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May 2009 - Posts

  • The Ante Effect


    Here’s the secret hidden in plain sight: there’s more money in the pot when antes kick in; obvious, right? But the key to the treasure chest is in the ante to small blind ratio; it is crucial in tournament poker. In general you will see blind-to-ante...
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    Posted May 27 2009, 05:12 PM by dgillis with 2 Comments
  • Adjusting to Micro Stakes Online Poker Games


    I’m sitting at a $2.25 18 Man sit and go on Full Tilt Poker . It’s the first hand. UTG calls for 20, UTG + 1 calls for 20, a player in mid-position calls as does the cut off. The small blind raises and makes it 140. UTG folds, all other limpers call....
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    Posted May 19 2009, 11:42 AM by thearthurdog with 22 Comments
  • Gank's Guide to Las Vegas: WSOP Edition


    Every year, right around this time, an energy starts to take over the poker World, as thousands of players travel millions of miles to take part in poker's biggest festival, the World Series of Poker . As people start to trickle in, it doesn't...
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    Posted May 17 2009, 07:28 AM by gank with 18 Comments
  • The Myth of Un-Bluffability


    In a recent thread about a hand from a $10 tournament, a fellow PocketFiver chastised me for suggesting the best play for the particular situation was to bluff-raise pre-flop from the big blind. His specific response was, “Dunno why graps thinks people...
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    Posted May 15 2009, 08:34 PM by grapsfan with 11 Comments
  • WSOP '09 Predictions by Bond18


    It’s that time of year again! As the World Series of Poker fast approaches, people have many questions and predictions, and after spending some time in Vegas I thought I’d drop in to offer a few of my own. 1. Field sizes will be down, but only very slightly...
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    Posted May 09 2009, 02:21 PM by Bond18 with 14 Comments
  • WSOP Experience: The Competitive Attitude of a Winner


    A couple of memorable moments of the 2008 World Series of Poker came while playing the $2,000 Pot Limit Hold'em Event #8. This was my first time playing pot limit in a live tournament; notable pros at the table included Roy Winston and Chad Brown...
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    Posted May 05 2009, 08:53 AM by The Maven with 29 Comments

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