In a previous strategy article, I talked about how many players over-value suited hands. After all when you hold two suited cards, your suit will appear by the river a little less than 6% of the time. Typical, that’s not enough added value to play…
But now I’m going to talk about opposite, not […]

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Tonight I finished on right on the bubble of a satellite tournament… 3rd after an 2 1/2 hours of play, where only top 2 finishers made it to the satellite round. Still, I guess it could be worse. I could be Issac Haxton, a young online poker player who thought he had it […]

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Old news, but worth bringing up here. Harrah’s will not allow advertising from online poker sites that allow U.S. players due to pressure from federal regulations and the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act.
In a statement released by Harrah’s they said,
As a gaming company licensed in more than a dozen jurisdictions in the United States […]

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I was browsing some of my favorite poker blogs, Poker Dog, when I found this video of the usually mild-mannered, friendly Negreanu going a tilt after flopping the nuts twice and getting beat both times.

Going on tilt is something that we all have to be on guard against. Last night my home tourney I […]

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A few months ago I was playing in a $1/$2 No Limit Cash game at a casino nearby. I’d been playing awhile and the table had slowly been filling up. I started with $100 and was up to about $150.
At the deal, I see I’ve got pocket Kings.

Feeling pretty good, I bet […]

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I’ve had a home poker game for awhile now. We have a pretty simple structure. It’s $20/buy-in. No rebuys. $1000 in chips. Blinds go up every 20 minutes. Winner take all tournament format. Everyone can drink as much as they want.
Recently, Mark Holmes (writer for […]

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There I am, playing in our $20 buy-in biweekly tournament. We’re down to four players and I’m short stacked. The chip leader is sitting on my left and the player on my right is close behind him. The blinds have gotten big enough to hurt and the chip leader has bet 300 […]

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