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“How to Beat No-Limit Hold ‘Em 6-max Cash Games” Table of Contents

Part I: Introduction Chapter 1: The Action Game

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Outro | How to Beat No-Limit Hold ‘Em 6-max Cash Games

Before I found poker, I was destined for your average $35k a year job right out of a college, working at a place I didn’t enjoy and living a life I felt no way out of. Since poker, I’ve averaged … Continue reading

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Part VI Summary

Always have a reason to double or triple-barrel.  Use your hand reading skills and your board texture reading ability to decide whether or not to fire another bluff after your continuation bet has been called. You have to open up … Continue reading

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Chapter 35: Metagame in Online Poker

Welcome to the holy grail of crushing high-stakes online poker.  The master of the metagame will always be one step ahead of his opponents, leaving them wondering if he can see their hole cards. The master of the metagame uses … Continue reading

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Chapter 34: Timing Tells in Online Poker

You’ve read about tells in books.  You’ve heard about it on TV.  It’s one of the most glamorous and talked about aspects of live poker: being able to pick something up from your opponent about the strength or weakness of … Continue reading

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Chapter 33: Getting Tricky in Online Poker

Double and triple barreling After a continuation bet you will often get called.  Sometimes the same player is calling them so much you think he can’t have a hand that often.  You’re right. Sometimes a player will call a continuation … Continue reading

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Part VI: Advanced Play in Online Poker

You understand how to play a tight, solid and aggressive style.  You know how to use your position to exploit the fish and outplay the TAGs.  You know when it is a good time to value bet and when it’s … Continue reading

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Part V Summary

Always be putting your opponent on a hand range and acting accordingly.  To me, this is one of the most important concepts in hold ‘em.  It takes experience to be able to read an opponent’s hand well, but once you … Continue reading

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Chapter 32: Image in Online Poker

Sometimes at a table, you’ll raise three pots in a row and not win a single one.  Your image is not good and won’t get much respect. Sometimes at a table, you’ll win two big pots in a row with … Continue reading

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Chapter 31: Levels of Thinking in Online Poker

Crucial to playing and winning in tougher games, the levels of thinking in poker are a product of using hand ranges, history, table dynamics and image.  You use all these in combination to start really getting into your opponents head … Continue reading

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