NO-Bullshit

6-max Poker 2020

we make champions
 Dear poker player and
friend,
my name is Gordon and what I do is turn losing or mediocre
poker players into big winners. I have struggled myself to
succeed at this game, but those struggles have helped me to
teach you how to win at this game in a shorter time than you
can think.

Maybe you enjoy reading long books (nothing wrong with

that), but I am not here to write poker stories or poker fiction.
This book is extremely short. Creating a short book is way
harder than creating a long book. But I want you to play poker
and see results as fast as possible and not get lost reading
300pages long poker books or hour long poker videos.

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Warning:

This book is only the start. Don’t look at one strategy in

here and say “omg that is so dumb”. You need to look at the
big picture. If you can’t see it, don’t worry. I will help you
see it. Very often we see the big picture after. Things that
we can’t explain today will make a lot of sense tomorrow. I
could tell you a lot of stories…

You will read stuff that will upset you and that is ok. I’m
not here to make new friends, but I will always treat you
like a friend. I’m here to make you a winner at this game.
There is a reason why you are reading this book. Very likely
it is not because you are 100% happy with your results.
I have proven with so many players that my strategy
works. For some it worked from day 1, others had to
struggle first. You should not be afraid of struggles.
At bestpokercoaching.com (BPC) we have a great
supporting community. We are in this together. We grow
through struggles and become better than ever before.

I’m thrilled to make you rich!

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 Contents
Prologue 6
The true basics of poker 10
Preflop | UTG 14
Preflop | MP 16
Preflop | CO 24
Preflop | BTN 28
Preflop | SB 30
Preflop | BB 32
Postflop Play 34
Single Raised Pot | Aggressor 34
Single Raised Pot| Caller 38
3Bet Pots | Aggressor 41
3Bet Pots | Caller 42
Annex I - SRP Aggressor 50
Annex II - SRP Caller 51
Annex III - 3Bet Pots 52
Annex IV - Multiway Pots 53
Annex V - List of Abbreviations 54
 Prologue
Why the hell did you buy this book?
• You like my no-­bullshit approach to learning (6max no
limit) poker
• You are tired of losing or breaking even at best
• You are still stuck at micro and/or smaller stakes and
don’t know why
• You are perhaps a small winner, but want consistent
success in the long run
• You have just learnt the rules, but want to become a high
stakes baller

How this book (and the additional video course) was

created

My goal was to create an idiot proof guide to No limit 6max

poker that a 4 year old could understand and use. After
reading this book and applying the material, you will be
able to become a winning player at micro / smaller stakes.
I will not waste your time with useless math exercises that
you will not do anyways. I will not make you feel guilty
because you don’t know bullshit concepts like “triple merge
ranging” (don’t worry if you don’t know this. You didn’t
miss anything).

The truth is that once you play higher stakes, you will need

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 some basic intuitive understanding of poker math. I will
teach this at a later stage in an easy to understand way.
Being a math geek never hurts, but don’t let some of those
elitist assholes out there tell you that without knowing the
third square root of 9846 in 0,87 seconds you will not make
it at this game.

You have probably heard about the 80‐20 rule before. I

prefer the 99-­1 rule. Today there are millions of videos and
articles about poker online.

Everything that could ever be said about poker is out there.

The problem is that 99% of it is big time bullshit. And 99%
of the part that is not bullshit does not help you. So we are
left with 0,1% of the information that is good AND actually
will help you improve your game. This 0,1% is what you will
find in all our products at bestpokercoaching.com. In this
book you will get the absolute essentials and basics that will
help you to become a winner at micro/small stakes poker.

What you will NOT find in this book (video course)

• Super advanced strategies that will confuse you and will

do more harm than good (If you like to be broke fast, then
you should do what people at high stakes do and try this
versus your micro-stakes opponent)
• How to exploit opponents (This actually is important, but
 the topic of other courses. Before you can exploit somebody,
you first need to know how to do things the “normal way”)
• Bullshit strategies and nice sounding, but useless concepts
that the forum guys waste hours on (but they never win!)

What you will find in this book (video course)

• Precise information without filler content. You will get

detailed charts for each position and the most frequent
scenarios
• You will get an emergency guide on what to do if you
don’t know what to do
• You will learn good & solid standard lines that are the
basis for all winning poker players

How to use this book & the video course

Wherever you are right now, you are here because of the
decisions you have made. That is true for your financial,
personal and also your poker life. If you keep doing what
you have been doing, you will get exactly what you have
right now. If you want different results, you have to do
different things.
I know how hard change can be. It took me over 100k hands
to realize this. Please be smarter than I was. Do it the right
way and save yourself time and trouble. You already took
the first step by joining BPC (BestPokerCoaching). Smart

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 choice, now make sure you continue to take the second
step.
If you do exactly what thousands of my successful students
have done, you will get exactly those (good) results.
This book is the foundation of your game. It may seem
simple, but it works and we have a mountain of data
continuously tested to ensure our ranges and lines work.
Executing these strategies is the first and necessary step.

