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WPT GTO Trainer Hands of the Week: Chipping Up At a Final Table

Today you’ll be playing at a major final table with large pay jumps. There are multiple short stacks at the table, so there is a strong incentive to not bust out before these players. You raise on the Button with a medium stack of 30BBs and the Big Blind defends with a stack of 50BBs.

You should make a small continuation bet as a default in this spot. Since there is pressure on your preflop range due to the presence of the short stacks, you have far fewer hands in this spot than you normally would raising on the Button.