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We have stumbled across an absolute beast in the online cash game streaming world, his name is Ginge and with a fiery head of hair his nickname is pretty self-explanatory.

Crushing NL500 Zoom with GingePoker New Online Poker November 16, 2020 Poker Strategy We have stumbled across an absolute beast in the online cash game streaming world, his name is Ginge and with a fiery head of hair his nickname is pretty self-explanatory.

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He’s been crushing some of the highest stakes games online recently, streaming Zoom Poker and the occasional high stakes tournament action too.

Trapping with Ace High Flush Draw

Ginge really makes a lot of effort to have a balanced game, I feel like a lot of players would see this flop and just look to raise and get the money in on this flop with a flush, straight draw and overcards.

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However, Ginge wins a lot more money here by letting his opponent triple barrel and gets the last raise in on the River, winning the max from his opponent’s bluffs.

Bad Flop for Tens

Ginge starts this pot out by 4-Betting from the Small Blind with TT, which is a strong move when you have to play the rest of the pot out of position.

He bets small on this King high board which allows calls from hands like JT, AT, AJ etc… the rest of the action is checked down and he ends up winning with his pair of Tens at showdown, with his opponent having just Ace high.

Smooth Calling 4-Bets with Kings

These days players will mix strategies in these spots, this allows for calls with strong hands like KK and AA as well as having some weaker hands in the same range like AJs AQs or 99 for instance.

Check Jamming Flop

The pot is then set up the perfect stack to pot ratio wise for a check-raise all-in with the overpair. This is going to let bad players call with all worse pairs whilst protecting his equity.

Checking back to protect his equity

Ginge floats this flop with his backdoor draws and overcard and hits his gin card on the Turn, opening up both straight and flush draws.

Rather than bet here though Ginge looks to protect his equity rather than getting raised off his draws here and check back the Turn.

Ace on the River

There isn’t too much value in betting this against a good opponent that can have a fair amount of check-raises in range, so Ginge checks the River back once he hits the Ace.

He ends up realising his equity against pocket Kings, which is a huge result.

Block Betting Top Pair

Many players would look to check back this wet Turn card with a vulnerable top pair like this one. However, Ginge looks to block bet and fold to further aggressive action, whilst gaining control of the pot and being able to easily check behind on the River.

The idea with this kind of bet is that you limit your losses against what might be a larger bet on the River if your opponent fires on the end and you gain value for the times your opponent has a hand that will call a small bet here with a worse hand.

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The example that Ginge had in mind here was 88 and 99 with a heart, unfortunately, his opponent rolled over pocket Kings with a heart on the River, so Ginge got off lightly by only losing $55 more with this block bet.

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We loved Ginge’s play in this session and will definitely look to post some of his most interesting sessions here moving forward, check out the man himself here…

After dropping a short live session against Daniel Negreanu earlier this week, Doug Polk rebounded during an online session on Friday. Polk, back in his familiar milieu of the online game, would trounce Negreanu by more than $200,000 during the session on Friday. This now puts Polk into the lead, but it is still way too early to draw any conclusions from the proceedings.

Polk Powers to Lead With Excellent Cards

Playing at WSOP.com, the game continued after the initial start at the PokerGO Studios in Las Vegas on Wednesday. With each man ensconced in their homes and ready for action, they began with the same parameters as previous:

Stakes: $200/$400
Game: No Limit Texas Hold’em
Number of Hands Played: 200
Number of Hands to Play: 24,800
Opening Stack: $40,000, automatically topped off after every hand played

For the next two hours, the duo squared off over two tables and, almost immediately, the fortunes began to change for Polk. Considered one of the best heads-up players in the history of the game (live or online), Polk asserted his strength from the start. It didn’t hurt that Polk also got every break that seemed to come on the virtual tables, either, but Negreanu made some moves (and mistakes) that he could have prevented.

One of those situations was in losing an entire stack in one hand. After the duo saw the board come 8-9-10, Negreanu was convinced that his pocket nines were the best hand and called off an all-in bet from Polk. Polk, however, had the goods, tabling a J-7 for the flopped straight and, after the board failed to pair, Negreanu was down $40,000 in one hand alone.

Tables Swing Back in Polk’s Favor

Once the carnage was done for the night, Polk had completely reversed the extremely early lead that Negreanu had established and had staked himself to a decent lead in its own right:

Hands completed: 424
Results: Polk +218,292

Total hands played: 624
Leader: Polk +101,792

Looking through the early action, it is obvious that, if the 21^st century version of Moss/Dandalos were played in the areas of each player’s strength, that it would be a much closer battle. Negreanu is much more comfortable in the live poker arena, while Polk has an edge with his online prowess. But why is this the case?

Negreanu can definitely see things in a live setting that most cannot pick up on. How many times have we seen him deduce the exact holdings that a player holds? These skills serve him well in the live game (which, other than the PokerGO start, we probably will not see again), but have no applicable purpose in the online game.

Polk can’t count on the cards always working for him, but he’s been around the online game long enough to know the mathematics and optimum play for a situation. He also is demonstrating, in the early action, that his semi-retirement hasn’t eroded his skills in the slightest. Over the next 12,000 hands at the minimum (the player who is behind once 12,500 hands has been reached has the option of ending the match), can Polk continue to extend this lead or will Negreanu be able to figure things out and reassert himself on the battle?
There are tentative plans for more action this weekend, but nothing has been set in stone. For those looking to get insight into the action, Polk is streaming the action on his Twitch feed and, if the virtual railbirds set their notices, they will be informed when action resumes.