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Hand-reading lab

One sentence per street
Remove impossible combos
Weight by player type
Practice: Limit Hold'em hand-reading practice

Value and bluff with intent

Value with intent
Bluffs need a story
Give-ups are skill
Practice: Limit Hold'em value/bluff practice

Grade-8 stake posture

Process over session results
Cap the stake
limit hold'em checkpoint — Grade-8 stake posture
Practice: Limit Hold'em G8 stake practice

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Limit Hold'em / Grade 8 / Value and bluff with intent

Bluffs need a story

'Bluffs need a story' (limit hold'em, G8): Thin value and honest multiway prices beat fancy bluffs; one-bet leaks add up.

Worked example

apply 'Bluffs need a story' on river thin value with TPGK. Write the board/doors, villain type, old line → new line, and why.

Common leak

nods through 'Bluffs need a story', then defaults on river thin value with TPGK the next time money goes in.

Drill

teach 'Bluffs need a story' in 60 seconds with river thin value with TPGK. Tag one live rep this week.

Practice habit

sticky-note the trigger for 'Bluffs need a story' before your next limit hold'em session.

Drill

explain 'Bluffs need a story' to your buddy without looking — stall means you don't own it yet.

Remember

Change one limit hold'em decision this week. Notes beat vibes.

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