#150: To bet or check for max value
Bart goes over hands this week that cover when it is best to bet or check for maximum value. He makes the case that usually with your most nutty hands fastplaying is past but the times that you can get a little tricky is with medium strength holdings.
Jul 25, 2014
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Bart Hanson
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Professional Cash game trainer Bart Hanson has been producing strategy content for over fifteen years. He first started on Live at the Bike! back in 2005, then moved on to host "Cash Plays" on Poker Road, then "Deuce Plays" on Deuces Cracked and then to CrushLivePoker in 2012.
In his career as a professional poker player, Bart Hanson has:
-6 WSOP Final Tables
-Over 15 years of experience at the table
-Over $1,000,000 in tournament earnings
-Multiple appearances on ESPN and Poker Night in America
-4th place finish in 2019 WSOP Monster Stack
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