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Practical resources to improve at poker on Winamax, PokerStars, Betclic, GGPoker, 888poker, partypoker and iPoker — stats, leaks, tools and methods explained in plain English.

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Progression
How to export your GGPoker hand history from PokerCraft
Hand histories and tournament summaries: where to download them in PokerCraft and what FlopIQ reads from them, EV Cashout and Run It Twice included.
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AI Coach
Poker tracker on Mac: why it's complicated, and the options that work
HUD, virtualization or browser-based analysis: what each option gives you on a Mac, and how to find your hand histories.
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Progression
How to export your PokerStars hand history: hands and tournament summaries
Where PokerStars.fr saves your hands, what the HandHistory and TournSummary folders are for, and how to import them for a full analysis.
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Strategy
MDF: how many hands to defend against a bet so you can’t be exploited
Minimum defense frequency explained: formula, table by bet size, the multi-street trap and when folding more is correct.
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Strategy
Reading board texture: dry vs wet flops and how to adapt
Dry, wet, paired, monotone: classify a flop in two seconds and adapt your bet frequency, sizing and defense.
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Stats
Rake eats your winrate: what it really costs at NL2-NL10
Why rake hits the micro-stakes harder, which spots pay the most of it, and the adjustments that protect your BB/100.
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Strategy
Blind vs blind: the most common spot, and the most badly played
When everyone folds to the small blind: raise, limp or fold from the SB, defend wide from the BB, and the postflop mistakes that cost the most.
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Strategy
Fold equity and the semi-bluff: why a draw wins in two ways
Fold equity explained with a worked example: how a semi-bluff wins when your opponent folds and when you hit your draw, which draws to pick, and the spots where it stops working.
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Strategy
Building a credible river bluff: tell a story that holds up over 3 streets
A river bluff works when your line tells a believable story. The 3 questions to ask first, picking bluffs with blockers, the sizing math, and the opponents you should never bluff.
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