Poker: The Pre-Flop Mastery Game Plan

MASTER NO LIMIT HOLD'EM PRE-FLOP PLAY FROM AN AMAZON #1 BESTSELLING POKER AUTHOR

Do you ever look down at your hand before the flop and not know whether to raise, call, or fold? Do you open too many hands, call raises you should fold, or freeze when someone 3-bets you? Do you defend your blinds on instinct and hope for the best?

Most decent poker players understand the basics of pre-flop play, but to become a great poker player, you must understand pre-flop play inside and out. This course is designed to do just that!

This nearly 6-hour course gives you a complete pre-flop game plan for No Limit Hold'em cash games. You'll build position-based opening ranges, adjust your sizing against different opponents, 3-bet for value and as a bluff, defend against 3-bets, cold-call and set-mine, isolate limpers, over-limp, squeeze, steal the blinds, and defend your own blinds, with clear reasons behind every play.

I'm Alton Hardin, founder of MicroGrinder Poker School. I've taught more than 30,000 poker students worldwide and sold more than 100,000 poker books, and every lesson follows the Keep It Simple Student (KISS) approach I use in all of my courses: plain-language explanations, one idea at a time.

UNDERSTAND "WHEN" & "WHY"

In this course, I don't just teach you "how" to play pre-flop. I teach you "when" and "why" you should do certain plays in your pre-flop game. Understanding why you should do something in poker is much more important than knowing simply how to do it. Throughout the course, we cover the theory and concepts behind each play to help you understand pre-flop play inside and out.

WHAT MAKES THIS COURSE DIFFERENT: REAL HANDS, LIVE PLAY, AND THE REASONS BEHIND THE RANGES

Pre-flop charts are easy to find. A clear explanation of why a chart looks the way it does is much harder to find. In this course, I explain the reasoning first, then show you the play in action, so you can adjust to different tables and opponents instead of memorizing ranges.

You'll study hand history reviews pulled from my own PokerTracker 4 database, covering value 3-bets, 3-bet bluffs, set-mining, isolation raises, squeeze plays, and over-limping. You'll watch four live play and explanation videos where I play micro stakes tables and talk through my pre-flop decisions as they happen. You'll also see the equity and odds math behind decisions like set-mining, stealing the blinds, and blind defense in Equilab and Excel demonstrations.

WHAT YOU'LL RECEIVE IN THIS COURSE

• Nearly 6 Hours of HD Video Instruction: Ten sections that walk you through every major pre-flop decision, from raising first in to blind versus blind play

• Range Charts for the Major Pre-Flop Decisions: Charts that highlight each group of hands as I discuss it, so you can see exactly which hands belong in each range

• Hand History Reviews from My Own Database: Value 3-bet, 3-bet bluff, set-mining, isolation raise, squeeze play, and over-limping examples from my PokerTracker 4 database

• Four Live Play and Explain Videos: Watch me play micro stakes tables and explain my pre-flop decisions as the action happens

• Equilab and Excel Demonstrations: See the equity and odds math behind set-mining, stealing the blinds, and blind defense

• Exploitative Adjustments: Change your open-raise sizing to take advantage of different types of opponents

• Learn on the Go: Download course videos and watch them offline with the mobile app

COMPREHENSIVE CURRICULUM: NEARLY 6 HOURS OF PRE-FLOP INSTRUCTION

• Course Introduction: Get an overview of the pre-flop game plan and the basic pre-flop actions it covers: raising, 3-betting, calling, limping, and folding.

• Raising First In: Build position-based opening ranges for 6-max and full ring games, then adjust your open-raise sizing to take advantage of different types of opponents.

• 3-Betting and Defending Against 3-Bets: See why and when to 3-bet, build 3-betting ranges for value and as a bluff, and work through value 3-bet and 3-bet bluff examples. Then learn to defend against 3-bets by weighing position, pot odds, and your opponent's 3-betting range, with a hand review to show it in action.

• Cold-Calling and Set-Mining: Learn when calling a raise makes sense, which hands to call with, and how to set-mine with small pocket pairs using implied odds. Example hands show the decisions at the table.

• Over-Limping: See when over-limping behind other limpers can work, and review the results from my own PokerTracker 4 database.

• The Isolation Raise: Learn when and how to isolate weak limpers with a raise, then study example hands.

• The Squeeze Play: Spot strong squeeze spots, avoid the bad ones, and review hand examples and database results.

• Stealing and Blind Defense: Steal the blinds from late position, defend your own blinds using pot odds and required equity, and play small blind versus big blind from both seats.

• Live Play: Watch four live-play and explain videos where I apply the pre-flop game plan at micro stakes tables and explain each decision.

• Course Conclusion: Review the key ideas and see why small pre-flop mistakes turn into big post-flop mistakes.

WHY LEARN PRE-FLOP STRATEGY NOW?

Every hand you play starts pre-flop, and the decisions you make there shape everything that follows. Small pre-flop mistakes turn into big post-flop mistakes, and those leaks add up over thousands of hands. A clear plan for each pre-flop decision gives you a solid foundation for the rest of your game.

Pre-flop is also the easiest part of the game to study away from the table. Once you know your ranges and why, you can make decisions faster and with more confidence, whether you play online or live.

This course is for beginning and intermediate poker players alike. For those new to the game, it will build a solid foundation and prepare them for strong post-flop play. For those who already play, it'll deepen their understanding of pre-flop play and its nuances. The examples and ranges focus on No Limit Hold'em cash games at micro and low stakes, both online and live.

PREVIEW THIS COURSE FOR FREE

Scroll down and click the blue "Preview" buttons on the free sample lectures to see my teaching style and the course format before you enroll.

READY TO MASTER NO LIMIT HOLD'EM PRE-FLOP PLAY?

Enroll today and start building a pre-flop game plan you can explain, one decision at a time. With nearly 6 hours of lectures, hand history reviews, and live play videos, you'll have a clear plan for the most common pre-flop spots you face at the table.

See you at the tables!

Alton