Big hand. Big bet. Usually. In the pre-solver era, continuation betting for half pot was fairly common, if not the norm. It’s the early aughts of the new millennium. A young Romanian breaks onto the scene with a new strategy for No Limit Texas Hold’em poker tournaments: a silly, gambly variant of the game. He… The post When Betting Bigger Is the Solver-Approved Play In Tournaments appeared first on Upswing Poker .
When Betting Bigger Is the Solver-Approved Play In Tournaments
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