The Poker Coaching Podcast with Jonathan Little

WPH #604: Mariano Risks It All With A Desperate Bluff!

The Poker Coaching Podcast with Jonathan Little

Show Notes

Mariano Poker has been making a name for himself with incredibly loose plays that often work out for him! In this hand, he makes a desperate bluff risking 5x the size of the pot in the process… T1000 is suspicious, but will he lay the best hand down, or make the call to win an absurdly large pot!

Jonathan Little is a poker coach with 20 years experience, and is the founder of pokercoaching.com. In this video, he analyzes this risky play made by Mariano poker, and gives you insights that will help you navigate difficult spots in your own poker games.

Jonathan teaches when to make polarized river bets, when to check it back and see a showdown, and when to make the hero call against your loose & splashy opponents!

Timestamps: 0:00 – Preflop 0:35 – Flop 1:58 – Turn 3:04 – River 5:32 – Was This A Good Play?

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