February 2008 - Posts
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A buddy I used to play with often had one of the best lines I’ve heard for dealing with the way the cards come out on a given night. “Poker is a violent game,” he would smile as he tossed his 80-20 favorite into the muck after losing a showdown. At the...
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In what kind of place can politics, sex, and religion truly and unabatedly be discussed without tempers flaring, voices being raised and feelings getting hurt? Certainly not at the dinner table, with the in-laws, or in schools – these settings only enhance...
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The first part of this article by "Bond18" can be found here . In the mid to late stages of tournaments, the important part of hand reading often comes down to shoving and reshoving. For this portion of the article, I’ve brought in a guest writer...
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Having dabbled in it myself, I know that writing about poker is not easy. Well, let me rephrase that, writing anything about poker worth reading is not easy. In online publishing, content is king, and here at Pocketfives we pride ourselves on providing...
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Ever wonder what hand has cost you your tournament life the most often? If you haven’t, I certainly have and I went through my hand histories in 140 multi-table tournaments over a period of three months on one site. I would have gone through more, but...
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Unfortunately I’ve been busy lighting money on fire at live poker so I haven’t been able to write for a while. I don’t have much live poker to play for another two months now, so I’ve got some time to do some writing and want to restart the ‘Things it...
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Constant aggression is the mantra of winning poker players these days, and most of us could stand to turn it up a notch. For anyone who tried to learn the game in the early days of the poker boom, the poker literature was much more focused on tight-aggressive...
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