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Hand Analysis: Pocket Kings at the Wynn Classic
At the Wynn Poker Classic, 699 players began a $550 buy-in $250,000 guaranteed tournament across three Day 1s. After the Day 1s, the remaining players from each day came...
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Pace of Poker
It's that time of year where most poker players from around the world travel to Las Vegas and get their World Series of Poker grinds on. When most players...
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Grinding and Knowing Yourself
How many times have you gone to play poker when you really didn't feel like it? You know what I mean, those times you feel kind of "meh," but...
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Live Reads and Leveling Ourselves
As most of you know, I have been focusing most of my time playing live poker. Although I miss online poker, there is still plenty of live action and...
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Evaluating Stacks and Position
I have been spending the majority of my time playing live recently and would like to address a couple of things that I keep seeing over and over. This...
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Two Hands from MSPT Downstream
I played these two hands in a $1,100 MSPT event at Downstream Casino near Joplin, Missouri. This is Day 1A and we are playing nine 50-minute levels with a...
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To Chop or Not to Chop?
Let's see if any of these statements sound familiar. "I chopped with you last time!" "If you don't chop, I will never chop with you again!" "Why not chop?...
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Hand Analysis: What's Your Play on the Turn?
It's Saturday evening around 6:00pm and I am playing in a $2/$5 No Limit Hold'em game with no maximum buy-in at the local casino. We are playing nine-handed and...
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Default Poker Fundamentals
In my most recent article, I talked about the effects that Black Friday has had on poker in the U.S. It seems that the level of poker played in...
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Effects of Black Friday
I remember watching poker in 2010 and 2011 and hearing all of the talk about the old school players versus the new school internet players. Some of the differences...