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It’s an uncommon treat to head into the final hands of a tournament round with a huge lead over your opponents. But there’s nothing more frustrating than seeing that lead disappear as one of your opponents "rises from the dead" to overtake you and advance at your expense. Of course, there’s also nothing more gratifying than pulling off one of those miracle comebacks, but that’s a topic for another article. This month we’re going to look at a few ways to "nail the coffin shut" on those nearly dead opponents, and make their miracle a little less likely.

Interestingly, I often see novice players play these situations better than players who have some experience. The somewhat experienced players have usually learned the value of backing off their bets once they have a big lead, and that makes them more susceptible to overlooking opportunities to make their lead insurmountable. The novice players on the other hand are apt to keep betting big all the way through. Usually, that’s a big mistake, but sometimes it’s actually not a bad thing.

As usual, I’ll use simple example situations, and mostly discuss a two-man race where one player advances from the table. Obviously multiple opponents makes all these decisions more complicated, but it’s still nice to understand the basics in simple situations so you can more easily adapt in typical game circumstances. Let’s look at some examples with a betting spread of $5 to $500.

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