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Chapter 1 - Introduction

: Figure 1: The Progression of Dominoes in your pursuit of Poker Excellence. This volume focuses on the final 4 post-flop dominoes.

: Figure 2: The Smart HUD with 16 statistics, the note editor and the player’s name.

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Chapter 3: Domino 5.1 – How to Hand Read

: Domino 5.1

: Figure 3: The hand reading path through the streets.

: Figure 4: The 2 steps of hand reading cheat sheet.

: Figure 5: Hero open-raises with A4s and gets called by a loose-passive SB.

: Figure 6: Villain 4's HUD Stats at the time of this hand.

: Figure 7: The Call 2bet line shows Villain 4’s positional calling frequencies, with calling 2bets in the SB at 45% and 3betting only 3.6%.

: Figure 8: Villain's 44.3%, 588-combo preflop calling range.

: Figure 9: By turning “on” the requisite blue filters in Flopzilla Pro, we see that this range hits TP+ and OESD+ 27.8% of the time on average.

: Figure 10: A4s has 52% preflop equity (the chance to win the hand at showdown before the flop) versus Villain 4's preflop calling range.

: Figure 11: Hero flops a flush draw and cbets.

: Figure 12: Villain 4 continues with 72.7% of his preflop range versus this 1/2 pot cbet.

: Figure 13: Hero turns the nut flush and gets called again.

: Figure 14: On the turn, Villain check-calls TP+ but doesn't hold a flush. He also calls with his draws due to his passive tendencies.

: Figure 15: The Ts completes some draws and Hero’s nut flush cbet is begging for a call.

: Figure 16: Villain 4 is giving value with 80% of his river range versus a small final bet.

: Figure 17: Villain 4's actual hand was within the final river range. Success!

: Figure 18: Write these down for quick warm-up, in-game and study session reference.

: Figure 19: There is plenty of action in these flop cbet hands to narrow ranges.

Hand Reading Demonstration:

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Chapter 4: Domino 5.2 – Assigning Preflop Ranges

: Domino 5.2

: Figure 20: Summarizing the hand reading exercise with Ad4d from the prior chapter.

: Figure 21: Comparing the hand reading results of a 44.3% preflop range versus 50%.

: Figure 22: The Smart HUD 3bet popup shows 3bet by position vs the 2bettor’s position.

: Figure 23: These PT4 auto-generated notes come in handy for assigning preflop ranges.

: Figure 24: Using “average player” tendencies to estimate an unknown’s range.

: Figure 25: Open-raising 3bb's in the CO with QJs

: Figure 26: Which calling range better fits the situation?

: Figure 27: Which 3betting range fits this Villain 7?

: Figure 28: Both rather wide, so which would you go with?

: Figure 29: Attach these to your monitor for quick reference.

: Figure 30: An example 2bet Calling Range Cheat Sheet.

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Chapter 5: Domino 5.3 – Narrowing Ranges Post-flop

: Domino 5.3

: Figure 31: This 14% preflop range does not contain 76s.

: Figure 32: Some mighty nitty stats here for Nancy.

: Figure 33: Flopzilla Pro gives a wealth of information when you enter a flop with a range.

: Figure 34: Her range contains only sets, TP and FD's.

: Figure 35: Write 'em and stick 'em to your monitor.

: Figure 36: Additional information when mousing-over “top pair”.

Chapter 6: Domino 5.4 – Practicing Hand Reading On-the-Felt

: Domino 5.4

: Figure 37: Larry's 22% 2bet calling range.

: Figure 38: You think Larry also calls with K2s-K6s, JJ and AQo.

: Figure 39: Narrowing Larry's range based on his flop action of check-calling.

: Sticky Note

Chapter 7: Sixth Domino – Continuation Bets

: The 6th Domino

: Figure 40: This player folds versus flop cbets 52% of the time in total, but much more frequently when OOP (58%) versus IP (45%). The same pattern holds true for the turn.

Chapter 8: Domino 6.1 – Cbetting in Bread & Butter Spots

: Domino 6.1

: Figure 41: Filtering for B&B 2bet heads-up hands on the flop.

: Figure 42: “Donk Bet Opportunity” means you’re OOP versus the preflop raiser.

