Upswing Poker Level-Up

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Improve your poker skills fast with short, hyper-focused episodes covering crucial poker topics. Hosted by VP of Upswing Poker Mike Brady and poker pro Gary Blackwood.

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Upswing Poker Level-Up episodes:

05.08.2024
7 Tournament Tips to Help You Run Deep
This episode reveals 7 fundamental tips for poker tournaments that will help you run deep more often and play more confidently. The advice ranges from preflop tactics to postflop strategies. Pay close attention if you want to build bigger stacks...
05.01.2024
Win Money When They Straddle
You must make strategic adjustments, both before and after the flop, when there’s a straddle in play. Otherwise, you're simply leaving money on the table. Pots are much bigger and stacks will be flying back and forth, so it’s critical...
04.24.2024
5 Tips for Playing Overpairs
This podcast will help you win more money with hands like pocket aces, kings and queens! Poker pro Gary Blackwood shares his top 5 tips for playing overpairs in No Limit Hold’em. These tips will help you get better results...
04.17.2024
Can You 3/3 This Bet Sizing Quiz?
What separates a great poker player from a good poker player is often bet sizing. Knowing how to size your bets like a studied pro allows you to make more money with your strong hands and run more effective bluffs. ...
03.06.2024
How to Crush Splashy Live Games
[REBROADCAST] Splashy live poker games with lots of action are incredibly profitable. But they can be incredibly frustrating too, especially if you don't know how to adjust your strategy for maximum profit. In this episode of Upswing Poker Level-Up, Mike...
02.21.2024
High Stakes Pro Reveals His 3 Favorite Exploits
You're about to level-up your poker game with money making counter-strategies from a high stakes pro. WSOP bracelet winner Alex Vuilleumier joins the podcast to share his top 3 exploits that you can use against weaker players. Alex just released...
02.07.2024
5 Tips for Playing the River
The river is when the pot is at its biggest. That means good plays are heavily rewarded and mistakes are magnified. In this episode of Upswing Poker Level-Up, you'll learn how to improve your strategy on the river so you...
12.13.2023
All-In with Ten-High! Poker Hand Analysis
Let's analyze some poker hands! Upswing Lab members submitted hands to be reviewed on the Level-Up podcast and we chose 3 particularly interesting ones to go over. Hand #1 features analysis from the upcoming Lucid GTO Trainer tool. Hands #2...
11.22.2023
When to Slow-Play Pocket Aces
Get in on the biggest sale of the year on UpswingPoker: https://upswingpoker.com/advanced-poker-training/ Playing your strong hands aggressively is usually the best way to maximize profit in poker. Generally speaking, fast playing equals more money, but you are about to discover...
11.15.2023
Suited Connectors
Poker starting hands that are both suited and connected can be massive money-makers. But they can also cost you your stack if you over-play them. Do you know the proper times to raise, 3-bet, and call a 3-bet with suited...
11.08.2023
Preflop Raise Sizes That Win
Poker success starts before the flop. If you make preflop mistakes, like raising too big or too small, you won't be able to maximize your winnings on the flop, turn and river. But the optimal preflop raise sizes aren't always...
10.18.2023
Facing Check-Raise
Do you know how to respond when you get check-raised after betting? In theory (and if you're facing tough players), you have to continue with many more hands than you might expect on certain flops. But on other flops, you...
10.11.2023
Doug Polk's 30 Min Guide to Heads-Up Poker
Heads-up poker is fast and action-packed. You have to play loose and aggressive to maximize your win-rate. But you also have to be precise with your aggression to avoid spewing money to your opponent. Whether you play heads-up or not, you...
10.04.2023
Multiway Pots
Multiway pots are incredibly common in live poker cash games and they warrant a completely different strategy than heads-up pots. You need to adjust your preflop hand selection, your postflop bet sizing, how you play as the aggressor, and how...
09.27.2023
Paired Flops
Paired flops like A-A-5 or 7-7-4 are fairly common in No Limit Hold'em. As a result, the way you play them will have a pretty big impact on your overall win-rate. Do you know how often to c-bet on these...
09.20.2023
C-Betting Out of Position
Playing out of position as the preflop raiser is one of the most misplayed situations among poker players. A lot of people think that just because they raised preflop, they should follow through with a bet on the flop at...
09.13.2023
Bounty Tournament Strategy
Bounty tournaments have taken over the online poker world (especially Progressive Knockouts) and live bounties are far from uncommon. This unique format requires a unique strategic approach. If you're playing bounty tournaments the same as non-bounty tournaments, you are absolutely...
09.06.2023
Ace-King
There's no doubt that Ace-King is one of the best starting hands in No Limit Hold'em. But "Big Slick" also gives some poker players a lot of trouble. If you want to avoid mistakes and maximize your profit when you're...
08.30.2023
Range Betting
The aggressive betting strategy known as "range betting" can be a big money-maker in poker...but it can also be incredibly costly if you try it at the wrong time. Do you know the flops and situations that warrant a range...
08.23.2023
Early Stage Tournament Strategy
If you ever play poker tournaments that start with deep stacks, this video is for you. You're about to get a lesson on early stage deep stack strategy from one of the best tournament players of all time: Nick Petrangelo....
08.16.2023
Pot Limit Omaha
The great game of Pot Limit Omaha is arguably the most profitable poker game to play in the modern era. The average PLO player tends to be much less studied than the average No Limit Hold'em player, so you can...
08.09.2023
Probe Betting on the Turn
Imagine this. The flop has checked through after you defended your Big Blind against a player who raised preflop. Now, you're considering whether or not to probe bet (the term for a bet in this situation) on the turn. Do...
08.02.2023
Inside the WSOP Main Event
The $10,000 buy-in World Series of Poker Main Event is a special tournament. Even poker business people like Mike Brady and cash game pros like Gary Blackwood dust off their hoodies to register the big one and take a shot...
05.17.2023
Small Blind Strategy Before the Flop
The Small Blind is a unique position because you already have half a blind invested, which improves your pot odds, but you're also out of position against every player at the table. What's more, you've still got the Big Blind...
05.10.2023
Crushing Tournaments from Start to Finish
Poker tournaments are a grind and you have to have a lot of different skills to succeed in them. Do you know how to play with deep stacks in the early stages? Does your strategy thrive (and/or survive) in key...
05.03.2023
Ace-High Flops
Ace-high flops are the most common type of flop in the game, but they certainly aren't the easiest to play correctly. Many poker players use an over-simplified strategy on these flops, playing all Ace-high flops very similarly, but that is...
04.26.2023
When to Bet Big
If you are a player who rarely bets big at the poker table, you are leaving a lot of money on the table. Betting big in the right spots allows you to build pots with strong hands when you have...
04.19.2023
When to Bet Small
15 or so years ago small bets were used quite rarely by great poker players. But since then, the usage of small bets has grown as players realized how much expected value they can add to their overall strategy. Using...
04.12.2023
Monotone Flops
Flops with three cards of the same suit can be very confusing to play. They're unlike any other flop texture type in poker, so they warrant a unique approach. Do you know what bet size to use on monotone flops...
04.05.2023
When Your Check-Raise Gets Called
You might know when and how to check-raise in poker, but do you know how to proceed on the turn when your check-raise gets called? How should you decide which hands to continue betting for value? And when should you...
03.29.2023
How to Win at Live Poker
Splashy live poker games with lots of action are incredibly profitable. But they can be incredibly frustrating too, especially if you don't know how to adjust your strategy for maximum profit. In this episode of Upswing Poker Level-Up, Mike Brady...
02.22.2023
When to Bet the Turn
You've bet on the flop and your opponent called. The turn comes and you're mulling over whether or not to bet again. This episode will help you arrive at the right decision regardless of the specific board and your specific...
02.15.2023
7 Solver Strategies That Changed Poker
Poker has been changed forever. The best players in the world spend countless hours studying with tools like PioSOLVER, and that's enabled the discovery of crucial strategies that allow smart players to win more money at faster rates. In this...
02.08.2023
How to Play Flush Draws
Every time you have a suited hand, there is an 11% chance that you will flop a flush draw. How well you play those flush draws will have a pretty big impact on your bottom line. The Upswing Poker Level-Up boys...
02.01.2023
4-Betting
Most poker players don't 4-bet often enough, and that's a huge mistake. 4-betting allows you to drive the action and build pots with your big hands while punishing aggressive 3-bettors. But in order to be a tough opponent, you have...
01.24.2023
How Often Should You C-Bet?
You're about to learn how to make more money with your c-bet strategy on the flop, specifically as the in position preflop raiser. This is one of the most common situations in poker so it's critical you avoid the big...
01.18.2023
Big Blind Defense
Your big blind strategy will make a huge difference in how much money you win or lose at the poker table. To avoid bleeding cash, you need to defend your big blind with profitable hands, fold unprofitable hands, and implement...
01.11.2023
3-Betting
You just got dealt your starting hand a player raises in front of you. Before you even look at your cards, you should have a good idea of which hands you will 3-bet (aka re-raise) and what size 3-bet to...
01.04.2023
Check-Raising
Imagine a player raises before the flop and you defend your Big Blind. You check on the flop, your opponent bets, and now it's back on you. Your check-raising strategy in situations like this will have a major impact on...
12.28.2022
Trailer: What is Upswing Poker Level-Up?
Level-Up is a new show from the team of poker pros at UpswingPoker.com. If you want to improve your poker skills and bolster your bottom line, this is the show for you. The first episode will cover check-raising and comes...

