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Why Position Matters

Date: Thu, May 27, 2010 Professional

A lot of poker players wonder why position plays such an important role in hand selection.  Why should I raise with a certain hand in late position but only call with that same exact hand in early position?  The difference is that all hands have a different value depending on when the action is going [...]

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Five Poker Accessory “Musts”

Date: Tue, May 25, 2010 Professional

As I quickly discovered when I first started playing poker, the more comfort items I bring with me, the more comfortable I feel when I’m at the table.  This statement of course doesn’t ring true for everyone, as there are certainly a lot of players that can just sit down in a t-shirt and shorts [...]

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Silence is Golden

Date: Thu, May 20, 2010 Professional

When it comes to sports and hobbies, for some reason poker players like to talk more than just about any other group of enthusiasts.  You don’t hear chess opponents chatting up a storm, but there’s just something about poker that brings out the social side of people, sometimes with mixed results.  What many players don’t [...]

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Three Reasons to Try Tournament Poker

Date: Tue, May 18, 2010 Professional

Poker on its own can be a very intimidating game, but tournament poker is usually carries far more of an intimidation factor for players, especially those new to the game.  Many players believe that all tournament poker enthusiasts are hardcore experts that do nothing but play hand after hand all day long.  While this is [...]

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Limping with Small Pocket Pairs

Date: Tue, May 11, 2010 Professional

There has been a long debate on how exactly to play small poker pairs in various positions.  Many players will avoid them all together in early position and normally limp with them in middle and late position.  Aggressive players will use small pocket pairs as an opportunity to make a pre-flop raise and then continue [...]

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Memorizing the Top Ten Starting Hands

Date: Fri, May 7, 2010 Professional

Unless you’re used to playing high levels of chess or other highly strategic games, chances are there are no hobbies of yours that ask you to remember as much information as poker does.  From basic strategy to hand selection, betting patterns, percentages and more, poker asks that you remember a lot of important details of [...]

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Three Mistakes Not To Make

Date: Tue, May 4, 2010 Professional

The number of mistakes a poker player can make at the table can fill up a book, but some are more costly than others.  What’s interesting though, is many of the mistakes that beginner players make can be easily avoided as typically they are just not aware of what they are doing wrong.  Take a [...]

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Picking a Buy-In Amount

Date: Mon, Apr 26, 2010 Professional

One thing that tournament poker takes care of for all of us is that it features a set buy-in that reveals up front just how much we are going to be putting at risk when we sit down at the table.  For cash games though, most of the time it’s up to the individual to [...]

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Picking a Good Poker Table

Date: Thu, Apr 22, 2010 Professional

No matter how much time or effort you put into planning your poker home games, the experience of the event will typically only be as good as the table you’re playing on.  Brand name cards and expensive chips don’t really count for much if you’re playing on a kitchen table, and many of the classic [...]

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Protecting Your Hand

Date: Mon, Apr 19, 2010 Professional

When you first sit down at a live poker game, whether it’s in a casino or a friends living room, you are typically going to be far more alert and focused then you will be a few hours from then.  Eventually the repetition and slow pace of poker can cause many players to become lazy [...]

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Avoiding the Obsession

Date: Wed, Apr 14, 2010 Professional

It’s very hard to admit that you are addicted to something or have an unnatural obsession.  Many believe that those terms can truly only be associated with hard vices like drugs and alcohol, but the reality is that addiction can apply to a wide variety of activities and hobbies, from video games, fantasy football and [...]

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Why We Avoid Trash Hands

Date: Fri, Apr 9, 2010 Professional

A friend of mine recently asked me why so many players advise against playing what appears to be the vast majority of hands, namely hands that are considered “trash”.  Trash hands refers to card combinations that do not stand to gain adequate strength as the hand progresses.  My friend, and many players like him that [...]

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Making the Right Bets

Date: Tue, Apr 6, 2010 Professional

While I do see it time to time in live cash games, watching players shove all-in with little regard to their bankroll is something that seems to happen far too frequently in online games.  Many times an online player will bet what is considered to be the right amount of chips on the flop and/or [...]

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Playing Big Pocket Pairs in Early Position

Date: Thu, Apr 1, 2010 Professional

There is little in poker that can compare to looking down pre-flop and seeing a nice, big pocket pair staring right back at you.  Big pairs like aces, kings and queens can have a weird effect on players, often making them feel like they’re already guaranteed to win the hand without even seeing the flop.  [...]

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