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California Trip Report - High Stakes Poker Adventure - Part I

Date: Wed, Oct 24, 2007

I arrived in California midday Thursday, a friend picked me up at the airport and we drove up to the casino for a weekend of poker. Day 1: I jumped into a juicy 10/20NL game with a $2000 stack - the games were very good, hopefully it would be a profitable weekend. There were only 2 notable [...]

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Are You Setting Goals That Make You Unhappy?

Date: Tue, Oct 23, 2007

Take a few deep breaths and notice how the air flows as you inhale, slowly in through your mouth down your throat and finally reaching your stomach. There might be a small pause and the journey of the exhale begins. Slowly the air curls in your stomach and starts moving upwards and out, through your [...]

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Thinking Ahead - Revisited

Date: Mon, Oct 22, 2007

I’m in San Diego at the moment, just finishing up a long weekend of live poker - it’s been an exciting trip and I played in some quite big games - I’ll discuss hands from the trip on Monday’s post, so stay tuned. For now, there have been some questions about hand two from [...]

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It IS Legal To Play Poker Online

Date: Sat, Oct 20, 2007

If you haven’t yet read the newest article on gaming law on Card Player you should probably do so. It is not illegal to play poker online, the only thing it does is make it harder to get money onto online gaming sites. I personally have seen the games become a bit tougher after the legislation [...]

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IRS Takes a Bite Out Of US Tournaments

Date: Sat, Oct 20, 2007

This just in. Beginning March 4, 2008 the IRS will require all tournament sponsors to report tourmanet winnings of more than $5,000. Check out the whole article in Business Journal Phoenix.

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4 Ways Exercise Has Improved My Poker Game

Date: Fri, Oct 19, 2007

When I was around 12 I started playing ice-hockey in my towns hockey team, that lasted for about 4 years. Even when I wasn’t part of a team me and my friends used to get together and play on our neighbour hood football field which was covered with ice during the winters. I have always been [...]

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Thinking Ahead

Date: Thu, Oct 18, 2007

I’ve been helping my brother learn No-limit hold’em the past couple weeks, and he recently made the discovery that a little bit of planning goes a long way. We’ve talked about pot-control, inducing bluffs, and other somewhat complicated concepts. He summarized it in a much simpler, more effective way. He told me [...]

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Introducing a New Partner

Date: Wed, Oct 17, 2007

Today I talked with a friend of mine who I met while I was playing Limit Hold’em a few years ago at the 2+2 forums. His name is Dan Pickering and he is a Professional Poker Player and Poker Coach since a few years back. Dan is one of the few players I regularly discuss hands [...]

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Poker Pro + Coach Dan “Surf” Pickering joins ThePokerHowTo!

Date: Wed, Oct 17, 2007

As Henri mentioned, I’m Dan Pickering - Poker Pro and Coach - and I’m really excited to be a part of ThePokerHowTo.  I’ll be writing regular blog posts about the life of a poker pro, along with plenty of strategy articles and hand discussions. I’m working on a “Life Story” in the same fashion as Henri’s [...]

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Sorry - Busy with Online Poker Rooms

Date: Tue, Oct 16, 2007

I’ve been busy with a few things and that’s my excuse for not posting. But anyway, I will keep you guys up to date. I have been working on my website Texas Holdem Poker 101 and there I have been working on my online poker rooms page, so far I’ve written two reviews, one on Full [...]

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Sorry - Busy with Texas Holdem Online Poker Rooms

Date: Tue, Oct 16, 2007

I’ve been busy with a few things and that’s my excuse for not posting. But anyway, I will keep you guys up to date. I have been working on my website Texas Holdem Poker 101 and there I have been working on my texas holdem online poker rooms page, so far I’ve written two reviews, one [...]

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Is Online Poker Illegal?

Date: Sun, Oct 14, 2007

The short answers (as far as I can tell) seem to be: It is not illegal to PLAY online poker but it is illegal (or at least harder than before) to transfer money onto poker sites. Bill Rini gives his comments in Bill’s Poker Blog In short, it seems like the rules are incredibly vague and will [...]

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How to Shuffle Poker Chips Video

Date: Fri, Oct 12, 2007

I know you guys have been requesting a tutorial on how to shuffle poker chips, and today I just happened to stumble upon this fine video (with nice music to boot) on shuffling them chips. Enjoy.

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The Secret of Adjusting to Re-Raises

Date: Thu, Oct 11, 2007

I put in a marathon session today of 4,000 hands, in that session I was at 2-tables with a fairly good player who was probably running good and re-raising me with a pretty wide range. This gave me the idea for this post and how you can shift your thinking and learn how to [...]

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