Ok, lets start.

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 The true basics of poker
What is the goal of playing poker

The short answer is stealing the blinds. Think about it. If

there were no blinds, everybody would just wait for AA
and then make money. In a group of smart players, nobody
would make money. There is no reason to play any other
hand because you don’t get punished for waiting. For this
reason there is a small blind and big blind. Once there is
something out there to play for, all players have a goal:
Winning the blinds. Players who only want to play AA can
still try it, but they will lose a lot of money waiting for them.

If you could, you would steal the blinds every single time.
But your opponents are part of the game and they will fight
back. So your goal should be to get away with as much
stealing as possible. For this reason some very smart people
have calculated the probability for other players having
stronger hands than we do. No worries, no math. I just
want you to understand how the charts were created that I
am about to present to you.

GTO (game theoretic optimal play) vs Population Reads vs

Exploitative Play

GTO: When playing GTO poker, your play will be so good

that you will win no matter what your opponent will do.

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 Read about game theory if you care. It is not important for
this book, but it never hurts if you do understand what it
is about.

GTO only exists in theory, but some players try to optimize

their play towards this goal. Part of the strategy that you
will learn is optimized, but it is only one component of
good play. This is the math heaviest part and as you can
guess the least important one for you right now.

Population Reads: If you don’t know anything about your

opponent, you have no other choice but to make assumptions
on what your average opponent (= the population at your
limit) does. We do have a good idea what the average
opponent at micro stakes does, so we can adjust our charts
and advice towards their play. This is the second component
of good play and it is the most important one for your
current situation. In this course you will learn how to play
against micro/small stakes players assuming you have no
or only a few reads on them. This is also the case if you do
have reads on your opponents, but don’t know how to use
them.

Warning: Plays based on population plays are NOT perfect.

The advice you will get will be good in 99% of situations.
It will be optimal, but like always in life there will be some
situations where it is not the best play. Don’t worry. We can
lose a battle, but we will always win the war. This system
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 is simple, easy and you can get good results in a very short
amount of time.

Exploitative Play: This is our goal after mastering the use of

population reads. This is not the topic of this course, but
you will be shown a few examples, especially in the videos.

This is also THE most profitable part about poker and every
future course you will consume will focus almost entirely
on exploiting other player weaknesses. But before you can
do this, you will need to understand what good play looks
like. So let’s start and get into the action!

A note from database expert Alan Jackson:

Every range, line and sizing in the NOBS guide

is based on an extensive database analysis
of recently played hands by members in our
program.

The NOBS strategy is an exceptionally effective strategy that

is relatively easy to memorize and execute. This strategy is
proven effective and thoroughly tested. We’ve taken the guess-
work out of winning. Don’t over think the strategy. Trust it
and you will win.
 PREFLOP| UTG

Openraising Range (4x BB size):

44+, ATs+, ATo+, KTs+, KQo, QTs+, J9s+, T9s+, 98s+

Action chart from UTG vs a 3Bet

4B/AI Call Fold

vs MP 3Bet AA, KK QQ, AK Everything else
vs CO 3Bet AA, KK JJ, QQ, AK Everything else
vs BTN 3Bet AA, KK, QQ TT, JJ, AK Everything else
vs SB 3Bet AA, KK TT, JJ, QQ, AK Everything else
vs BB 3Bet AA, KK TT, JJ, QQ, AK Everything else

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 FAQ about UTG

Question:What to do if the pot is multi­‐way (more than 2

people) and you are getting 3bet?
Answer: Call with every pocket pair, 4bet/all-in with AK.

Question:Why do we go broke with more hands vs the BTN

than the SB?
Answer: People 3bet rather tightly from the blinds vs UTG.
We can still call some extra hands because we have position
on our opponent

Question:If somebody makes a mini-3bet (double of your

raise size)?
Answer: Call with all hands

Question:Which 4bet size should I use?

Answer: 2,5x of what your opponent reraised you. If he
reraised to 10BB, you make it 25BB. Don’t worry about making
it a bit to small or to big.

Question:What do I do if…. (insert specific scenario not

covered) ?
Answer: It is impossible to cover every scenario. Stick as close
as possible to the suggestions given
 PREFLOP| MP

Openraising Range (3x BB size):

22+, A2s-A9s, ATs+, ATo+, KTs+, KQo, QTs+, J9s+, 87s+,
76s

Action chart for MP

Calling Range 3Bet / AI 3Bet / Fold

vs UTG open 55-QQ, AK, AQs KK, AA -
4B/AI Call Fold
vs CO 3Bet AA, KK TT, JJ, QQ, AK Everything else
vs BTN 3Bet AA, KK, QQ 99, TT, JJ, AK Everything else
vs SB 3Bet AA, KK 99, TT, JJ, QQ, AK Everything else
vs BB 3Bet AA, KK 99, TT, JJ, QQ, AK Everything else

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 FAQ about MP

Question: How big should I 3bet?

