May 2009 - Posts
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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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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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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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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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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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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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