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Tournament Poker: 101 Winning Moves Expert Plays for No-Limit Tournaments By Mitchell Cogert  2008 All rights reserved ISBN: 1434892220 For additional information go to www.apokerexpert.com

Table of Contents Foreword: Know the Moves to Improve Your Results Introduction: In No-Limit Tournaments Risk is Good Pre-flop Moves: Should You Slowplay Premium Pocket Pairs How to Play Small to Medium Pocket Pairs The Isolation Play The Min-Raise The Under-the-Gun Steal-Raise The Position Steal-Raise The Position Power-Raise The Leave-Something-Behind Re-Raise The Re-Raise Against Overly Aggressive Opponents The All-in Re-Raise Against the Poker Pro Heads-up against David “The Dragon” Pham: The All-In Re-Raise Against the Poker Pro. More Pre-Flop Moves: Take Advantage of the Bubble When to Raise with Suited Connectors An Easier Way to Play the A-K Know These Button and Blind Plays Heads-up against Daniel Negreanu: Big Slick And More Pre-Flop Moves: When Your Stack Size Says To Move All-In When Your Stack Size Says to Move All-in After A Raise When To Move All-in on the Big Blind Taking A Risk With Premium Pairs in Position Taking a Risk with a Small or Medium Pocket Pairs How to Counter the Gap Concept Why Tight Is Right

Don’t Rush, It’s Okay to be Late How to Vary Your Pre-flop Raises Second-Hand Low How to Represent Aces The “No-Look” Blind Steal When Aces Look Like A-K The Stop-and-Go The Delayed Bluff-Steal From Under-the -Gun How to Spot a Bluffer The Squeeze Play The Truth about Poker Tells Flop Moves: Steal-Flops The Continuation Bet How to Defend Against The Continuation Bet The Probe Bet The Blocking Bet Floating A Baby, a Bluff, Lindgren and Ivey More Flop Moves: How to Play A-K When You Miss What Does a Yellow Light Mean? When to Lead Out How to Play Draws Playing Against the Drawing Hand When to Bet the Nuts How to Set a Trap With Top Pair Why Slowplay? Bluffing When Opponents are Weak When Pre-Flop Steals Don’t Work How to Play in the Blinds Over-Sized Bets Moving All-In Spotting All-In Desperation Moves

Heads-up with Shannon Shorr: Hitting a Set Turn Moves: The Delayed Continuation Bet The Action Inducing Bet The Blocking Bet Fire The Second Barrel The Delayed Bluff Bet When Opponents Are Weak What to Do When The Aggressor Checks Scare Cards The Semi-Bluff Raise The Naked Ace Bluff When to Move All-In What Does a Red Light Mean? When You Get Raised When Folding is Clearly The Right Play Picking Off Bluffs Heads-up Against Layne Flack River Moves: The Value Bet The Blocking Bet Getting Paid Off Firing the Third Barrel The Naked Ace Bluff Picking Off A Bluff Heads-Up Moves: Eight to Live By Final Move: Don’t Let a Bad Beat Lead to Tilt How To Put This Book Into Action The Main Event: You Versus A Champ Named Phil

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Pre-flop Moves: The Isolation Play 6. In the middle to late stages of a tournament—Use the Isolation play with small to middle pocket pairs. The objective of an isolation play is to make a wager so big that it gets other players to fold so you can be heads-up against one opponent. An isolation play can be used to isolate a bluffer, a maniac, or a player on a draw. An isolation play is best when you have a hand that does better heads up, like pocket pairs. When you raise as an isolation play you need to make a large enough bet to force other players to fold. Example: You have 8♠-8♣ in middle position. It is late in the tournament. The blinds are $3,000-$6,000. You have $100,000. A player in early position with $20,000 moves all-in. A second player, with $120,000, calls this raise. What should you do? You don’t want to call since you would have to beat both players with your medium pocket pair. Since the second player did not re-raise, you can assume that his hand is not strong. The isolation play will get you heads-up against the all-in player. Move all-in. Example: You have 3♠-3♣. It is the middle of the tournament. The blinds are $500-$1,000. You have $22,000, and are in the big blind. Everyone folds to the button. The player on the button only has $2,000, and moves all-in. The small blind, with $18,000, calls for half a bet. What should