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WPT GTO Trainer Hands of the Week: Raising the Chip Leader’s Big Blind

Related Topics: World Poker Tour, Blind

Today you’ll be playing as a medium stack with 30 Big Blinds at a major tournament final table with a couple short stacks in play. You raise in the Cutoff seat against the chip leader’s big blind and they call. This model is a common spot where the chip leader can put pressure on you due to the presence of the shortstacks. Note that your preflop range is narrower than it would be otherwise if chip stacks were all similar in size due to this effect.

Despite this pressure the chip leader can apply, you will still regularly be able to make a small continuation bet in position on the flop.