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Thought of the Week - April 20, 2008

Date: Sun, Apr 20, 2008 Professional Internet Live

I am writing this on the high seas, as we are on a cruise for a couple of weeks. We will be back home in May. Using the ship’s computers, I fat-fingered some e-mail and accidentally deleted about 20 messages. So if you sent me something in the last three or four days (April [...]

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Thought of the Week - April 5, 2008

Date: Thu, Apr 3, 2008 Professional Internet Live

Here are a couple of hands I lost recently. I am not that happy with either, but in “tough” games, sometimes things are pretty unclear. I hold Qs 10s in the small blind. Al fold tot he button, who limps. Weird, but there it is. Does he have A-A? I doubt it. I [...]

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Thought of the Week - March 16, 2008

Date: Sun, Mar 16, 2008 Professional Internet Live

OK, maybe Thought of the “Week” is becoming a misnomer. I apologize for the lack of frequency. I do enjoy writing these, but I have had some other things on my mind. I still keep up with the forum, answer posts as I can. I have been playing more in the past week, [...]

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Thought of the Week - February 3, 2008

Date: Sun, Feb 3, 2008 Professional Internet Live

Writing this pre-Super Bowl, but that is not the topic today. First, some quick book news. My book, Advanced Limit Hold’em Strategy, is now available on PokerStars for Frequent Player Points. For those of you who play on Stars as I do (no compensation, I just play there), getting books with FPPs [...]

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Thought of the Week - January 27, 2008

Date: Sun, Feb 3, 2008 Professional Internet Live

I was born in New York City and lived there for 21 years. Then I moved to Boston and vicinity for another 20. So this Super Bowl features the first team I followed, and the second. Congratulations to the Giants and Patriots for making it to the finals. I will be [...]

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Thought of the Week - January 13, 2008

Date: Sun, Jan 13, 2008 Professional Internet Live

First, my apologies to the dozens if not hundreds of you who turned out to meet our plane as it landed in Florida. We were not on it, as health issues forced us to cancel the trip. We will try again soon, I think. As some of you have been kind enough to ask, [...]

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Radio Update

Date: Sat, Jan 12, 2008 Professional Internet Live

Holdemradio.com is, at least temporarily, out of business. The owner has run out of money, and the site is closed. Thus, all of the podcasts and other previous broadcasts are no longer available. This is really a bad beat, as I listened to some, but never downloaded any (I still live in [...]

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Vegas Vignette

Date: Sun, Jan 6, 2008 Professional Internet Live

OK, nothing to do with poker, but I wanted to share this moment. I am having dinner with a bunch of professional gamblers, mostly sports bettors. This was Thursday, Jan 3, so inevitably, the conversation turns to the Iowa caususes. “Does anyone know how the caucuses turned out?” “O’Bama won by 9.” ‘Oh, how did Huckabee [...]

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Thought of the Week - January 1, 2008

Date: Tue, Jan 1, 2008 Professional Internet Live

I started writing this Thought before Christmas, and wish you all a Marry Christmas ad Happy Holiday Season. Now I am wishing you all a very warm and Happy New Year. You can now listen to me (sort of ) every week or so. I have joined Dr. Al Schoonmaker on his Internet Radio Show, [...]

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Thought of the Week - December 9, 2007

Date: Mon, Dec 10, 2007 Professional Internet Live

First, I want to join those who are mourning the passing of David “Chip” Reese. I never met the man, though I have seen him a few times playing at the Bellagio. Nevertheless, he was a giant in the poker world, and I offer my condolences to his family. A reminder that my forum [...]

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Thought of the Week - November 22, 2008

Date: Thu, Nov 22, 2007 Professional Internet Live

First, I want to wish everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving. Despite some setbacks in the Tanenbaum family, we have a great deal to be thankful for, and I hope you do as well. OK, I will discuss poker in a paragraph or so, but I wanted to bore you for a moment about my book [...]

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Thought of the Week - October 28, 2007

Date: Wed, Oct 31, 2007 Professional Internet Live

Some family illnesses have kept me from updating as much as I would like to. I have tried to keep up with the forum a bit. I apologize to those who have been checking back on occasion and finding nothing new. Speaking of which, there is Forum News. The forum has [...]

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Buying Barry’s Books

Date: Wed, Oct 17, 2007 Professional Internet Live

I will figure out a way to make an ad soon, so this will stay on the front page. Maybe even a form. In the meantime, here is the story: If you want to purchase a custom-autographed (by me) copy of Advanced Limit Hold’em Strategy or Limit Hold’em: Winning Short-Handed Strategies, here’s how: Send [...]

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Books have arrived in US stores

Date: Thu, Oct 11, 2007 Professional Internet Live

I heard from a local Las Vegas wholesaler and reseller today, Mike Minkoff of Professional Poker. He has received both Advanced Limit Hold’em Strategy and Limit Hold’em: Winning Short-Handed Strategies, which means other stores, resellers, and venues should get their orders in the next few days as well. I expect to get mine [...]

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