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February 2008 - Posts

  • A Violent Game


    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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    Posted Feb 27 2008, 02:00 PM by Lenny with No Comments
  • P5's OT: Off Topic But On Target


    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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    Posted Feb 22 2008, 11:59 PM by BubbaKGB with No Comments
  • Things it took me a while to learn - Part 13: Ranges (continued)


    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, "Luckychewy...
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    Posted Feb 21 2008, 03:07 AM by Bond18 with No Comments
  • In Praise of Poker Writers


    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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    Posted Feb 20 2008, 01:20 AM by Lenny with 1 Comments
  • The Bustout Hands: Part 1


    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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    Posted Feb 15 2008, 12:22 PM by kice32 with No Comments
  • Things it took me a while to learn - Part 13: Ranges


    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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    Posted Feb 13 2008, 12:57 AM by Bond18 with No Comments
  • Time to Bag the LAG?


    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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    Posted Feb 11 2008, 02:51 PM by Lenny with No Comments

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Mark 'Dipthrong' Herm, who won the Full Tilt $750k and Bodog $100k last week is our headline guest on this week's show.  P5s Live reporter and WSOP Media Event winner Brett 'bertminatti' Collson  joins us as well as we get back to poker talk on the P5s Podcast.

P5s Podcast, Jul 17, 2008
Thur, 17 Jul 2008 12:00:00 EST
Scott 'SCTrojans' Freeman is back on the show this week.  WSOP Media Director and Poker Author Nolan Dalla is our second guest.

P5s Podcast, Jul 10, 2008
Thur, 10 Jul 2008 12:00:00 EST
 
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