Strategy Corner
Educational hand breakdowns and concept pieces, mined from the Triton archive.
Satellite ICM: When a $260 Buy-In Buys a $10,000 Decision
Eight players remain in WSOP Event #438's Turbo Mega Satellite, and the binary payout structure flips everything you think you know about shoving ranges.
Why the $3K Freezeout Final Table Plays Like a Different Game
Every player at WSOP Event #79 bought in exactly once, and that single fact rewires optimal strategy for all nine survivors.
Why You Should Shove Light When 6 of 9 Win Seats
The $150 Turbo Mega Satellite final table at the 2026 WSOP is a masterclass in why satellite ICM demands wider ranges, not tighter ones.
Mystery Bounty Math Hits Different in PLO
Event #65's $3K PLO Mystery Bounty demands a tighter framework than its NLH cousins — here's the math behind why.
How 8-Game Mixed Punishes Every Player's Worst Game
Viktor Blom's WSOP Event #74 final table is a masterclass in why mixed-game specialists leak, and what you can do about it.
Which Flight Should You Play in Event #71's $1,600 Mystery Bounty?
Four Day 1 flights, a $2M guarantee, and one turbo graveyard session — the flight you pick changes your EV more than your opening range does.
Why the $135 Landmark Mega Sat Is the Best Deal at the WSOP
The ICM math of winner-take-seat satellites rewards patience over skill, and the $135 daily at the Horseshoe is where that edge is widest.
Tag Team Poker's Only Rule: Fold What Your Partner Can't Explain
WSOP Event #66 is at its final table — and the teams still standing are the ones who agreed on what to throw away, not what to play.
Your Stack Changes Value Every Orbit in a Mixed Game
The $25K High Roller PLO/NLH Mixed at the 2026 WSOP is down to 16 players, and the format creates a stack-management puzzle that single-game tournaments never ask you to solve.
The Second-Draw Mistake Killing Half the Field in WSOP Event #58
Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw rewards patience and math over instinct, and most NLH converts get the second draw catastrophically wrong.
Why Mizrachi's 415K Stack Is a Weapon in Razz and a Liability in Stud Hi-Lo
The H.O.R.S.E. rotation creates chip-leader dynamics that don't exist in any other tournament format, and the $10K Championship final table is the perfect case study.
The Stud Rounds Are Where Mixed-Game Final Tables Are Won
Eli Elezra and Mike Gorodinsky both busted WSOP Event #52 before the final seven, and the stud variants are the reason most hold'em players bleed out in Nine Game Mixed.
PLO Mystery Bounty Math: Why Your Hold'em Instincts Will Burn You
The Wynn's two PLO bounty events demand a different calculus — here's the framework most players will get wrong.
The $25K Fantasy Price Curve Has a Kink at $22
ODB's isotonic curve reveals the exact draft price where spending more stops returning proportional points, and the season's biggest winners all exploited it.
The Wynn $10,400 Has a Hidden Structural Edge — If You Adjust
Deep stacks, slow blinds, and a $10 million guarantee create a tournament where standard WSOP $10K strategy bleeds chips before the first break.
Why You Snap-Call A-Jo in the $10K Super Turbo Bounty
Event #44's bounty-plus-turbo structure turns standard push/fold math inside out — here's exactly how much, and one rule to carry with you.
The Second-Biggest Stack Trap at PLO Final Tables
WSOP Event #35's chip distribution creates a textbook ICM squeeze on the player you'd least expect.
The DCPS $1,100 NLH Guarantee Math: Where's the Overlay?
A $500,000 guarantee on a $1,100 buy-in is aggressive — here's the field size that breaks it, and how the numbers compare to WSOP $1K events running the same week.
$1,430 or $3,175: The EV Math on Tomorrow's Dueling Guarantees
Two NLH tournaments fire at the same time on June 12 with a combined $7 million guaranteed — and the guarantee-to-buy-in ratio clearly favors one over the other.
The EV Case for Playing Both DCPS Seniors Events
Two age-restricted tournaments with a combined $2.5 million in guarantees fire over the next nine days, and the math favors showing up.
The PLO Rounds Are Where Stacks Go to Die in Mixed Events
WSOP Event #28 is down to 35 players, and the carnage between 66 and 35 offers a free lesson in how to survive the format switch.
$1,600 NLH Satellite Math: When to Buy In Directly vs. Win Your Way In
WSOP Event #26 has a $1,430 rakeable buy-in and a $2M-plus guarantee, which makes the satellite decision more interesting than most players realize.
Why a Bracelet Winner Played a $135 Satellite
The EV math behind grinding mega satellites instead of buying in directly — even when you can afford the entry.
The Number That Actually Wins Fantasy Poker Leagues
Forget raw scores. The gap between what a player costs and what they produce is where $25K Fantasy contests are won and lost.
Landmark Mega Satellites Aren't Normal Satellites — Stop Playing Them Like One
Six WSOP Landmark Mega Satellites hit the final two tables overnight, and the correct strategy inside the top 18 diverges sharply from the survival-mode approach most players default to.
What Brad Ruben's Bracelet Hand Teaches About Short-Handed 2-7 Endgame
The correct play in a lowball draw endgame often means standing pat with a hand most hold'em players would muck without thinking.
A Hold'em Player's Guide to the $1,500 2-7 Lowball Draw Final Table
Nine players are chasing a bracelet in poker's most counterintuitive format — here's how to actually understand what you're watching.
Where PLO Actually Pays: A City-by-City Breakdown at $2/$5 and $5/$10
Seven readers asked the same question — so Charlotte pulled the data on rake, hourly rates, and cost of living across the cities that run PLO consistently.
Should You Wait or Drive? The Math of Poker Waitlists
A framework for calculating the real EV of sitting on a Bravo waitlist versus burning gas to the next room.
The $5-Straddle PLO Trap: Why Your Preflop Math Is Wrong in Texas
A mandatory $5 straddle in a $1/$2 PLO game cuts your effective SPR nearly in half, and most players never adjust.
The Mixed-Game Trap: Which Variant Is Costing You Money?
Thirteen names deep on a waitlist for a four-game rotation at Westgate — and most of those players haven't done the math on which variant is bleeding their hourly rate.
Should You Drive to the Next Room? A Waitlist Math Framework
When JACK Cleveland's 1-3 NL waitlist hit 12x its median while Hollywood Toledo sat at 5x, the math behind the drive-or-wait decision got real.
PLO Waitlist or NLH Open Seat: A Bankroll Decision Framework
When eight names sit between you and a PLO table, the math on whether to play NLH or wait is more nuanced than your gut thinks.