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Annie Duke wins the 2010 NBC Heads Up Championship

Monday, March 08, 2010

Tags: heads   up   Annie   Duke   nbc   championship  

  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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Poker Payment Prosessing issues have players on Tilt

Monday, March 01, 2010

Tags: UIGEA   payment   processors  

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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Life is a game, Poker is a guide to that game

Saturday, February 06, 2010

Tags: fear   failure   success  

  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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Playing Ace King in Cash Games

Friday, January 22, 2010

Tags: cash   games   Ace   King  

  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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Can you turn a profit playing poker at the micro-limits?

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Tags: micro   limits   morton's   theorem  

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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The Poker Rules, Rule 1 Do not chase away the Fish

Friday, January 08, 2010

Tags: poker   the   tapping   glass   rules  

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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Poker Bankroll Guidelines

Monday, December 07, 2009

Tags: poker   bankroll   Guidelines  

  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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Interview with Adam Junglen

Monday, November 30, 2009

Tags: Adam   Junglen   Interview  

    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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Isildur1 - The Ultimate Calling Station

Friday, November 27, 2009

Tags: poker   calling   stations  

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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Patrik Antonius 1.35 million dollar pot vs Isildur1 - video replay

Sunday, November 22, 2009

Tags: Antonius   isildur1  

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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