: Figure 43: Hero opened on the BTN and Wally the Whale (Villain 1) defended his BB.

: Figure 44: Wow, Wally the Whale is definitely a target at this table.

: Figure 45: Notes taken on Wally in the past. The auto-generated notes show he’s limped then called with hands as weak as T8o and 54o. Whale indeed!

: Figure 46: Wow, what a wide preflop calling range you have, Wally.

: Sticky Notes

: Figure 47: Create then save this as a Quick Filter.

: Figure 48: Sorting by My Currency Won and reviewing the 10 biggest losing hands by position.

: Figure 49: Tick sheets are great for keeping you focused on the task at hand.

Chapter 9: Domino 6.2 – Making Out of Position Cbets

: Domino 6.2

: Figure 50: TAG stats often indicate a positionally aware player.

: Figure 51: Polly's uses position against cbettors.

: Figure 52: With 2 players yet to act and her aggressive nature, Polly's calling with a tight and strong range on the BTN.

: Figure 53: You cbet 2/3 pot, Polly pauses for a bit, then finally calls.

: Figure 54: Hero bluff cbets 2/3 pot and faces a well-sized raise.

: Figure 55: Flopping top set and allowing Polly to Float.

: Sticky Notes

: Figure 56: Finding OOP cbets that got called.

: Figure 57: Turning on the flop “Raise Opportunity 3bet” means you faced a 2bet raise after cbetting on the flop.

Chapter 10: Domino 6.3 – Utilizing Board Texture

: Domino 6.3

: Figure 58: This 436-combo, 32.9% calling range hits TP+ and OESD+ with 28.66% of the range (blue area). The remaining 71.34% didn’t (gray area).

: Figure 59: Adding different colored filters changes the pie chart for improved visualization of how the range interacts over millions of flops.

: Figure 60: Fishy Frank’s 32.9% calling range (436 combos).

: Figure 61: Gotta love how much of Frank’s range misses this board.

: Figure 62: Only 35.4% of the calling range hits the A92r flop.

: Figure 63: Bluff cbets aren’t working on this flop as often as Hero would like.

: Figure 64: The completed 30% calling range interaction table.

: Figure 65: This is a very useful range/board interaction tool for you to use as you play.

: Sticky Notes

: Figure 66: The two 66 hands and the A3o are good failed flop bluffs worth reviewing.

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Chapter 11: Domino 6.4 – Double and Triple Barreling

: Domino 6.4

: Figure 67: Polly calls from the BB, giving Hero a Bread and Butter opportunity on the 86Qr flop.

: Figure 68: The turn brings a 7h which only serves to help Polly's range.

: Figure 69: LAG Larry shows loads of aggression and doesn't like folding.

: Figure 70: This popup gives greater insights into Larry’s tendencies when facing cbets.

: Figure 71: LAG Larry calls Hero's preflop raise from IP and a baby board flops.

: Figure 72: Hero continues with his triple barreling plan by firing the double barrel.

: Figure 73: One of the most beautiful river cards ever.

: Figure 74: “I love it when a plan comes together.” – Col. John “Hannibal” Smith, A-Team.

: Sticky Notes

Chapter 13: Domino 7.1 – Making Decisions with Expected Value

: Domino 7.1

: Figure 75: All decisions lie along the EV Spectrum.

: Figure 76: A short-stacked SB open-shoves $10 into Hero holding 66.

: Figure 77: Hero attempts a 2/3 pot river bluff.

: Figure 78: 29.2% of Villain's river range is calling Hero's 2/3 pot bluff.

: Figure 79: Hero faces a 3/4 pot-sized bet with a FD + 2 overcards.

: Figure 80: Placing the 3 options along the EV Spectrum.

: Figure 81: Using Equilab to pit AA versus KK.

: Figure 82: AA can expect to win, preflop, 84% of the time versus a 15% calling range.

: Figure 83: AA loses most of its equity when Villain hits a set with KK.

: Figure 84: AA retains its equity on K92 versus a range of hands

: Sticky Notes

Chapter 14: Domino 7.2 – Utilizing the Break-even Point

: Domino 7.2

: Figure 85: Visualizing the BE Point on the EV Spectrum.

