March 2007 - Posts
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Click here for the poker discussion thread regarding this article. In March of 2006, I'd been playing poker online for a couple years and had not yet achieved much success. A friend of mine, who'd really gotten over the hump, made me a deal and...
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One day last month I was able to have a conversation with two of the top online poker players as ranked by P5s. We spent a lot of time talking and, in between arguments over the best gelato in Rome and how long it takes to walk from Paradise Island to...
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This article was written by Andrew Wiggins, AKA "Muddywater." Over the past few years, many online poker players have enjoyed the luxury of playing poker for fun while making money at the same time. However, with the ever changing landscape...
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Half my lifetime ago, I took two ethics classes in college. I’ve had several refresher courses on the topic as it relates to my career. In my work as a Test and Quality Assurance engineer, I’m faced with decisions of an ethical nature every day. If I...
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You’ve made it heads-up in a freeroll for a million dollars; second place gets nothing. You’re even in chips with your opponent, and from the way he’s been playing, you can’t figure out how to beat his game. You limp in holding two hearts, and two more...
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This article was inspired by a post made by THE__D__RY about the optimal number of rebuys a player should make in the $100 rebuy. Even though I am very analytical, I do not have the data or the time to try and derive the optimal mathematical solution...
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You are at the final two tables of a big online tournament, the best result you’ve had in the months of a long drought. The blinds are 4000/8000 with an 800 ante, and you have 240,000 in your above-average stack. You are in the big blind with A Q . The...
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After 9 hours of playing the Sunday Million, it’s down to the final table bubble. You have an average stack and are playing hand for hand with 5 players at each table. Your table had been fairly aggressive in the previous hour, but play has tightened...
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When I was a small boy in Brooklyn, there were more than a few times that my Grandfather would take care of me. Officially he had a lousy government job that he retired from with full benefits at age 50, but that’s not what he really did. He really did...
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Poker is similar to a ladder that everyone is trying to climb at all times. It is rare that someone sees a rung on the ladder and just decides to hang out there for a while. There are some levels that are real sticky though; 5-10 to 10-20 NL is one. It...
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