How to Go From ABC Reg to Tough Reg

Carrot Corner
04 May 2025
Intermediate
This material is for medium-skilled players
Strategy

This video explores how modern poker pros use large overbets and all-ins on the river in spots where range asymmetry exists. Pete Clarke demonstrates why jamming is correct when you have a polarized range with strong value hands and appropriate bluffs, comparing old-school conservative play to modern aggressive strategy.

Modern poker requires using all stack depths as a resource. River jamming in polarized spots maximizes value and creates tough decisions for opponents with capped ranges.

River Strategy Highlights:

  • Use all-ins when your range contains very strong hands and appropriate bluffs
  • Modern players treat stacks as "dispensable resources" rather than sacred
  • Brick turns that preserve range advantage should be overbetting spots
  • Jack completing straights creates even more range asymmetry on the river
  • Mass data shows opponents overfolding to river jams more than theory suggests
  • Developing mental toughness for variance is essential for implementation
  • Range uncapping moments (like when opponent should donk but doesn't) are key jamming spots
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