Tournament Strategies
After receiving pocket cards, you are immediately faced with a choice: play your cards and either raise or call the blinds, or fold.
Practice Matters
Leading into the Raiser as a Bluff
Leading into the Raiser as a Bluff Leading into the pre-flop raiser, also referred to as donk-betting, is powerful when used judiciously. When players take abnormal lines and you have nothing, you should usually fold, at least the first few times. Over time, if you can develop a range for these plays, you can adjust and play back at them, but the first few times, you are almost forced to give them the pot.
Suppose everyone is deep-stacked,
Suppose everyone is deep-stacked, someone raises and you call from the big blind with Q-J. If it comes 8-6-5, this is a great spot to lead into the pre-flop raiser because this type of board usually connects with a blind’s calling range and misses the pre-flop raiser’s range.