Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 61: Counter...

In this week’s episode, Bart discusses the power of a pair plus backdoor draw when facing aggression from an opponent whose range consists of thick value hands and front-door draws. 

This week, Bart breaks down when small bluffs make sense in live cash games. He also introduces semi-bluff protection, a concept focused on semi-bluffing earlier in the hand to prevent opponents from realizing equity or bluffing you off the best hand on later streets. 

With 6 remaining in a Triton high roller event, the action gets wild pre-flop when a player acts out of turn. How should the 19 blind stack with the second best hand in NLH react? After the analysis we answer listener questions.

Analysis begins ...

They're doing stuff that we don't understand. Are they bad or are we? Probably us. Let's figure it out.

BLINDS:$400/$800/$1600/$3200

Adams(SB):10h8h/($250k)  Robl(2S):Js4h/($970k) 

Flo ...

With 17 remaining in a major tournament, one player's bluff gets there in a way that he didn't really want. How should he deal with it? 

Scroll down to see when analysis begins.

FLOP:8d9dJh   TURN:8h &nbs ...

Posting that 1 big blind per orbit really does add up over time. Defend that big blind inappropriately and it can have a devastating impact on your win rate. Tune in to today's episode for some tips on better defending that pesky blind bet. Enjoy.