The setup section is nice and useful, but im going to have to give this a thumbs down.
I think there are things in the guide which are wrong and will confuse new players, some of the hand examples are badly played and shouldn't be emulated, and the later sections of the guide are woefully undeveloped.
Ill show a few examples.
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This hand illustrates the power of position well. Imagine the positions were reversed(see my thoughts after the hand).
Full Tilt Poker $0.10/$0.25 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players
CO: $19.92
Hero (BTN): $25.63
SB: $25.00
BB: $36.11
UTG: $25.00
MP: $18.91
Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero is BTN with Q K:
UTG raises to $0.75, 2 folds, Hero raises to $2.60, 2 folds, UTG calls $1.85
Flop: ($5.55) 7 6 8 (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $4, UTG calls $4
Turn: ($13.55) A (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero checks
River: ($13.55) K (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero checks
Final Pot: $13.55
Hero shows Q K (a pair of Kings)
UTG mucks J J
Hero wins $12.88
(Rake: $0.67)
1) If I opened and he raised, I would have to fold KQ. Instead I can raise and be the aggressor
2) If I was out of position on that flop, I would probably have checked. JJ would bet and I fold.
3) On the turn, the Ace is bad for both of us. I get to check behind now and take off a free card though. If I was out of position, I check and he can bet the scare card and win.
4) On the river, I finally hit a winning card. Only because I was able to use position to even see the card.
5) On the River I can also check behind since I have showdown value with second pair. Even though I have a likely winner, I don’t think there’s any sense in betting. A lot of better hands will call and most worse hands will fold. What worse hands could I possibly expect to call? KJ??
I don't think this hand is correctly played. 3betting preflop turns our hand into a bluff against most villains for no explained reason, and our cbet really won't have enough fold equity. Turn should be a card thats tempting to barrel, not a terrible card we must check behind on.
Im not going to quote it because its a page long thing but you also advocate shoving over 3bets with premiums to get calls. This really isn't going to be a good play, as against any player you remove the opportunity for them to spew and 5bet bluff shove or to spew and flat a 4bet, and you also fold out marginal hands which might otherwise have shoved (oh he might be 4betting me as a bluff, I can shove JJ, ect.)
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Punish the Limpers
Bad players will limp into the pot... (I edited out some stuff for space) If they/limp call, assume they have a small pair or MAYBE low suited connectors. With that in mind, after the flop you will know what to do. If they suddenly get all aggressive, assume they hit a set or strong combo-draw and give it up.
Thats a fairly narrow and inacurate range to put a limper on.
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Double Barrels
C-betting flops and checking turns is weak-tight poker. If you aren’t going to bet the turn, then it was probably one of those situations that you should not have cbet. Don’t be afraid of monsters under the bed. Don’t let him have a free card to hit his draw on the river.
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Don’t be convinced that there are monsters under the bed. Every check raise doesn’t mean he flopped the nuts. First, do you have something? Top pair or better or a strong draw? Then ask yourself what he might have. Is this a wet board (there are a lot of draw)? Is he in the blinds? Some people flat call your steal attempt preflop and check raise most flops as their blind defense mechanism.
If it was a small check raise and you’ve got something, then don’t be afraid to call and re-evaluate on the turn. If he leads the turn with a big bet, then you can fold. If he checks the turn, you can check behind if you have showdown value or put in a bet if you are convinced he is drawing and you are ahead
These two sections are examples of stuff which waffle about a subject and don't give any useful information. This wouldn't help a new player, and would probably be detrimental for them to read.
I don't mean to be harsh, and you deserve props for wanting to give back to the community, but I don't think this is a good guide :/