Answer: 3,5x of your opponents raise size. If he opened for
3BB, you will reraise to 10,5BB. Again, if you make it 10BB
everything is fine. You will see some people advocating smaller
reraises. The main point is that we are playing fairly tight the
bigger the pot gets.

Question: We never 4bet bluff, why?

Short answer: People believe that the way to win at poker
is to bluff a lot. They can never imagine that you win just be
playing simple and smart poker. The truth that nobody wants
to admit is that the people who make the most money at this
game actually are not obsessed with stuff like 4bet bluffing.
Detailed answer:
You have to understand that in theory it is of course profitable
to 4bet bluff with a certain frequency. Many people will
advocate this. They will tell you to bluff with 16 combinations
and they will tell you to call with AdQd and to fold AhQs.
I have mentioned in the introduction that some of this stuff is
“mathematically correct”. If you would follow it 100% and play
perfectly postflop, you will have no problem. This strategy
would even be better than what I am teaching you right now!

Warning: The people who invent and teach those type of

strategies are usually the type of people I call poker intellectuals.
They create their “perfect” little theoretic strategies. And then
they go on with the mental masturbation on how advanced and
intelligent they are. They advocate balancing and protecting
our ranges. They tell you the exact number of combinations
and make everything look sophisticated. And actually it is
sophisticated – IN FUCKING THEORY.

I have recently talked to a self-made poker millionaire that

most of you have never heard of. He is one of those silent
midstakes grinders who has no publicity or genius moments.
We both confirmed to each other and had a nice laugh when
talking about the intellectually obsessed “geniuses”.

The problem: We are all human beings with those things

called “emotions”. How often have you done something on the
poker table that you KNEW with 100% certainty was wrong,
but you did it anyways? Well, you are not the only one. Look
my friend, most people don’t fail at poker because they don’t
have the right frequencies or miss a brilliant strategy. Most
people fail and go broke because of EMOTIONS (aka tilt).

I design this course and all my coachings with the full

understanding of human emotions. Tilting opponents were
my biggest source of income and have made me financially
independent at a young age.

Most people have no idea why simplicity and focusing on a

few important things works out so well. It is counterintuitive

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because we feel like doing little. Most of my
students did not believe me until they have seen it with their
own eyes. So I ask you as well, just do what I advise. Do what
other successful players have done.

The reason why so many of my students have such great success

is not because I have the most advanced and superior strategy.
It is not because I am a poker genius. You see if I were here
to brag about myself, I would have called myself a genius and
showed you some of my successful Q­‐high calldowns (while
hiding the hundreds where I look like an idiot). I would have
talked about some really slick sounding concepts that you
would never understand (I wouldn’t understand them either).

There is one problem: I HATE F*CKING BULLSHIT.

The reason why students like “Imachampion” , moved up from

NL2 to NL1000 in less than 9 months (all publicly documented
with daily updates) is because I am totally obsessed with being
successful and do not ever accept failure. Never. Ever. If your
focus is on making money and winning at poker, you will
quickly eliminate all the bullshit and clutter. You will focus
on the 0,01% of things that MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE.

Why is it that a player like Sauce123 who by all means is one

of the most brilliant poker minds out there has made less
money than a good NL400 grinder over the last years? You
have to understand the WHY. Sauce123 loves the game. He
probably is not in it for making money. The problem is that he
is so smart that he can always survive and beat lower stakes.
You’re not there yet. So make some big money first and then
there is still enough time to be “brilliant”.

Balancing your 3 betting ranges or having an advanced 4bet

bluff strategy is NOT IMPORTANT at micro and small stakes.
It was not important in late 2006 (when I learned how to play
poker). It wasn’t important in 2011 when I founded BPC. It
was not important in 2015 when the first edition of NOBS
was published. It’s also not important in 2020 and unlikely to
be important in 2025 either.

I CAN tell you what has been and always will be important:
Your attitude and focusing on what really matters. This is the
key ingredient for our success. In the NOBS book and videos
you will learn what REALLY matters.

Some people have called me a “feel player”. This couldn’t be

further from the truth. My understanding of game theory
and poker math is quite deep, but I am the first to say that this
is mostly useless knowledge and only satisfies my curiosity.
You will quite often see that many brilliant intellectuals are
actually terrible and mediocre poker players. All those people
who you thought made so much money – they are all nice
and entertaining people, but… they are BROKE.
Don’t listen to broke people (if you want to make money).
Question:Why was the last answer so long?

