Polk also introduces the game-tree idea, the one which he's been successfully applying to his own game and which has helped him become the player he is today. going through your own database of hands with these new concepts and ideas in mind and analyzing your play.Īlthough the course is one of the longest, if not the longest available on Upswing, it isn't nearly enough to cover all the intricacies of heads up play. Polk tries to briefly break down the course, explaining things that will be covered in the vides to come: creating and assigning ranges, a breakdown of combos, and examples of hands, both staged and actual ones from his own database.įrom the getgo, Doug emphasizes the importance of the hands-on approach to really make most out of this course, i.e.
The introductory video prepares players for what's ahead of them, which is well over 20 hours of intense poker lessons.