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Gap concept

The concept of "Gap" is one of the concepts designed by David Sklansky. The concept of "Gap" describes the difference between the hand of a player who raises his hand to raise the player who makes the call. Gap concept is especially useful in the later stages of a tournament.

GAP is a general concept that is critical to understand if you want to be a successful player in the tournament. Sklansky introduced the concept in his book "Tournament Poker for Advanced Players." Concept simply implies that you need a better hand to call a raise from an opponent than when it is you who makes the initial raise. " Gap "is therefore the difference between the strength of hands a player will call a raise and hand strength with which the player to bet.

The size of this difference (gap) depends on how your opponent plays. The concept assumes that the player has initially raises a wide range of hands that allow him to do so. The more "tight" the image of this player, the lower the number of these books and the difference between the hand and the one who raises him who thinks to pay is higher. If your opponent is very "loose" can exist where there is no difference (gap). This concept is often used in tournament poker, especially when the blinds are very high compared to your stack.

Sklansky has developed a system for novice players for No Limit Tournaments:

1. If someone raised before you, go all in with Aces, Kings, or AK suited. If you do not have such a hand, then gives up.

2. If no one has raised before you, then go all-in with any pair, Ax suited, AK (suited or non-suited) and all suited connectors, except 2-3 and 3-4.

Using option 2 is that going all in with about 13% of all possible hands. Both options have however adjusted if the blinds are high compared to your stack size. This clearly explains how the gap concept. You call a small range of hands and push with greater range.

In tournaments you have to avoid confrontations with players who have shown strength and want to exploit the weaknesses of players trying to survive with a short stack. An important point is that the end of the tournament no-limit players do not need to raise if re-raise is automatically muck for him.

Examples

All-ins take place in many tournaments, but Sklansky uses examples of specific situations. "You are a big tournament and you're blind. You have to make enough chips to call a small raise. All are folded to the small blind, which is a min-raise without looking at books. Thou look at your cards and see 3-2o. You make the call here? Yes 3-2o has 32% chance of winning against a random hand and the pot odds of 3:1. "

Here is an example of applying the concept K9s gap by a marginal hand. Imagine that you have the hand in a middle or late position. If a player with a big stack raises considerably before you, this indicates a relatively strong hand. A raise in a starting position seems much stronger than a raise from late position because the player knows that there are many players you have to act after he receives the call and if he will play this hand out of position. Hand the player may be AJ + or 99 +. These hands are favorite against your hand K9s, and for this reason should give her at this time. However, if no player has raised before you open or simple, you can continue to play this hand. There were many players left to act behind you and we use this concept to our advantage gap. I would faint, small pairs, and even AJ can give here against your all-flax.

AKo is of course a monstrous hand in no limit and is often pushed all in or all-in Called. Going all-in preflop is often a good way to play this hand. However, it is better to go all in with this hand than you do call all-in. Against random pairs are lower if the mass does not help, and against another random hand are 2:1 favorite. If you have moved all-in, many of these hands will be thrown by opponents, so if you get called, you will often find a pair as against 88 +.

Hand Range

As mentioned earlier, the range of hands that can push against a loose-aggressive player is much smaller compared with the range of hands that you can use against a passive player. Against a passive player can push with all hands shown in the table below yellow. This hole will be very high. For example is not very likely that a passive player to call with a hand like J8o. Remember, however you need a relatively large stack to make the opponents to fold. If a player needs to call an extra 1BB, all players will call with any hand.

Against an aggressive player this range will be less. Here you will push with A9 +, any pair and KJ +. The difference is much smaller here, so we have to play better hands.

call within the opposite applies. Against a passive player you can call with a very few hands, while loose-aggressive player against this range will be much higher. As you can see, it is very important to know about the playing styles of opponents.

Since many players have learned / read about the gap concept, you can call many steal attempts when you are on the big blind with hands that normally have no value. It is much easier to make calls with one hand and K3o or call A2o than do low light with a connector.

This type of analysis is of course very static. It gives you a guide to use against a specific type of player, and the analysis depends on playing style of the player. Not consider their style of play, dynamic table, stack sizes etc.

The main idea

Gap concept has to do with position, player type (loose or aggressive) that you duel, his own image, average stack, your stack in relation to the other, the blind, the number of players at the table , prize structure, bubble play and more.

in theory, Sklansky assume that your opponents do not understand the concept Gap. However, each player with a certain level of experience you have to understand the concept if he / she wants to play in tournaments profitable. Opponents understand the concept that gap can be advantageous for you. For example, they do call on your good hand with K3o. You will need to apply this concept if you want to survive in the later stages of tournaments. You can not always expect you to come Aces or Kings.

Here's a short clip in which Phil Gordon explains the Gap Concept short again.