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Answer: Because it is important. Perhaps THE most important
thing in this book. Between all those charts I am sharing drops
of wisdom that may not sound nice or politically correct, but
it’s the truth that nobody wants to tell you.

However, there is something I need to tell you. Advanced

material and knowledge is NOT BAD. Once you learn and
understand the basics you actually MUST go on, improve
further and go deeper. But this will happen naturally.
I always like to say that advanced concepts can still be simple
in their nature.
My real goal here is to make you focus on things that matter.
And let’s be honest. You are not reading this book because
you are making thousands every day playing poker.
You are reading this book because nobody has shown you
before how to properly learn poker in a way that works for a
normal person.
My goal here is to teach you something that simply works.
Nothing more, nothing less. This edition here is designed to
help you beat the two lowest stakes, NL2 and NL5. You might
play higher limits, but unless you are beating them for over
100.000 hands, you need to start here. People don’t like when
I tell them that they have to learn basics first. It is a humbling
experience especially if you have been playing poker for many
years. But again, you play for many years, you aren’t winning
big. Have you ever asked yourself why?

Once you have finished this and you want to gain more
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knowledge and want to take the next step to beat the higher
limits as well, I suggest you take a look at our premium courses
like the Shark Academy or Special Forces CFP.

What is CFP? CFP is the short form of Coaching For Profits.

In this program the student gets free training and only pays
if he wins. This is actually how we make money as a coaching
team. If you are our student and make 100k, you pay us 50k
and keep the other 50k for yourself. All future profits are
yours 100%. Now that works great if what you teach actually
works. And it is a lot more profitable than selling courses, if
what you teach really works.

And this should answer your next question why not everybody
offers CFP. Most “coaches” only want to sell courses. Deep
down they know that what they teach sounds good, but they
don’t believe that you will make money with it.

At BPC we believe in giving students a choice. You can get

free coaching, but you must share your profits.
If you don’t want to share your profits, then you can pay for
courses.
That’s the reason why so many students trust our training and
why our Hall Of Fame (we only publish a small fraction and
those that gave us permission) is filled with “too good to be
true” life changing documentaries.

Ok, enough bragging. Let’s go back on-topic.

 PREFLOP| CO
Openraising Range (2,5x BB size):
22+, A2s+A8o+, K8s+, KTo+, Q8s+, QTo+, J8s+, JTo,
T8s+, 97s+, 86s+, 75s+, 56s

Action charts for CO

Calling Range 3Bet / AI 3Bet / Fold

vs UTG open 55-QQ, AK, AQ, KQs KK, AA -
vs MP open 55-QQ, AK, AQ, KQs KK, AA -
4B/AI Call Fold
vs BTN 3Bet AA, KK, QQ, AK 88-JJ Everything else
vs SB 3Bet AA, KK, QQ, AK 88-JJ Everything else
vs BB 3Bet AA, KK, QQ, AK 88-JJ Everything else

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 FAQ about CO

Question: Why do we open raise 2,5BB?

Answer: Your range will be wider and we can steal the blinds
cheaper. Remember, this is the real goal behind every action
we take. If we get 3bet and have to fold, we only loose 2,5BB
instead of 3BB. If you play 50.000 hands, this will make a
significant difference to your bankroll.

Question: Why don’t we openraise 2BB from the CO and

if it is cheaper why don’t we openraise 2BB from every
position?
Answer: Good question. When we open raise from UTG, we
have a very good range and don’t mind to either put in more
money or win the blinds successfully. We will rarely get 3bet
from UTG. In the CO we both have a weaker range and will
get 3bet more frequently.

Question: Why don’t we 3bet with QQ vs MP?

Answer: This would not be a bad play, but it can bring you
into a lot of trouble if you don’t understand exactly when to
go broke and when to fold QQ. We keep life simple and more
profitable.
Question: How does my range change when UTG raises
and MP calls (or generally if there are already 2 players in
the pot)?
Answer: Call any suited ace and any pocket pair in addition
to the normal hands. The reason is that those hands have a
great multi‐way equity and you can win huge pots when you
hit. If there are more people in the pot it is also more likely
that somebody will pay you off when you hit big.

Question: But isn’t your strategy too obvious?

Answer: Great that you are reading this book, because you
need it more than anybody else. It is not your fault though.
What else are you supposed to believe when most people talk
this crap on forums. The truth is that it is VERY OBVIOUS
what we are doing. You shouldn’t ask me if something is
“obvious”. You should ask me if it is profitable and if people
actually become winning players. The answer is YES. It works
incredibly well. And I am the first to say that it “shouldn’t”
work. But it has worked for over 10 years and is likely to work
for at least another 10 years. I didn’t believe it myself before I
was so desperate to win at this game that I have tried the most
simple of all strategies. The truth is that we will advance our
knowledge step by step. And our system will become more
sophisticated over time. But not in the way those intellectuals
think. What I suggest is obvious and you will see that it works.

