# Hand histories

> Street-by-street Hold'em postmortems: TPTK traps, bubble folds, river overbets. Verdict included.

Canonical: https://unmatchedpoker.com/hands/
Publisher: Unmatched Poker — https://unmatchedpoker.com/
Last reviewed: August 31, 2026
Note: Educational Hold'em magazine. Not a poker room, not financial advice, not a signup funnel. 18+/21+.

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Hands

 

# Break down a hand.

 

Not a hero-call montage. Streets, SPR, who owns the range, what GTO would mix, what the population actually does, then a verdict: value, bluff, spew, or cooler.

 

 
 [Cash · 6-max

 

### Top pair, top kicker, trapdoor

 

You flop TPTK and the graph still goes down. Cooler or spew? We walk it street by street.](/hands/top-pair-top-kicker-trap)
 [MTT · bubble

 

### The fold that feels sick

 

Twelve big blinds, a hand that "has to be a shove" in chip EV, and ICM that disagrees. Find the fold anyway.](/hands/bubble-fold-that-feels-sick)
 [Live $2/$5

 

### The overbet that has to work

 

River 1.7x with a blocker and a story. Population calls too wide. The tree still wants this jam sometimes.](/hands/overbet-river-bluff)