: Figure 86: Put these bluff BE %’s in a sticky note and you’ll soon have them memorized.

: Figure 87: Hero makes a bluffing float bet for about 3/4 pot.

: Figure 88: Hero always considers his options. Here, check or donk bet?

: Figure 89: Villain 75 makes a small OOP cbet and Hero makes a small bluff raise.

: Figure 90: Hero bluff raises 3x versus this short-stacked LAG.

: Figure 91: This cheat sheet will help you make profitable calls.

: Figure 92: Wow, look at all them fishy stats!

: Figure 93: Hero is OOP versus Fishy Frank on the Jh Kh 2d board.

: Figure 94: Hero turns a straight with the nut flush draw.

: Figure 95: Hero makes a small river value bet with the nut flush.

: Sticky Notes

: Figure 96: 3 different “Random” flops to improve board recognition skills.

Chapter 15: Exploiting with HUD Statistics

: Domino 7.3

: Figure 97: Typing “Cbet” into the search bar finds all cbet-related statistics so you can learn the definitions and formulas.

: Figure 98: A 33% open-raising range hits the flop for two pair or better only 5.7% of the time.

: Figure 99: Hovering the mouse cursor over the Cbet Flop stat reveals that 93% was calculated from cbetting in 37/40 opportunities in total.

: Sticky Notes

Chapter 16: Eighth Domino – Defending Against Continuation Bets

: The 8th Domino

: Figure 100: I'm much more profitable as the aggressor than the caller, and aggressively enter pots more often than passively enter them.

: Figure 101: I have more opportunities to cbet than face a cbet, and I’m much more profitable when doing so.

Chapter 17: Domino 8.1 – Raising and Check-Raising

: Domino 8.1

: Figure 102: Visualizing cbet-responses versus Nancy along the EV Spectrum.

: Figure 103: Flopping TP, IP, and facing a small cbet.

: Figure 104: Raising is a highly +EV option for Hero's TPTK hand.

: Figure 105: Hero is IP with two overcards to the flop, facing a pot-sized cbet.

: Figure 106: Not a great opportunity for bluff raising, even with position and 2 overcards.

: Figure 107: Flopping a lovely set of 4’s from OOP versus a TAG player.

: Figure 108: Flopping a flush draw and one overcard.

: Figure 109: Flopping the nuts!

: Sticky Notes

: Figure 110: Turning on the flop “Raise Continuation Bet Opportunity” Filter.

Chapter 18: Domino 8.2 – Calling, Floating and Probing

: Domino 8.2

: Figure 111: Run these PT4 filters to view/record current results.

: Figure 112: My results over the prior 21,294 hands played.

: Figure 113: Hero check-calls a 2/3 pot cbet with TPGK.

: Figure 114: Hero floats the turn after calling a flop cbet from a “turn honest” cbettor.

: Figure 115: Hero probes for 3/4 pot on the river after calling a flop cbet from a “turn honest” cbettor.

: Figure 116: PokerTracker 4 automatically calculates the break-even equity you need when considering a call (24% here). In-game, use the break-even calling math cheat sheet (Domino 7.2).

: Sticky Notes

Chapter 19: Domino 8.3 – Donk Betting

: Domino 8.3

: Figure 117: Playing a flopped set aggressively with a donk bet.

: Figure 118: Folding and checking both risk $0, so they’re 0EV options.

: Figure 119: Gotta love your friends “Fold”, “Check” and “Bet” as they always remind you of your options (and their constant tag-along friend, “All In”, who reminds you that you’re playing no limit and you always have bet sizing options).

: Figure 120: Flopping 2-overcards and a gutshot with AQo.

: Figure 121: Only 28% of Villain’s open-raising range hits TP+ or OESD+ on the JT3r flop.

: Figure 122: The wetter the board, the less likely Villain will fold.

: Figure 123: Making a large donk bet with a flopped full house.

: Figure 124: Villain wakes up with a 2.33x check-raise on the turn Jack.

: Figure 125: Hero would love to earn more, but there are too many stronger hands in Villain 7's range that can make this bet.

: Sticky Notes

Chapter 20: The Thrilling Conclusion

: The final set of Sticky Notes

: Honorable Mentions