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 PREFLOP| BTN
Openraising Range (2x BB size):
22+, A2s+, A2o+, K2s+, K5o+, Q2s+, Q6o+, J2s+, J7o+,
T2s+, T6o+, 92s+, 96o+, 82s+, 86o+, 72s+, 75o+, 62s+,
65o, 52s+, 42s+, 32s (basically all suited hands)

Action charts for BTN

Calling Range 3Bet / AI 3Bet / Fold
vs UTG/MP 44-QQ, AK, AQ, AJs, KK, AA 56s, 67s, 78s, 89s,
open KQs T9s
vs CO open 22-JJ, ATs+, AQo, KQs QQ+, AK A2s-A5s, 56s, 67s,
78s, 89s, T9s
4B/AI Call Fold
vs SB 3Bet AA, KK, QQ, JJ, AK 66-TT, AQ, AJ, ATs, Everything else
KQ, QJs, JTs
vs BB 3Bet AA, KK, QQ, JJ, AK 66-TT, AQ, AJ, ATs, Everything else
KQ, QJs, JTs
 FAQ about BTN

Question: Why do we play so many hands?

Answer: The BTN is the most profitable position on the table.
Only 2 more people need to fold and you can win all the blinds
(remember, we want the blinds!). With 2 people left it is also
very unlikely that they will have a premium hand. Of course
you have to be careful not to spew away your money postflop.
Since we will play so many hands here it is VERY important
that you stick to our postflop rules

Question: There are people who 3bet me a lot and then

those who don’t 3bet me very often. How do I adjust?
Answer: Stick to the system. Don’t worry about your
opponents too much. Once you fully understand this course
and know things by heart, then it is time for you to upgrade
to the next level. There we will discuss on how to make
even more money and abuse our opponents tendencies left
and right. But right now you should first learn the basics.
Otherwise you will end up like all the poker intellectuals…
broke, but with a lot of knowledge.
 PREFLOP| SB

Openraising Range (2x BB size):

22+, A2s+, A2o+, K2s+, K5o+, Q2s+, Q6o+, J2s+, J7o+,
T2s+, T6o+, 92s+, 96o+, 82s+, 86o+, 72s+, 75o+, 62s+,
65o, 52s+ ,42s+ ,32s (basically all suited hands)

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Action charts for SB

Calling Range 3Bet / AI 3Bet / Fold

vs UTG open 22-QQ, AK, AQ KK, AA 78s, 89s, T9s
vs MP open 22-QQ, AK, AQ KK, AA 78s, 89s, T9s
vs CO open 22-JJ, AQ, AJ, ATs, QQ+, AK A2s-A5s, 56s, 67s, 78s,
KQs, KJs, QJs, JTs 89s, T9s
vs BTN open 22-JJ, AQ, AJ, AT, A9s, QQ+, AK A2s-A8s, 56s, 67s, 68s,
KQ, KJs, KTs, QJs, JTs 78s, 79s, 89s, T9s
4B/AI Call Fold
vs BB 3Bet AA, KK, QQ, JJ, AK 66-TT, AQ, AJ, Everything else
ATs, KQ, QJs, JTs

FAQ about SB

Question: What to do in multi-­way pots?

Answer: The same answer like above. It doesn’t really change
that much.

Question: What do I do when somebody has limped in

front of me?
Answer: Pretend that they don’t exist in regards to your hand
selection. However when you do play a hand, raise 2BB bigger
preflop than usual. There is more money in the middle and
you would like to take it down right away.
 PREFLOP| BB
Openraising Range (2x BB size):
22+, A2s+, A8o+, K8s+, KTo+, Q8s+,QTo+, J8s+, JTo, T8s,
T9s, 98s, 97s, 87s, 86s, 76s, 65s

Action charts for BB

Calling Range 3Bet / AI 3Bet / Fold

vs UTG/MP/CO 22-JJ, AQ, AJ, ATs, QQ+ A2s-A9s, AK, 56s, 67s,
open KQs, KJs, QJs, JTs 78s, 89s, T9s
vs BTN open 22-JJ, AT-AQ, A9s, QQ+, AK A2s-A8s, 56s, 67s, 68s,
KT+, QT+, JTs 78s, 79s, 89s, T9s
vs SB open See picture above JJ+, AK, AQs K5s-K8s, Q5s-Q7s, J5s-
J7s, T6s, T7s, 95s-96s

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 FAQ about BB

Question: What do I do when the BTN or SB makes a

minraise (2x BB)?
Answer: The charts are created under the assumption that
your opponent raises 3xBB. So here I officially allow you to
play any additional hand that you feel like playing! This is like
the “cheat” day in a diet. You can only do this in the BB and
against a minraise. The price you will get is so good that it is
never a mistake to call with many hands. However, you have
to stick to the postflop rules. If you don’t want to play more
hands it is fine. If you do, it is also fine.

