Hold'em strategy articles tagged "live-poker".
A practical guide to reading and exploiting the wide limps, large opens, and extremely tight 3-bet patterns commonly seen in pub poker.
When a BTN straddle is posted, the blinds act first, and even after opening they often end up OOP postflop. This article explains how to adjust 4bb opens, BB limps, and wider CO ranges by position.
In Mississippi straddle games, the button has already put money in and still has position, so most positions need to respond to raises much tighter than usual. When an SB open is combined with rake in particular, calling ranges compress sharply.
A BTN Mississippi straddle makes the caller’s range much wider than a cold-calling range. As a result, the opener should c-bet more often and smaller on most boards.
Explains why open limping is structurally weak, when you can isolate wide, and when you should proceed carefully. Covers practical standards from preflop sizing to flop c-bet strategy.
From bet sizing patterns and timing tells to body language — a practical guide to reading live poker tells at the table.