Frankenberger now boasts a WSOP bracelet

Tournaments with massive participation does not give professionals a chance at the title due to the large number of participants. But Andy Frankenberger disregarded statistics, tradition and other superstitions, and after three days, was one of 2,500 participants who made ​​$ 1.500 in the game for a typical No-Limit Hold'em, which in the end, given bracelet.

Eliminations figure started to rise once the first cards were dealt. Continued to grow and when he reached 2498, Andy Frankenberger was still in the tournament, along with Joshua Evans. The route had failed names like Freddy Deeb, Phil Laak, Matt Affleck, Vanessa Selbst and Sumanth Reddy.

Left with each other to fight for bracelet, Frankenberger have a huge disadvantage compared to faces with Evans, but eventually things changed when Andy won a huge pot with  versus  . From there, Frankenberger found resources to rattle opponents with stakes as small game, waiting for the chance to double. And this happened when two pairs Frankenberger defeated Evans and embraced the tournament, the bracelet and the grand prize of $ 599.153!

Here are the top ten players awards:

1	Andy Frankenberger	$ 599.153
2	Joshua Evans	$ 372.498
3	Robert Shortway	$ 263.655
4	Owen Crowe	$ 190.147
5	Tyler Kenney	$ 138.847
6	Steven Merrifield	$ 102.600
7	Thao Nguyen	$ 76.747
8	Sidney Hasson	$ 58.083
9	Bret Hruby	$ 44.482
10	Geoffrey Lay	$ 34.458

WSOP 2011 Day 18: Same Viox and complete list of champions

WSOP Day 18 was a great poker Romanian total because Ionel Anton had to fight heads-up for the bracelet and the first world title in Romanian history. Unfortunately, it was not to be defeated and Anton was discussed in detail in a separate article about it.

But the day was important and because of other events at the WSOP, especially since two bracelets were awarded in other tournaments. For one, fight Mike Sexton PartyPoker team, a name that has promoted the poker world as few have succeeded.

Eveimentul 25: Stud 8 or Better $ 1,500

So, Mike Sexton and Chris Viox resumed their duel for the bracelet of the tournament Friday Stud 8 or Better $ 1,500. Viox had two million images, Sexton only 640,000. "Ambassador" fought hard to return to the game and recover disadvantage, but failed in some time to reach a higher value.

Finally, came the decisive blow, and Viox has won the bracelet, causing little disappointment among the many suporeri's Sexton. Press ruin a good topic, but the bracelets are not granted on the stories and metaphors, but for achievements in poker. Bracelets born every time champions, and they give birth stories. Not vice versa. And anyway, first to congratulate Mike Sexton Viox was right, as does every time it is defeated by an opponent in poker.

For his victory, Chris Viox has received an award of $ 200.459.

More information and conduct battle heads-up find the blog of live.

Event 27: Limit Hold'em Championship $ 10,000

Only 18 players had to go to Day 3 $ 10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship tournament. When he reached the final table of nine players formula, Daniel Ditto was chair of strong leadership at a final table where more had taken place Landfish Steve, Justin Smith, Barry Greenstein, Isaac Haxton, Richard Brodie and Nick Schulman.

Barry Greenstein was fitted to win his fourth WSOP bracelet and the first in a tournament Hold'em. His plan worked perfectly to a point, but eventually finished in third place when  his books have been beaten  Matthew Gallin Gallin of the new fives caught a river.

When heads-up play began, Daniel Ditto have a 4:1 advantage in chips in front of Matthew Gallin. Moreover, with a smattering Gallin remained faces when his pair of eights on the flop was crushed by the Same  . Immediately, the final hand is formed when Gallin was all in on flop  a pair of queens in hand. Same is outdated and now, with  for two pairs.  the tower and  river decided the name of champion, one worth following results considered here.

Last year, Daniel Same is ranked second in exactly the same tournament. This time, never missed Championship Limit Hold'em bracelet event, cashing and $ 378.642.

Other details can be found on page live broadcast of this event.

Video Today

Lon McEachern from ESPN fly every year to Las Vegas to play the seniors tour for $ 1,000. Kristy Arnett stopped for a brief interview and learn about the ESPN broadcasts prepared in connection with the current edition of the WSOP.

Online Report: Alexey Makarov and Cao Rui do show

Although World poker Las Vegas poker world was the focus of the last two weeks were not without action at the tables online. From Black Friday since it seems that more and more high stakes cash games are held at PokerStars , supplementing the ones at Full Tilt Poker.

But what exactly happened? Rui "PepperoniF" Cao became the most profitable player in recent weeks with an additional $ 417.954 in 52 sessions and 3783 hands of poker played, and to take advantage of the peak shape, Cao will play against legends of online poker (details can be found below). In contrast, "Esvedra" was the big loser with a loss of $ 210.999 in 3284 hands of poker.

