Upswing Poker Lab 2.0: 200NL Rush Cash with Avery

Upswing Poker Lab 2.0 · Online Cash Track

Eight unfiltered sessions of 200NL Rush Cash on GGPoker — three tables running simultaneously, decisions made in real time, every major move explained after the fact. This is what Avery Nitkin’s exploitative system looks like in practice, not on a whiteboard.

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Session 1 — Readless Rush Cash: First Session & Pocket Jacks Range Breakdown

Avery opens by acknowledging he hasn’t played GG at all this year — so this session gives you something most poker training videos skip entirely: a top player going in completely readless and showing you exactly how to handle that. He plays three live tables of 200NL Rush Cash, narrating the macro strategic ideas as hands unfold, then sits out after roughly 20 minutes to pull up the most instructive spots for a full post-session deep dive.

The featured hand is a pocket jacks cold 4-bet call-down reconstructed with Equilab range visuals. Avery maps out every street — the 3-bet range he assigns the villain on the flop, how a check-check turn dramatically caps that range, and why the river becomes a high-EV bluff-catch against a massive asymmetry of potential bluffs vs. very few value combos. This is the full framework he applies to every single hand.

Key concepts: Readless range construction · Full-range opens in the small blind vs. fish · Identifying bluff-to-value asymmetry on the river · Equilab-supported post-session analysis · Note-taking and color coding opponents from live data

Session 2 — Speed Poker: Navigating GG’s Time Bank & Exploitative Pressure

GGPoker updated its time bank mechanic between Avery’s sessions, and he is discovering it live here — a real-world constraint that forces faster decisions and reveals how elite players adapt under pressure. You watch him work through the new system in real time while simultaneously running three live tables of aggressive, exploitative 200NL.

Highlights include a king-5 suited bluff raise, a multistreet ace-king bluff raise on a board where the opponent’s turn check caps their range, and a pointed discussion on the psychological cost of big runouts: “How you deal with getting over-set makes a massive difference on your win rate because it puts a bunch of players on monkey tilt.” Avery’s anti-tilt framework is as valuable as any hand breakdown in this session.

Key concepts: Adapting to software changes mid-session · Exploitative check raise bluffs · Over-bet bluff sizing selection · Managing tilt EV edge · Identifying capped ranges after check-check turns

Session 3 — Fish in the Pool: Widened Value Ranges & Precision Check-Raising

This is the recreational exploitation masterclass of the series. Avery’s tables are heavy with fish, and he runs an extended session demonstrating exactly how his ranges and sizings shift when opponents are unable to protect their checking frequencies, unable to bluff 3-bet, and overplaying hands they should muck. He even notes: “The regs have gotten substantially better as a general rule compared to a year and a bit ago” — meaning the fish pool is where precision exploitation matters most.

A key hand involving a king-9 raise four-way in an unusual spot comes with a full explanation: when he identifies that the recreational’s small sizing cannot possibly represent the nuts, he widens his raising range. A pocket queens 4-bet analysis, big blind leading strategies, and a range check-raise breakdown round out one of the most hand-dense sessions in the series.

Key concepts: Widening value check-raise range vs. green-tagged opponents · VPIP-based range assignment · Leading from the big blind · Identifying fish-specific exploitable tendencies · Thin value raise triggers

Session 4 — Russian Cash Wars: Sizing Tells, 3-Bet Dynamics & Live Decisions

Avery switches explicitly to Russian Cash tables at 200NL on GG, navigating a pool where players range from loose-aggressive recreationals to tight, tricky regulars. This session is the most bet-sizing-tell-focused in the series. He demonstrates multiple times how a villain’s choice of size relative to board texture reveals their range — then exploits that information immediately.

Standout hands include a 7-4 suited two-barrel bluff, pocket sixes defended with an exploitative call-down after a sizing tell, king of spades betting logic on double-paired boards, and a 6-8 suited bluff that does go through. Avery narrates his thinking on whether to flat or 3-bet against tight regulars who are over-folding preflop, and explains when his solver deviation is intentional and profitable against player-specific tendencies.

