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Today we get into the weeds of value betting Vs leaving the villain with as many bluffs as possible so they pay your value off all by themselves.

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Jon & Tain are two recreational players from Essex in the UK, hoping to get good enough to play at the World Series of Poker. Both are neurodivergent, with autism and ADHD, which adds an extra dimension to their journey. Support our journey by following, liking, subscribing, leaving kind messages, rating us 5 stars, and sharing the love! It really means everything to us, thanks for being part of our show.

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In today's episode Jon and Tain discuss that pesky situation where your decent top pair hand is outplayed by the board, and you now need to consider whether your bluff catcher is worth continuing with.

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Jon and Tain look at what adjustments they should make when playing out of position in a PKO tournament where ranges are heavily skewed.

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Jon and Tain get into the contrasting incentives of playing out of position in a multi-way pot, and defending the big blind with a moderate holding.

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Jon and Tain take a look at defending the big blind with a 3-bet when we're only medium stacked, and the ICM pressure is getting strong.

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In this week's episode Jon and Tain eyeball a multiway flop and discuss the merits of bluffing into two ranges.

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In today's outing with Jon and Tain we discuss how to navigate a spot where your range is strong, but your actual hand is scraping the bottom of your range.

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When you reach the river and all you can beat are bluffs, all our options are viable. We look at a spot with Jon and Tain where we contemplate exactly that, and ponder the merits of a hero call.

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We join our protagonists in setting up for a deep run.

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Jon and Tain get into a hand Vs a passive opponent and look at the ways this implicates their play and how they look to deviate from GTO.

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In this pod we look at a heads up spot and the intricacies of heads up play.

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This week we look at a river spot where we're not sure if our hand is good enough to value bet, or if we should just call down for showdown value.

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Jon & Tain look over a hand Vs a tight passive player and discuss how to exploit their old man coffee play.

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Jon & Tain are two recreational players from Essex in the UK, hoping to get good enough to play at the World Series of Poker. Both are neurodivergent, with autism and ADHD, which adds an extra dimension to their journey. Support our journey by following, liking, subscribing, leaving kind messages, rating us 5 stars, and sharing the love! It really means everything to us, thanks for being part of our show.

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Join Jon and Tain this week as we take a long hard pause to look at the many reasons why jamming the river is a bad idea in some spots, and a couple of fanciful ideas as to why it might not be so bad.

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Jon & Tain are two recreational players from Essex in the UK, hoping to get good enough to play at the World Series of Poker. Both are neurodivergent, with autism and ADHD, which adds an extra dimension to their journey. Support our journey by following, liking, subscribing, leaving kind messages, rating us 5 stars, and sharing the love! It really means everything to us, thanks for being part of our show.

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The start of Season 2 of Tournament Poker Project with Jon and Tain.

The Season 1 / Season 2 split allows you to decide if you want better quality strategy or to follow our journey from the beginning.

Jon & [The] Tain analyse a poker hand from deep in a multi table tournament against a passive villain who is calling too light.

How often does the villain get to the river with a better hand than our hero? Will worse hands call a bigger bet on the river?

Follow the action here (no peaking ahead!) - https://www.pokerstarsreplayer.com/hands/7acb87669d

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Jon & Tain are two recreational players from Essex in the UK, hoping to get good enough to play at the World Series of Poker. Both are neurodivergent, with autism and ADHD, which adds an extra dimension to their journey. Support our journey by following, liking, subscribing, leaving kind messages, rating us 5 stars, and sharing the love! It really means everything to us, thanks for being part of our show.

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A pure poker theory episode from Jon and [The] Tain as they work to understand how a solver builds a perfectly balanced game theory optimum (GTO) opening range.

Every hand in a GTO range has a purpose, and trying to grasp this fundamental purpose will hopefully allow our two heroes to adjust and adapt their exploitative play in the correct way that maximises their EV.

Can you tell the difference between a medium strength single raise calling hand from a 3-bet-and-give-up raising hand?

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Jon & Tain are two recreational players from Essex in the UK, hoping to get good enough to play at the World Series of Poker. Both are neurodivergent, with autism and ADHD, which adds an extra dimension to their journey. Support our journey by following, liking, subscribing, leaving kind messages, rating us 5 stars, and sharing the love! It really means everything to us, thanks for being part of our show.

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We join Jon & [The] Tain as they discuss why solid opening ranges are important, and how Jack-3 off-suit (J3o) should never be a part of that.

Can Tain save the hand on later streets, or is a ropey opening hand always going to be doomed to failure? Can we ever steal with J3o on the button exploitatively when playing at these microstakes? Or does poker need a threshold for opening hand value if we want to remain profitable?

How much worse can things get?

Follow the hand street by street here (no peaking ahead!) - https://www.pokerstarsreplayer.com/hands/036d60896a -------- Jon & Tain are two recreational players from Essex in the UK, hoping to get good enough to play at the World Series of Poker. Both are neurodivergent, with autism and ADHD, which adds an extra dimension to their journey. Support our journey by following, liking, subscribing, leaving kind messages, rating us 5 stars, and sharing the love! It really means everything to us, thanks for being part of our show.

