{"id":56,"date":"2026-09-08T09:45:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T09:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demos.pokatheme.com\/poker\/final-table-pay-jumps\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T14:04:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T14:04:16","slug":"final-table-pay-jumps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demos.pokatheme.com\/poker\/final-table-pay-jumps\/","title":{"rendered":"Pay jumps at a final table, and how they change the play"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The difference between ninth and eighth is small. Between third and second, it is everything.<\/strong><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is demonstration copy on an invented site. 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