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Previous Poker Articles
What if Ivey wins?
by Aaron Angerman
When play resumes for the November Nine on Saturday, there will be roughly 195 million chips in play. Phil Ivey will control just five percent of those chips...
Read more...11/06/2009
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Meet the Notorious November Nine
by Elissa Harwood
The World Series of Poker Main Event began in July with 6,494 players, and now it's down to just nine. The November Nine are just days away from their date with history...
Read more...11/04/2009
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Some Thoughts on Over-Pairs
Nick Eisel
For the last few months I've been doing lots of writing on theory, hand ranges, and other complex aspects of No Limit Hold'em cash games. This month, I want to return to some basic strategy and talk about the play of top pair and over-pair type hands. It's my belief that many players not only overvalue these holdings in No-Limit Hold'em, but that they take the wrong approach entirely with these types of hands.
Read more...10/28/2009
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Heads-Up Against OMGClayAiken
by Rob Hollink
Heads up against OMGClayAiken. I am the short stack with $31,000 chips. We are playing $200 $400; I am in the big blind and out of position...
Read more...09/28/2009
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Eliminating Opponents
by David Apostolico
When playing a tournament, every time an opponent is eliminated, all of the remaining players benefit...
Read more...09/25/2009
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Adventures in Backing
by Bryan Devonshire
I know that many of y'all out there are curious about what the deal is with backing arrangements. In this article I will discuss all the aspects of backing, from both sides of the equation...
Read more...09/24/2009
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The Turn
by Daniel Negreanu
In any form of hold'em, it is my opinion that the turn is the most difficult and most crucial street to play...
Read more...09/23/2009
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The Impact of Stack Sizes in NL Tournaments
by Matthew Hilger
Stack sizes play an important role in No-Limit decisions on when we can draw and how much we should bet. The implied pot odds are the direct result of the size of each player's chip position...
Read more...09/19/2009
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Beating up on the Weak Player
by Daniel Negreanu
If someone describes your playing style as weak, let's just say you're in lots of trouble. In fact, its the weak players that are the ones you should focus on when you are at the poker table...
Read more...09/18/2009
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Heads-Up Against OMGClayAiken
by Rob Hollink
Heads-up against OMGClayAiken. I am the short stack with $31,000 chips. We are playing $200-$400; I am in the big blind and out of position...
Read more...09/17/2009
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Advanced Plays, Tricks and Moves Pt. 2
by Rolf Slotboom
You are heads-up... on the button, having flatcalled a preflop raise by the under the gun player, with 100BB effective stacks. The flop comes 8 4 4 rainbow, and you have 7 6 5 3 single suited...
Read more...09/16/2009
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Advanced Plays, Tricks and Moves
by Rolf Slotboom
One of the key aspects to successful shorthanded play is to avoid playing in predictable and exploitable patterns. In this chapter, I will discuss a few measures to ensure that you cannot be exploited that easily by the better players...
Read more...09/15/2009
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Hands of Destiny at the World Series of Poker 2
by TJ Cloutier
In the first part of this series on hands of destiny, I told you how a key hand at the 1978 WSOP turned the tide in favor of the eventual champion, Bobby Baldwin. Few people remember that a year later, Baldwin had a good shot at becoming a two-time champion...
Read more...09/14/2009
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Gulf Coast Poker Championship
by 2009 Live Coverage
August is already out the door and September only means the South is even deeper into hurricane season... and just days away from the Gulf Coast Poker Championship...
Read more...09/11/2009
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The Truth About Tells
by Daniel Negreanu
I'm going to let you in on a little secret here. If you believe that watching for a twitchy eye or a flared nostril is what poker is all about - you're quite wrong...
Read more...09/10/2009
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The Guy Who Never Folds
by Dave Apostolico
I play occasionally in a very low stakes home game tournament in my neighborhood. We have had a few recent additions to the game including a friend of a friend who is commonly known at The Guy Who Never Folds...
Read more...09/09/2009
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Too Tired to Play?
by John Carlisle
Search any number of poker articles in print magazines and online and you are certain to find a well-meaning author instructing you to never play the game if you are tired. I see it all of the time, and it makes me roll my eyes and sigh in disgust every time I read it...
Read more...09/07/2009
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Mixing it Up
by Daniel Negreanu
You'll often hear players talk about "mixing up their play." It really is an important aspect of becoming a successful and unpredictable player. If you play each and every hand the same way, it makes it that much easier for your opponents to get a read on your play...
Read more...09/06/2009
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What can Tiger Woods Teach You About Poker
by Dave Scharf
There is a common mistake that just about all inexperienced players make. It is the same mistake made by many experienced players who, despite their experience, still lose tons of money at the poker table.
Read more...09/05/2009
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Back to Camp
by Max Shapiro
I went along with the gag. This time, Denny decided to avoid swamps and stage the event at his casino. The package touted two days of seminars and lectures featuring the world's top poker experts; two night's lodging at the luxurious Barstow Card Casino Hotel, and fine dining at the casino's renowned Four-Star buffet, all for a modest fee of $500.
Read more...09/03/2009
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Internet v. Live Play
by Paul Samuels
When we analyze a great move that a player makes in a given situation, invariably the player has collected data about the situation into the form of a proposition. The proposition will translate into a probability and the player will bet on the strong end of that probability. The only errors that can be made are in the collection of the data and in the estimation of the resulting odds.
Read more...09/01/2009
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