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Hand-reading lab

One sentence per street
Remove impossible combos
Weight by player type
Practice: Hand-reading practice

Value and bluff with intent

Thin value vs payers
Bluffs need a story
Give-ups are skill
Practice: Value/bluff practice

Grade-8 stake posture

Process over session results
Cap the stake
Unit exit: Grade-8 stake posture
Practice: G8 stake practice

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NLH Cash / Grade 8 / Grade-8 stake posture

Unit exit: Grade-8 stake posture

Buddy check

Buddy narrates three streets of a hand with range updates — and folds one strong-feeling hand for range reasons.

Worked example

narrate three streets of a real hand with range updates, then name the fold you should have made if the story died.

Drill

one intentional strong-feeling fold this week with a written range reason.

'Unit exit: Grade-8 stake posture' (NLH cash, G8): Thin value vs payers; bluffs need a coherent prior-street story.

Drill

buddy repeats 'Unit exit: Grade-8 stake posture' in one sentence with a concrete board — or you re-teach.

Practice habit

sticky-note the trigger for 'Unit exit: Grade-8 stake posture' before your next NLH cash session.

Practice habit

tag one NLH cash hand this week where 'Unit exit: Grade-8 stake posture' flips the action.

Remember

Change one NLH cash decision this week. Notes beat vibes.

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