Win The Maximum, Lose the Minimum in Poker

Joel Wald
17 Oct 2025
Intermediate
This material is for medium-skilled players
Strategy

This video shows how to maximize wins and minimize losses in online poker. Watch four detailed hand breakdowns covering high-percentage bluff spots, check-raise strategies, proper fold discipline, and hand reading skills that boost win rate.

Master check-raise bluffs on good runouts. Find big folds against capped ranges. Read opponent ranges through betting patterns.

Strategic Decision Making:

  • Check-raise bluff works best when villain has capped range without nutted hands after check-through flop
  • Small sizing with suited connectors provides board coverage on low textures when three-betting from position
  • Taking free cards with draws on bad turn runouts preserves fold equity for river bluffs
  • Set mining requires 15x pot odds and proper stack depth to justify calling with small pocket pairs
  • Hero folding flopped sets to min check-raise signals opponent likely has straight on connected boards
  • River value bets should be sized small when extracting from capped ranges holding marginal made hands
  • Folding straights to river raises saves multiple hours of win rate when opponent ranges are under-bluffed
About the Author
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Joel Wald Professional No-Limit Hold’em Cash Games Player & Coach

Joel Wald is a professional poker coach and player with over five years of experience making a living from poker, mainly playing $5/10 to $10/25 No-Limit Hold’em. He has coached more than 150 students, many of whom went on to win major tournaments or significantly increase their hourly earnings. Joel teaches both live and online strategy, mental game, bankroll planning, HUD analysis, and the balance between GTO and exploitative play. He shares clear, data-driven lessons using tools like Flopzilla, PioSolver, and PokerSnowie.

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