Tournament Poker Project

Today we get into the weeds of value betting Vs leaving the villain with as many bluffs as possible so they pay your value off all by themselves. -------- Jon & Tain are two recreational players from Essex in the UK, hoping to get good enough to play at the World Series of Poker. Both are neurodivergent, with autism and ADHD, which adds an extra dimension to their journey. Support our journey...

In today's episode Jon and Tain discuss that pesky situation where your decent top pair hand is outplayed by the board, and you now need to consider whether your bluff catcher is worth continuing with. -------- Jon & Tain are two recreational players from Essex in the UK, hoping to get good enough to play at the World Series of Poker. Both are neurodivergent, with autism and ADHD, which ad...

Jon and Tain look at what adjustments they should make when playing out of position in a PKO tournament where ranges are heavily skewed. -------- Jon & Tain are two recreational players from Essex in the UK, hoping to get good enough to play at the World Series of Poker. Both are neurodivergent, with autism and ADHD, which adds an extra dimension to their journey. Support our journey by follow...

Jon and Tain get into the contrasting incentives of playing out of position in a multi-way pot, and defending the big blind with a moderate holding. https://www.pokerstarsreplayer.com/hands/f7000a2b06 -------- Jon & Tain are two recreational players from Essex in the UK, hoping to get good enough to play at the World Series of Poker. Both are neurodivergent, with autism and ADHD, which adds an...

Jon and Tain take a look at defending the big blind with a 3-bet when we're only medium stacked, and the ICM pressure is getting strong. https://www.pokerstarsreplayer.com/hands/d544bfe103 -------- Jon & Tain are two recreational players from Essex in the UK, hoping to get good enough to play at the World Series of Poker. Both are neurodivergent, with autism and ADHD, which adds an extra d...

In this week's episode Jon and Tain eyeball a multiway flop and discuss the merits of bluffing into two ranges. -------- Jon & Tain are two recreational players from Essex in the UK, hoping to get good enough to play at the World Series of Poker. Both are neurodivergent, with autism and ADHD, which adds an extra dimension to their journey. Support our journey by following, liking, subscrib...

In today's outing with Jon and Tain we discuss how to navigate a spot where your range is strong, but your actual hand is scraping the bottom of your range. -------- Jon & Tain are two recreational players from Essex in the UK, hoping to get good enough to play at the World Series of Poker. Both are neurodivergent, with autism and ADHD, which adds an extra dimension to their journey. Suppo...

When you reach the river and all you can beat are bluffs, all our options are viable. We look at a spot with Jon and Tain where we contemplate exactly that, and ponder the merits of a hero call. -------- Jon & Tain are two recreational players from Essex in the UK, hoping to get good enough to play at the World Series of Poker. Both are neurodivergent, with autism and ADHD, which adds an extra...

We join our protagonists in setting up for a deep run. -------- Jon & Tain are two recreational players from Essex in the UK, hoping to get good enough to play at the World Series of Poker. Both are neurodivergent, with autism and ADHD, which adds an extra dimension to their journey. Support our journey by following, liking, subscribing, leaving kind messages, rating us 5 stars, and sharing th...

Jon and Tain get into a hand Vs a passive opponent and look at the ways this implicates their play and how they look to deviate from GTO. -------- Jon & Tain are two recreational players from Essex in the UK, hoping to get good enough to play at the World Series of Poker. Both are neurodivergent, with autism and ADHD, which adds an extra dimension to their journey. Support our journey by follo...

In this pod we look at a heads up spot and the intricacies of heads up play. -------- Jon & Tain are two recreational players from Essex in the UK, hoping to get good enough to play at the World Series of Poker. Both are neurodivergent, with autism and ADHD, which adds an extra dimension to their journey. Support our journey by following, liking, subscribing, leaving kind messages, rating us 5...

This week we look at a river spot where we're not sure if our hand is good enough to value bet, or if we should just call down for showdown value. -------- Jon & Tain are two recreational players from Essex in the UK, hoping to get good enough to play at the World Series of Poker. Both are neurodivergent, with autism and ADHD, which adds an extra dimension to their journey. Support our jou...

Jon & Tain look over a hand Vs a tight passive player and discuss how to exploit their old man coffee play. -------- Jon & Tain are two recreational players from Essex in the UK, hoping to get good enough to play at the World Series of Poker. Both are neurodivergent, with autism and ADHD, which adds an extra dimension to their journey. Support our journey by following, liking, subscribing,...

Join Jon and Tain this week as we take a long hard pause to look at the many reasons why jamming the river is a bad idea in some spots, and a couple of fanciful ideas as to why it might not be so bad. -------- Jon & Tain are two recreational players from Essex in the UK, hoping to get good enough to play at the World Series of Poker. Both are neurodivergent, with autism and ADHD, which adds an...

The start of Season 2 of Tournament Poker Project with Jon and Tain. The Season 1 / Season 2 split allows you to decide if you want better quality strategy or to follow our journey from the beginning.

Jon & [The] Tain analyse a poker hand from deep in a multi table tournament against a passive villain who is calling too light. How often does the villain get to the river with a better hand than our hero? Will worse hands call a bigger bet on the river? Follow the action here (no peaking ahead!) - https://www.pokerstarsreplayer.com/hands/7acb87669d -------- Jon & Tain are two recreational...

A pure poker theory episode from Jon and [The] Tain as they work to understand how a solver builds a perfectly balanced game theory optimum (GTO) opening range. Every hand in a GTO range has a purpose, and trying to grasp this fundamental purpose will hopefully allow our two heroes to adjust and adapt their exploitative play in the correct way that maximises their EV. Can you tell the difference b...

We join Jon & [The] Tain as they discuss why solid opening ranges are important, and how Jack-3 off-suit (J3o) should never be a part of that. Can Tain save the hand on later streets, or is a ropey opening hand always going to be doomed to failure? Can we ever steal with J3o on the button exploitatively when playing at these microstakes? Or does poker need a threshold for opening hand value if...

[The] Jon and [The] Tain get to grips with playing top pair on a dynamic board from out of position in a multiway pot. How passively should you play when the board is in your favour and the villains are betting and calling for you? We explore how players cap their ranges at low-stakes MTTs, and the best way to exploit that when there is also a strong need to protect your hand. Follow the hand stre...

In this episode Jon and Tain look at a board run out where a previously strong holding might need to become a bluff.

People aren’t playing BBC's The Traitors optimally, can you learn how to crush the game? Do you know the significance of a balanced strategy? Do you know your alliances from your friendships? Do traitors need to bluff so much? What are the similarities between playing poker and BBC's The Traitors? Why does Tain keep banging on about The Bad Egg? See the product of poker study on general ga...

Jon and Tain analyse a Texas No Limit Hold 'em hand, as they continue on their poker learning journey.

Jon and Tain analyse a no limit hold'em poker hand in low stakes poker.