This isn’t about splashing the pot or acting in turn… what I’m talking about here is mature civility at the poker table.
In live play, people are usually more polite for a couple of reasons.
1. Being rude to someone’s face takes a lot more “balls” than flipping someone off while driving or something else with some […]

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Okay as promised, this is taken from a hand that I witnessed at my table during the Boomtown Casino weekly tournament last night. Since I know the cards and how it played, I present it to you. BTW, pretend that you performed the action the player you are playing with did and decide […]

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Second week in a row that I got busted out of the Boomtown tournament when I was a favorite to win.
I was on the short stack and had KK in the cutoff. UTG+1 raised to put me all-in ahead of me and I was delighted to find him holding ATo (a bad play on […]

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I played really well and still lost. Here’s the hand that pretty much knocked me out:
I have K Q UTG+1. I just moved to this table only a hand ago… so I don’t know much about the players except for a few faces that I recognize. The blinds are going to […]

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I finally finished the Harrington on Hold ‘em: Vol. III. If you don’t know, it’s basically a workbook to further study the lesson of the previous two volumes. In this you take multiple choice quizzes of poker problems taking from real world examples and then Harrington gives you his thoughts and points for […]

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So, I know I haven’t been posting regularly. I apologize, but I’ve been taking a little sabbatical from poker after my disastrous performance at the last poker tournament I entered.
Last night though, I went back to weekly tournament at Boomtown. Basically, I just wanted to not bust out early so I could redeem […]

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I was all high after last weeks tournament and decided that I should play like a complete donkey for this weeks Boomtown Casino tournament.
It’s still the first round. I haven’t played a single hand except for when I’m in the blind, when I get A 8.
I’m in late position and I want to raise […]

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