Key concepts: Sizing tells → instant range assignment · Bluffing with blockers · Defensive flatting vs. tight regs · 3-bet EV against various player types · Multi-street bluff construction on Russian Cash tables

Session 5 — Bottom-of-Range Bluffs: Overbluffs, Thin Value & Opponent Profiling

This session contains one of the most quotable principles in the entire series: “19 times out of 20, bluffing with the bottom of your range is an excellent starting point.” Avery builds an entire session around this concept — identifying which of his hands is stone bottom in every spot, then using those hands as his primary bluffing candidates.

A king-8 hand is broken down in detail after Avery profiles his opponent’s sizing tells across the flop and turn — the villain’s use of a small check raise on a dry ace-high board where he should be sizing larger immediately signals a capped range. Avery raises the turn, and his thinking is transparent: “Almost his entire range is worse than two pair.” He also shows an ace-jack flop shove as a river bluff and explains the range logic behind why his hand is the correct candidate, not a hand with more equity.

Key concepts: Bottom-of-range bluff selection · Sizing tell exploitation across multiple streets · Value-check raising 10s for equity denial · Thin value betting ace-queen · Overbet folds as river strategy to deny chops

Session 6 — 3-Betting Light: Preflop Deviations, Leading Ranges & Multi-Street EV

This is Avery’s most preflop-focused session, and he opens it by deliberately 3-betting a complete trash hand as a demonstration. He does not hide the exploit — he walks through why it is profitable over a large sample and notes he will show a HH graph at the end of the session illustrating the real-world EV of these preflop deviations. The core message: “The majority of your win rate in poker is how you navigate your range postflop, as opposed to these minor preflop deviations.”

A king-9 raise four-way with a recreational in the big blind gets a full explanation — an unorthodox line made profitable purely by the sizing tell of an in-position opener who cannot have strong hands given his bet size. An ace-10 suited bluff shove in a 4-bet pot and a complex leading strategy from out-of-position add depth to an already dense session.

Key concepts: Preflop range flexibility at 200NL · Why postflop edge > preflop tightness · 4-bet pot bluff shoves · Leading ranges OOP · Under-3-bet spots and how to exploit them

Session 7 — The Read Machine: Timing Tells, Metagame & Over-Fold Exploitation

Avery introduces a concept he returns to repeatedly: “A hand doesn’t end the game. It’s always a continuous story.” This session is about metagame — using table history, opponent reads accumulated over previous hands, and even the image a player has built about you to make decisions that theory alone cannot justify. After a large bluff at the table, Avery deliberately shifts into value-bet mode, knowing the opponent’s calling frequency is now elevated.

Timing tells are discussed alongside sizing tells here. When an opponent instant-shoves on a specific river card, Avery interprets it as a clear value or bluff binary — and weighs his decision accordingly. The section on pocket 3s as an unblocker call in a check-check line, and the overbluff analysis against players who fail to protect their checking frequencies, round out a session packed with player-specific exploits.

Key concepts: Metagame decisions after large pots · Timing-tell interpretation · Overbluff exploitation against under-checking ranges · Unblocker call logic with small pocket pairs · Check raise wider against players who never protect their checking range

Session 8 — Bluff Architecture: River Raises, Stack Management & Session Mastery

The final session is the most technically demanding. Avery discusses bluff range construction in explicit terms: “You want your bluffing range to be two types of hands — equity-driven draws that can bet-call versus a raise, and very weak hands that are happy to fold immediately if they face a raise but have some property that makes them useful.” He demonstrates both categories live, annotating which hands satisfy which criteria and why bet size changes based on which bluff type he is using.

An ace-jack river lead bluff is explained with precision — “I never have a worse hand in this line. It’s impossible for me to have a worse hand here.” A pocket 3s flop check-raise bluff, a double check-raise turn for maximum fold equity against specific middling pairs, and a queen-ten 300bb deep analysis round out an exceptional final session. The closing note on adjusting to players who call wider when they know your style is a sophisticated piece of metagame instruction.

Key concepts: Bluff range construction criteria · River raise sizing logic · Double check-raise on turn for fold equity · 300bb deep range adjustments · Adjusting value ranges when opponents widen calls

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