[The] Jon and [The] Tain get to grips with playing top pair on a dynamic board from out of position in a multiway pot. How passively should you play when the board is in your favour and the villains are betting and calling for you? We explore how players cap their ranges at low-stakes MTTs, and the best way to exploit that when there is also a strong need to protect your hand. Follow the hand street by street here (no peaking ahead!) - https://www.pokerstarsreplayer.com/hands/e87b9cd577 -------- Jon & Tain are two recreational players from Essex in the UK, hoping to get good enough to play at the World Series of Poker. Both are neurodivergent, with autism and ADHD, which adds an extra dimension to their journey. Support our journey by following, liking, subscribing, leaving kind messages, rating us 5 stars, and sharing the love! It really means everything to us, thanks for being part of our show.

In this episode Jon and Tain look at a board run out where a previously strong holding might need to become a bluff.

People aren’t playing BBC's The Traitors optimally, can you learn how to crush the game? Do you know the significance of a balanced strategy? Do you know your alliances from your friendships? Do traitors need to bluff so much? What are the similarities between playing poker and BBC's The Traitors? Why does Tain keep banging on about The Bad Egg? See the product of poker study on general game strategy. Please note that this episode contains spoilers right from the start! Like and subscribe to hear our other poker related content.

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Jon and Tain analyse a Texas No Limit Hold 'em hand, as they continue on their poker learning journey.

Jon and Tain analyse a no limit hold'em poker hand in low stakes poker.

Jon and Tain discuss playing micro low stakes, and how they plan to adjust their game to exploit their opponents.

Jon and Tain navigate an awkward (and speculative!) holding out of position against an aggressive villain, and what adjustments to make when their weak hand turns into a monster.

They consider what actions are best to maximise value and keep villain in the hand for as long as possible, and what the most common tells are in these micro stakes MTTs.

Follow the hand street by street here (no peaking ahead!) - https://www.pokerstarsreplayer.com/hands/c4422433ec

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Jon & Tain are two recreational players from Essex in the UK, hoping to get good enough to play at the World Series of Poker. Both are neurodivergent, with autism and ADHD, which adds an extra dimension to their journey.

Support our journey by following, liking, subscribing, leaving kind messages, rating us 5 stars, and sharing the love! It really means everything to us, thanks for being part of our show.

Jon and Tain discuss a Texas No Limit Hold'em hand, and consider villains range. They look in more detail into condensed and polarised ranges, and how betting, calling and checking impacts on range types. They consider position, pot size, SPR to determine likely hand holdings and then consider the different moves they can make in response.

Jon and Tain continue on their journey to get good enough at poker to be able to compete in WSOP. At the time of recording, WSOP 2023 has started and they're enjoying the buzz. They analyse a hand, looking in more detail at ranges.

Welcome to our podcast! We are Jon and Tain from Essex in the UK, and in this episode we introduce the podcast and explain what it's all about! Join us on our learning journey to improve our Texas No Limit Hold'em pokers skills, and get good enough to build a bankroll and compete in the world series of poker in Vegas. Our goal is to have a real shot at cashing big, not just seat warming or fluffing the pot for someone else. We discuss everything from game theory to ADHD and Autism. We have a humble "we are not professionals" openness which we hope brings you, the listener, along for the journey. Hand analysis is the main focus of each episode, but we (often!) go off on tangents, digging deep in poker ideas and concepts, like pot odds vs win odds, GTO, ranges, minimum defence frequencies, position, stack depths, SPR, ICM and many more. Hopefully we share your struggles, and hopefully you share our successes!

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Jon and Tain continue on their learning journey to poker greatness, and discuss a Texas No Limit Hold'em multi way pot. It's four handed and the main villain seems to play like he has an open ended straight draw. They consider pot odds vs win odds in decision making as well as relative hand strength, shared defence frequency and blockers.

Jon and Tain play TT out of position against a tight opponent on a very wet, static flop. To C or not to C? [-bet], that is the question.

How does range Vs range change when the villain is a nit, but are only calling the open from late position? Does their call cap their range, or does it suit their nitty style?

As always, this is a LEARNING podcast, The hosts are learning too! Don’t take the views as definitive rules, Instead, listen to our commentary then use the Q&A or comments to share your take on things. Offer us advice, point out any mistakes, praise any well made strategies, and be a part of our journey.

Jon and Tain try their best to bluff catch, and discuss the merits of trying to see a showdown with a very light holding.

Jon and Tain get sticky from the big blind and discuss the best, and worst, ways to defend.

Jon and Tain explore a hand played from the button.

Jonno and Tain discuss playing micro low stakes, and how they plan to adjust their game to exploit their opponents.

In this first ever Episode of the Tournament Poker Project, Jonno and Tain start their journey towards the World Series of Poker with a discussion on pre-flop 4 betting