Question: Why do we call so many hands versus a SB raise?

Answer: We have position and SB usually steals with a lot of
hands.

Ok, that’s it for preflop. Let’s move on to postflop.

 Postflop Play
Postflop will be a bit more complicated and there are a lot
more possibilities.

I will simplify things and only differentiate between 2 players

in the hand and multi-way (more than 2 players).
I will differentiate between single raised pots (SRP) and 3bet
pots. If a pot is a 4bet pot, treat it like a 3bet pot.
I will differentiate between you being the aggressor and you
not being the aggressor (=caller). The aggressor is the person
who made the last raise preflop.

SRP | Aggressor
Flop
• Always make a continuation bet (=cbet) always if you
have a gutshot or better. Exception: Underpairs (44 on 89T
board)
• Always cbet ¾ of the pot if you have an open ended
straight draw (=oesd), flush draw (=fd), top pair, or a better
hand. No matter what. With other hands bet ½ pot
• If your hand strength is worse than a gutshot (overcards,
underpair you should just give up). Exception: The board is
totally dry. For example A22, K55, 444 (with our without fd
possible) are considered dry boards for our purposes. Q82

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 is NOT considered a totally dry board for our purposes. In
those cases you should bet ½ pot and give up if you face
any action unless your hand should improve on the turn
• If you get raised, then reraise and get it all­‐in with 2pair
or better. Call with TP, OESDs and FDs. Fold the rest
• When the pot is multi-­way, only bet with OESD,FD, TP
and 2nd pair or better. If raised, reraise and get the money
all‐­in with 2pair or better. Call a raise with FDs and OESDs
(only if no FD is possible). Fold the rest, which includes TP
• The above rules also apply to limped pots. If you have an
opportunity to bet, play as if you were the preflop opener.
When facing a bet play as if you were the preflop caller.

Turn:
• Bet again ¾ pot with a gutshot, OESD, FD, 2nd pair or
better
• If your opponent raises your bet you should fold
everything unless you have a pair +FD or top 2pair
• If you have re‐­raised the flop, bet again and get it all‐­in
unless there is a 4-­straight or 4‐­flush board. In that case
you should check/fold if your opponents bets more than
half pot (unless you have the straight or flush of course).
The same is true for the river
• Check/fold everything else
• Multiway you shall bet again with TP, OESD and FD and
fold to any raise. If the raise is small, call with OESD and FD.
 Get all-in with 2pair or better and check/fold everything
else
• If you got checkraised on the flop and called and your
opponent bets again on the turn you should fold unless
you have a TP with an Ace or King kicker. If you improved
to a better hand, raise and get it all-in. If your opponent
makes a minibet ( 1/3 pot or smaller) you can of course call
with your whole range again
• Whenever the flop was checked around bet 100% of
your ranges. For tp+ use 3/4th pot sizing. For weaker value
½ pot sizing. Air 2/3rds sizing on the turn. Draws 3/4th
pot sizing on the turn. When following through with a
river bluff 2/3rd pot. River value sizing depends on hand
strength, default is 3/4th pot sizing.

On the river, after betting the turn you should check 3rd-
5th pair and AJ+. If OOP check/fold. These hands have
more showdown value than betting value. Second pairs are a
borderline range, second pairs that were top pair on the turn
and second pocket pairs should be bet. Weaker second pairs
usually checked. You should bluff all non-pair hands under
AJ using 2/3rd pot sizing.

The above applies to when the flop was checked around in any
limped or SRP, both HU and multiway (multiway on the turn,
HU on the river). The only exception is that with multiway

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pots (multiway on the turn, hu on the river) you should only
bet top pairs with second kicker+ for value. Check/fold all
weaker value.

River
• Bluff ½ pot if there is a 4-­flush or 4-straight board.
Otherwise check/fold if your hand is worse than TP
• Bet ½ pot with TP if your kicker is A or K. If you get raised,
always fold. Otherwise check your TP. If your opponent
bets, only call with TP if a FD has missed. Otherwise check/
fold
• Bet ¾ pot with 2pair or better. If you get raised only call
with a set. If there is a flush possible, fold a set and only call
with a straight or a flush
• The above rules apply to 3 barrel pots. If the flop and/
or the turn was checked around bet all top pairs. Stronger
second pairs can be a thin value bet. When checking weaker
pairs fold if your opponent bets.
 SRP | Caller
Flop
• Check/call with TP and 2nd pairs and gutshots
• Check-raise (3-4x the size of your opponents bet)
OESD,FD’s, 2pair and better hands. Be willing to get all
your money in with 2pair or better. If your FD has overcards
you can get it all-­in as well. With OESDs and normal FDs
you should fold against a 3bet. If the 3bet is a mini-3bet,
than you can call and see a turn card
• Check/fold everything else
• If the pot is multiway raise with 2pair or better. Call with
TP, OESDs and FDs. Fold the rest
• If your opponent has checked, bet ½ pot with any bluff
and with value hands you should pretend that you are the
aggressor

