There are a couple of things that I think need to be said first given that the title pretty much gives away the purpose of this article. Annie Duke is a great poker player if you define great as being much better than the average poker player. Many people have issues with her
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According to this article on naplesnews.com a man has been arrested but at this point has not been charged with a crime. I think we can all see the writing on the walls on this one, the man apparently was pretending to be a real estate buyer when it looks like he was a payment processor for
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When you think of all the things that have stopped you from reaching your full potential as a person those are likely the same things that have stopped you from becoming successful as a poker player. Both games are very simple; they require logic and control of your emotions.
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To my mind Ace King is possibly the easiest hand to play in all of poker, assuming you are focused on making the correct decision. Now remember that I am talking about cash games, Ace King is a different beast in tournaments because if you stack off in a tournament you are done.
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This might surprise a lot of people but I do not think that you can or at the very least it is extremely difficult. I think there are many factors why this is the case. The rake is big factor at the Micro Limits For one, the rake is a factor in these games and micro-limit players pay
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When I first started playing I was in my early Twenties, I read most of the books by David Sklansky and that alone gave me a pretty big edge in the game. My play was kind of "nitty" but I was a slight winner from day one. It was very odd back then though poker was not popular
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The biggest issue that I hear about from everyone on this site is bankroll management or holding onto a bankroll. So I wanted to write up some of my thoughts in that regard and tie it into some various strategies that I propose to people. Starting off with Short Stack
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On Sunday, November 15 2009, Full Tilt Poker ran their FTOPS Main Event which generated a $2.7mm prize pool. Adam Junglen managed to cut through a field of 5,471 players to finally agree to a 3-way final table chop earning him $290,419. Adam has been making serious moves within the
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I am not sure why but it feels like in poker you need to join a support group if you are a caller. I mean every book out there tells you to play aggressive and there is a stigma to winning from behind. No one is playing those small edges more than Isildur1(rumored to be Viktor Blom) at
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In what can really only be described as the most epic session online poker has ever seen Patrik Antonius just took down a pot 1.35 million dollars. Rather than bore you with the details here is the hand. Right before this the second biggest hand of the session happened where Isildur1 won
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