PokerStars is SuperStar Showdown

Five days before the events collectively Black Friday , Victor "Isilidur1" Blom enter the latest SuperStar Showdown. Now that things have calmed down, PokerStars is ready to resume his project and Blom in these duels will return Sunday night against Rui "PepperoniF" Cao.

They will play no-limit hold'em two pot-limit Omaha tables and two other all-stakes $ 50 / $ 100. Rui has a profit of over $ 1,700,000 in 2011 so far, so expect one of the most difficult matches for Blom. If you want to watch and action, visit the PokerStars Sunday (start at 22 GMT).

Blom's results in SuperStar Showdown

Date	Opponent	Profit / Loss	Result
December 19. 2010	Isaac "philivey2694" Haxton	- $ 41,701	0-1
January 2. 2011	Antanas "Tony G" Guoga	+ $ 44,280	1-1
January 30. 2011	Daniel "w00ki3z" Cates	+ $ 51,196	2-1
February 13. 2011	Eugene "MyRabbiFoo" Katchalov	+ $ 111,750	3-1
March 20. 2011	Daniel "KidPoker" Negreanu	+ $ 150,000	4-1
March 27. 2011	Daniel "KidPoker" Negreanu	- $ 26,500	4-2
April 3. 2011	Scott "urnotindangr" Palmer	- $ 5,425	4-3
April 10. 2011	Scott "urnotindangr" Palmer	+ $ 66,607	5-3
June 19. 2011	Rui "PepperoniF" Cao	??	??
SuperStar Showdown Total Profit: $ 350.207

Alexey "NoPasaran" Makarov, visiting PLO tables

It seems that players in the UK and France are bent on winning WSOP bracelets, so that virtual tables are dominated by the Russians during this period. One such player is Alexey "NoPasaran" Makarov, who entered Monday (June 13) tables $ 300 / $ 600 Pot-Limit Omaha offered by Full Tilt Poker.

Makarov, also known under the pseudonym "LuckyGump" on PokerStars, the opponent had the "Esvedra" in four sessions of 1814 heads-up hands. Finally, Makarov was the winner with a profit of $ 227,000. In one notable hands, Esvedra ($ 98.966) raised from the button up to $ 1,800. Makarov ($ 93,086.50) demanded more, $ 5.400 and Esvedra payments, as shown flop  . Check-Call for Makarov before a $ 7,000 bet, and  came on the turn.

This time, Makarov was the one who take control of the action with a bet of $ 13.200 and paid Esvedra. Approximately $ 51,000 in the pot,  completed the table on the river and asked Makarov $ 43.800. Esvedra, which had $ 73.366 at the table with his right, he paid, but could not beat Makarov's book. He returned  for a full house of queens with SESAR. adjudecandu his pot of $ 138.800.

In another hand played by the two, Makarov ($ 70,482.50) called from Button $ 1.200, for Esvedra ($ 61,026.50) to use a 3-bet up to $ 3.600 from the big blind. The latter was then the first to attack with a $ 4,000 bet on the flop  And Makarov to pay sec.

 in turn increased the stakes for Esvedra, now asked $ 10.400, but the massive amount Makarov raise up to $ 33.600. Esvedra answered all entered in the $ 53,426.50, and Makarov put the difference.

Esvedra: 
Makarov: 

Esvedra have a straight from ace through five, but was beaten by a straight sixes Makarov.  the river was meaningless, and the pot of $ 122.053 went to the same Makarov.

Who's more? Who's the red?

The winners of the week (June 4-June 16): * Rui "PepperoniF" Cao (+ $ 417,954), * it Kork (+ $ 262,341), Alexey "NoPasaran" Makarov (+ $ 239,570) * Terken89 (+ $ 207,833) * therooster35 (+ $ 201,848), XWINK (+ $ 152,848)

Losers week: Esvedra (- $ 210,999), Hopelessduo (- $ 177,322) * Ilari "Ilari FIN" Sahamies (- $ 156,520), FinnishNightmre (- $ 146,749)

Winners so far: Gus Hansen (+ $ 3,941,000), Daniel "jungleman12" Cates (+ $ 1,952,000), Alexey "NoPasaran" Makarov (+ $ 1,875,348) * Gavin "gavz101" Cochrane (+ $ 1,861,000), Matt Hawrilenko (+ $ 1,440,000) , bixiu (+ $ 1,406,000), * Rui "PepperoniF" Cao (+ $ 1,395,471) Phil Ivey (+ $ 1,336,000), Patrik Antonius (+ $ 1,157,000)

The losers of the year so far: Tom "durrrr" Dwan (- $ 2,474,000) Kagome Kagome (- $ 1,497,000), Eugene "fishosaurusREX" Yanayt (- $ 1,399,000), cadillac1944 (- $ 1,336,000), Esvedra (- $ 1,028,708), UarePileous (- $ 853,000)

* PokerStars

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