Turn:
• Whenever the flop was checked around bet 100% of
your ranges. For tp+ use 3/4th pot sizing. For weaker value
1/2 pot sizing. Air 2/3rds sizing on the turn. Draws 3/4th
pot sizing on the turn. When following through with a
river bluff 2/3rd pot. River value sizing depends on hand
strength, default is 3/4th pot sizing.

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5th pair and AJ+. If OOP check/fold. These hands have
more showdown value than betting value. Second pairs are a
borderline range, second pairs that were top pair on the turn
and second pocket pairs should be bet. Weaker second pairs
usually checked. You should bluff all non-pair hands under
AJ using 2/3rd pot sizing.

The above applies to when the flop was checked around in any
limped or SRP, both HU and multiway (multiway on the turn,
HU on the river). The only exception is that with multiway
pots (multiway on the turn, hu on the river) you should only
bet top pairs with second kicker+ for value. Check/fold all
weaker value.

• If you have check/called the flop, you should check/call

again with TP and if your hand improved to 2pair. You
should only call again with 2nd pair if there is a FD possible
or if you had TP on the flop, but an overcard hit on the turn.
If your hand improved to better than 2pair on the turn,
you should raise and get it all-in. If you are not sure about
a situation you should post in the bestpokercoaching.com
and ask for advice. Relax, Rome was not built in one day.
Check/fold everything else
• If your opponent checks to you, bet any hand. If your
opponent checks behind on the turn, bluff ANY river for
½ pot
• Multiway, fold everything that is not 2pair or better. Call
with OESD and FD
River
• Check/call if you have improved to 2pair
• Check/call if your TP has A or K kicker
• Check/fold everything else
• The above rules apply to 3 barrel pots. If either the flop
or turn was checked around you can call with any top pair.

Don’t forget that if I instructed you in the turn manual to

bluff twice with a hand, you should still do it. And before you
ask again, yes, this is VERY exploitable. But trust me, your
opponents are not capable of exploiting you, otherwise they
would play NL50 or higher.

Warning: Do NOT make any hero­‐calls or hero­‐folds because

you have a “sick read” or “special feeling”. Follow the lines
suggested here. Making “special plays” is the fastest way to go
broke

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 3Bet Pots | Aggressor

Flop
• Same rules like in the single raised pot, with the only
difference that you are getting it all‐­in versus a raise with
FD, OESD and TP as well

Turn
• Bet ½ pot with gutshots, 2nd pairs and sets, straights
• Bet ¾ with TP , OESD and FDs . If you have 1,5x of the
pot in your stack, you should just shove with those hands

River
• If you have TP or better, go all-­in (100BB stacks before
the hand are assumed)
• Everything else, check-­fold.
• Bluff ½ pot if river is a 4-­straight or 4‐flush board
 3Bet Pots | Caller

Flop
• Call with gutshot, 2nd pair, OESD, FD and top pair
• Raise with better hands and get it all-in
• If your opponent checks, bet ½ pot as a bluff and pretend
to be the aggressor when you have a value hand
• Unless stated otherwise, for all other situations the rules
from the single raised pots apply

Turn
• Call again with TP and FD’s. Only call with OESDs if you
have an overcard as well. You can also call once more if you
had a TP on the flop, but an overcard came on the turn.
Fold the rest
• If checked to, bluff half pot if you don’t have a hand. If
you have a value hand, then pretend you are the aggressor
and follow those rules

River
• Check/fold unless you have TP with Q kicker or better

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 FAQ Postflop Play

Question: A situation is not explained that I find

myself in very often. What should I do?
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a situation that comes up very often. You have to understand
that such a general and easy to use approach that I use here
never claims to be “complete” or “perfect”. It is supposed to
work and give guidelines for the most frequent situations.
This book will be updated. It is the theory only, so you should
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We will also have live webinars where we can cover more
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one?
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didn’t mention a HUD is because using a HUD means that
we will make plays based on a specific opponent. This is
definitely important and we will cover some of those issues
in the practical part. However, once you know the basic lines,
you are ready to move on to more advanced sections.