What's Upswing Poker Level-Up about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Upswing Poker Level-Up episodes:

7 Tournament Tips to Help You Run Deep

Win Money When They Straddle

5 Tips for Playing Overpairs

Can You 3/3 This Bet Sizing Quiz?

How to Crush Splashy Live Games

High Stakes Pro Reveals His 3 Favorite Exploits

5 Tips for Playing the River

All-In with Ten-High! Poker Hand Analysis

When to Slow-Play Pocket Aces

Suited Connectors

Preflop Raise Sizes That Win

Facing Check-Raise

Doug Polk's 30 Min Guide to Heads-Up Poker

Multiway Pots

Paired Flops

C-Betting Out of Position

Bounty Tournament Strategy

Ace-King

Range Betting

Early Stage Tournament Strategy

Pot Limit Omaha

Probe Betting on the Turn

Inside the WSOP Main Event

Small Blind Strategy Before the Flop

Crushing Tournaments from Start to Finish

Ace-High Flops

When to Bet Big

When to Bet Small

Monotone Flops

When Your Check-Raise Gets Called

How to Win at Live Poker

When to Bet the Turn

7 Solver Strategies That Changed Poker

How to Play Flush Draws

4-Betting

How Often Should You C-Bet?

Big Blind Defense

3-Betting

Check-Raising

Trailer: What is Upswing Poker Level-Up?