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Poker Challenges

Drills

Practise the maths, not the theory

Free, no sign-in. Each drill isolates one concept and repeats it until you no longer have to work the answer out, alongside reference charts for the ranges worth knowing by sight.

  • Pot odds drill

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    Work out the equity a call needs to break even, scenario after scenario, until the maths is automatic.

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  • Equity estimation drill

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    Guess a hand's equity against a real matchup, then check it against the equity engine.

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  • Hand rankings drill

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    Name the hand category on sight, from high card to straight flush, with no reference table in front of you.

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  • Outs counting drill

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    Count hero's outs against a shown villain hand: only the cards that actually take hero from behind to ahead.

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  • MDF drill

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    Work out the minimum defence frequency against a given bet size, so a bluff-everything strategy can't show a profit.

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  • Find the nuts drill

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    Spot the single best possible hand on a given board, across flops, turns and rivers.

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  • ICM bubble drill

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    Practise the call-or-fold adjustments ICM pressure forces right before the money.

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  • Bubble factor drill

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    Work out how much a stack should tighten near the bubble, expressed as a single factor on top of raw chip equity.

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  • Risk premium drill

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    Work out the extra equity a shove-and-call needs near the bubble, on top of the raw chip-cost break-even, to cover the effective stack's real-money risk.

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  • Satellite bubble drill

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    Practise the flat-payout satellite bubble, where every seat that cashes wins an identical prize and one stack gets nothing.

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  • ICM push/fold drill

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    Shove-or-fold decisions at short stacks, with tournament ICM pressure applied.

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  • Opening ranges by position

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    Ten open-or-fold hands for each of the five opening seats, scored, with the chart and the reasoning behind where each range stops.

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