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How To Win More And Lose Less

Date: Wed, Nov 21, 2007

Sounds good, right? The biggest winrate-killer in poker is simple - TILT. However, it is within each player’s power to control tilt. It takes discipline, and self-awareness, but to be successful one must master tilt. It is very do-able with a couple strategies: Whining about bad beats, either in chat or on IM or to a friend Feelings of [...]

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What Does Britney Spears And My Opponent Have In Common?

Date: Mon, Nov 19, 2007

Johnny Cash is singing in the background. My session is going great, just came home from the gym and so far I’ve played godlike poker. I get dealt KK and raise it to a standard 3.5BB in the CO. My opponent who is too loose and too passive calls in the small blind. He plays around [...]

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My Life Story - Part III (Series)

Date: Sun, Nov 18, 2007

I had my first encounter with internet poker while recovering from a broken nose in Australia. Start Small – Real Small I deposited $50 onto pokerroom, and started playing $0.25/$0.50 limit full-ring. Online games were predominantly LHE, so that was the game I learned. One strength I have is the ability to make a poker decision based [...]

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Are You Using This Simple Method In Your Poker Game?

Date: Fri, Nov 16, 2007

Do you go to the store without a shopping list? Some do and I’m one of those that don’t. I guess that wasn’t a good example, was it? What about if you go on a long trip, do you take a map or anything similar? The point I am trying to make here is that if [...]

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Update On The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA)

Date: Tue, Nov 13, 2007

The CRE Puts The Hammer Down This law has been a joke ever since it was first piggybacked on a bill and tricked to get passed. The Center for Regulatory Effectiveness (CRE) provides the government with tips on what works and what doesn’t. And lately the CRE came out with a report that basically says “This is [...]

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Biggest Day Ever

Date: Mon, Nov 12, 2007

Friday was my biggest one-day win, ever - I’m still stoked about it! In ~1,500 hands I won a little bit over $8,500 - not bad for about four hours work! Most of this was at 5/10NL, with a little bit of 3/6 and a quick shot at 10/20 thrown in. While I won a couple [...]

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Realization About Experimentation In Poker

Date: Sat, Nov 10, 2007

I have been playing less tables and more hands the past few weeks. My goal was to learn new situations where I can win more, basically. What I want to talk about in this post is experimentation. Learning by trial. Learning by applying basic math, odds and brain! Experiment Don’t be afraid to experiment. Experience is the best [...]

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My Life Story - Part II (Series)

Date: Fri, Nov 9, 2007

We left off at Georgetown, where I first found poker in the form of a $5 buy-in mixed game. “Follow The Queen” is Where It’s At Our game gradually grew in stakes, and word got out to other interested players. Soon we had about 20 regular players and were playing about 3 nights a week, homework permitting. By [...]

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My Life Story - Part I (Series)

Date: Tue, Nov 6, 2007

The First 18 Years This will be a recount of my personal history in a similar fashion to Henri’s “My Life Story” segment. Enjoy! The Early Years The first few years of my life were a blur of eating, sleeping, and discovering all the new and wondrous things in the world. My family moved [...]

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Making A Loose Calldown vs. A Loose Player

Date: Mon, Nov 5, 2007

Some brain food for you guys who do not really like making “loose” call downs. I sat down at the table because of one player who plays about 65% of his hands pre-flop and raises 7% of these. He was the reason I was at this 6-max online game. A few orbits go by and I have [...]

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Barry Greenstein’s Audio Blog

Date: Fri, Nov 2, 2007

Just found out that Barry Greenstein has an audio blog at PokerRoad.com. And his latest post was about when he went to Washington D.C on official poker business. It is slightly entertaining and good news. He talks about being interviewed in a dark room, talking to politicians and getting poker legislated.

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How To Play AKo In The Blinds When UTG Raises (Flop)

Date: Fri, Nov 2, 2007

Welcome back, have you been thinking about how to play a hand like Ace King on different flops versus our opponents? Any conclusions or thoughts? Feel free to ask questions or share your own thoughts. Let’s cut the unnecessary word play and get started. Playing The Flop With AK What do you do when you re-raise a great hand [...]

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Online Poker To Fully Return

Date: Wed, Oct 31, 2007

I was pretty happy to see this news article. I kind of trust Barry when he says that he feels strongly to online poker being legislated or whatever changes that will occur. But I still feel a bit skeptical, we’ll see what happens. I’m hoping for the best. It would be great to have more Americans [...]

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How To Play AKo In The Blinds When UTG Raises

Date: Wed, Oct 31, 2007

This is the beginning of a beautiful series of articles. I will go through every hand in every position and today I am starting with Ace King offsuit out of the blinds. Oh btw, this is for No-Limit Texas Hold’em, maybe Dan will make a similiar series for Limit Hold’em. But “the blinds” is not a position you [...]

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