl position the first three or fo$r seats inthe earl sta e of a no-limit to$rnament" Ho< do o$ pro eed


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differen e bet


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Pra ti e Hand

/t last o$ ha e made it to the final table in a no-limit ho 8d'emto$rnament" !he table is si=-handed and o$ look do


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8f o$ et reraised o$ an et a


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ki ker" Mo$ don't ha e an thin A !here is a ood han e thatsin e o$


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C)a*$ r Si>

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!ro 8nman the BProte torB

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/ :er nl$&k .a in Odessa

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!he #alter Pla er


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said to me B8'm $st an old man no


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Little Red and 0i e-Card St$dr ntil $st a fe< ears a o 8 tho$ ht that Little Red ' /sheeB tall and


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Where a Lot of Stories 9e in and nd'he $sed to sa in .allas that a lot of stories be in and end


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to i e him the G2 333 """ that 8'd be do


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!he % ster Hand Pla8ob Hooks is a reat pla er and he ame in se ond one ear atthe World Series" We


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!he Worst 9ad 9eat of /ll !ime

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Speakin of 9ad 9eats """

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No< Charlie thinks to himself B8' e otta ha e the besthand" %r" 9rooks


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!he Worst .e ision in theHistor of Poker

was in the to$rnament stress mode at a bi to$rna-aent oneear


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de ision


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