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Multiway Pots: How to Play With 3+ Players In
Basics

Multiway Pots: How to Play With 3+ Players In

A multipot is a hand where several players reach the postflop. This happens when you raise and get multiple calls, or when you call a raise yourself and end up in the pot against two or more opponents. Playing multipots is harder than playing hands one-on-one. Here you're not up against a single range of hands, but several at once. This means the probability of making a winning combination drops, while the chance of you making a mistake rises. Errors in these pots are more costly, so you need to play hands against multiple opponents carefully.

Val Podolyak ·
Variance and Downswings: How to Stay Motivated
Math

Variance and Downswings: How to Stay Motivated

Poker is a game where mathematical strategy and chance go hand in hand. Even a perfectly played hand sometimes ends in defeat, while a win can come at a moment when the odds were minimal. This is exactly how variance manifests — the deviation of your actual result from what you expect over the long run. Understanding variance helps you avoid tilt, stay motivated, and make decisions with a clear head. In this article, we'll break down in simple terms what variance and a downswing are, why they happen even to professional players, and what to do so that a losing streak doesn't throw you off balance.

Ilya Melnikov ·

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