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Annex I SRP Aggressor

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Annex II SRP Caller
Annex III 3Bet Pots

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Annex IV Multiway
 Annex V Abbreviations
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Air - A weak (usually losing) hand that has very little to no

value.
TP - A pair that is made with the highest card on the board.
OESD - abbreviation for Open-Ended Straight Draw ( A
hand that consists of 4 consecutively ranked cards, thus
needing only 1 card to complete the straight. The card’s
rank can come be at either side of the 4 cards’ rank. For
example, having 34 hole cards on a 56K board is an open-
ended straight draw.)
FD - Flush Draw (A hand that needs further cards to become
a made hand. To illustrate, in Texas Hold’em, if a player
holds Qh3h and the flop comes Kh7h6s, that player can
draw to a flush)
GTSD - Gutshot (Another name for inside straight, it means
a straight draw that can only complete through 1 card of a
particular rank)
2ndP - Second Pair ( A pair that is made with the second
highest card on the board)
3rdP - Third Pair (A pair that is made with the third highest
card on the board)
OC - Over Card ( A card in a player’s hand that is of higher
rank than the highest ranking card on the board, or a card

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 on the board with a higher rank than any card in the player’s
hand)
CBET - Continuation Bet (When a player follows through
his/her preflop raise with a bet on the flop, this is a referred
to as a continuation bet or c-bet. If a player that c-bet on
the flop bets again on the turn, this is called a turn c-bet A
third consecutive bet on the river is known a river c-bet)
1/2P , 3/4P - half pot or 3/4 of the pot (referring to a bet size)
OPP - abbreviation for Opponent
2p+ - Two pairs or better
GII - Get it in or Getting it in (referring to moving all in - A
bet wherein a player commits all of his chips to the pot)
C/R - Check / Raise
OTF - On The Flop
OTT - On The Turn
OTR - On The River
OPP Donks - Opponent makes a donkbet
Donkbet - A bet made by a player who was not the aggressor
in the previous round/street and who is also out of position
versus said aggressor.
AGG - abbreviation for Aggressor (the person who made the
last bet/ raise on the previous street)
Caller - The person who called a bet / raise
Draws - hands that need further cards to become made hands.
To illustrate, in Texas Hold’em, if a player holds Qh3h and
the flop comes Kh7h6s, that player can draw to a flush.
4 STR or 4 FLUSH - there are 4 cards of the same color on
the board or 4 /5 cards needed to make a straight
C/F - Check / Fold
OOP - Out Of Position (Acting before someone is being
called out of position relative to that player.)
IP - In Position (Acting after someone is being called in
position relative to that player)
AI - All In - A bet wherein a player commits all of his chips
to the pot
TOP 2P - Top two pairs (A hand made up of two pairs that
consist of the top two cards on the board. Example, on a
board of K92, having K9 in your hand would mean you
have top two pairs. )
Kicker - Hole card that is not used to form a pair or better but
is still used to determine the final hand. Used to break ties
among players with the same hand. If you have A4 and the
board is A8823, your final hand is AA884, with 4 as your
kicker.
FD Missed - refers to the situation in which there is an
incomplete flush draw on the board (the community card
did not complete the flush draw)
Bluff - A deceptive act consisting of betting or raising while
holding a perceived relatively weaker hand in order to force
opponents with perceived stronger hands to fold.
3-Bet - It commonly refers to the second raise (or first re-
raise) before the flop, though the term also refers to any
bet that introduces a 3rd (higher) amount in a street . To
illustrate, if the blinds are $.25/$.5, and you raise to $3
preflop, you’re raising (or 2-betting) the blind amount. If a
villain re-raises to $9, he is 3-betting.

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4-Bet - A bet that raises the amount that comes after a 3-bet
(the second re-raise) in a betting round, though this is
usually seen before the flop. For example, if the blinds are
$.25/$5, and you raise to $3 before the flop, you’re raising
(or 2-betting) the blind amount. If someone re-raises to
$9, they’re 3-betting you, and if you again re-raise to $20,
you’re 4-betting
Set - having a pocket pair and the community cards contain
1 more card of the same number(EX: Having 77 on A7Q
flop)
Pocket Pair - Hole cards that have the same rank.
Value hand - A hand that is perceived to be having value at
showdown
OP - Over Pair ( A pair that is has a higher rank than the
highest ranking card in the board.)
Open Raise - a preflop bet when no one else has bet before
2x, 3x, 4x - usually refers to the size of the bet / raise
MW - Multi-way Pot (A pot wherein more than two player
are involved.)
Limp - Getting involved in the hand preflop by calling instead
of the usual practice of raising the blinds
Single Raised Pot (SRP) - A pot that consists of money from
a raise and calls to that raise.
3-bet Pot (3BP) - A pot in which there was a 3-bet preflop
Minbet - or Minnie bet, refers to a bet which is of the minimum
allowed value or very small compared to the pot.
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