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	<description>Stop Playing Poker... Start Living It!</description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:29:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Adhering towards Self-Discipline in Poker Approaches</title>
		<link>http://www.smokepoker.com/blog/adhering-towards-self-discipline-in-poker-approaches.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2007 17:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sasha</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Poker</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many simply want to take on the task of making the best possible moves in poker play but unknown to them, it does not always follow that they have to be played all the time. Patience is a virtue as they say, and this is very much applicable to poker as well. A person has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Never Bet More than You Can Spend</title>
		<link>http://www.smokepoker.com/blog/never-bet-more-than-you-can-spend.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2007 07:49:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sasha</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Control of wagers is the easiest way to summarize what most poker players should instill within themselves, especially when they reach a point to which they get that unlikely feeling of wanting to win it all. This usually occurs when a person would lose some amount all from constant losing on dealt hands. While there [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Playing Down to the Last Chip</title>
		<link>http://www.smokepoker.com/blog/playing-down-to-the-last-chip.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2007 16:36:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sasha</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[For addicted poker players, playing the game to its max would be their signal to stop playing. However, for more sane players, knowing when to stop has been a trademark to which they notice their losing run and acknowledge the time to quit while they are ahead. Of the two, addicted poker players would most [...]]]></description>
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		<title>All about Poker Chips</title>
		<link>http://www.smokepoker.com/blog/all-about-poker-chips.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Sep 2006 02:01:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sasha</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Poker</category>
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	<category>Poker Tournaments</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the last post, we talked about how you can start your own home game.  One of the requisites of doing this however, is having the right equipment and what is the most vital piece of equipment for poker?  Chips, poker chips that is.
For the uninitiated, once you’ve seen poker chips (even on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Poker Developed Over the Ages</title>
		<link>http://www.smokepoker.com/blog/how-poker-developed-over-the-ages.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Aug 2006 11:35:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sasha</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Historians can’t quite agree how the game of poker emerged. They think the name of the game may have originated from the French word “poque”, a variation of the German “pochen” or “to knock” or “to brag”. This may refer to how bluffing is an integral part of the game—you pretend to have great cards, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Johnny Chan: Living the American Poker Dream</title>
		<link>http://www.smokepoker.com/blog/johnny-chan-living-the-american-poker-dream.php</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Jul 2006 23:34:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sasha</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Johnny Chan is one of the greatest poker players of all time. He has 10 World Series of Poker bracelets, and became world champion twice. And look at how much the man’s won—over four million dollars from career tournament earnings, not counting what he’s earned from cash game winnings. He’s always at the famous Bellagio’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Andy Bloch: a Poker Millionaire</title>
		<link>http://www.smokepoker.com/blog/andy-bloch-a-poker-millionaire.php</link>
		<comments>http://www.smokepoker.com/blog/andy-bloch-a-poker-millionaire.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Jul 2006 18:33:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sasha</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[When Andy Bloch first started playing poker in 1992, he was a law student looking for a way of relaxing between midterms. Then he started getting serious about it, joining small weekly tournaments about once a month (paying an entrance fee of $35, which he saw as an “investment”). As Bloch’s skills grew, so did [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Poker Alice: The First Great Female Poker Player</title>
		<link>http://www.smokepoker.com/blog/poker-alice-the-first-great-female-poker-player.php</link>
		<comments>http://www.smokepoker.com/blog/poker-alice-the-first-great-female-poker-player.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jul 2006 00:20:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sasha</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Poker was a popular pastime in the days of the Wild West, and Hollywood pays homage to this sport in many films that either revolve around poker or feature it in one of its scenes. What Hollywood doesn’t tell you is that not all the poker players were men. Sure, it was a macho society [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Poker Goes to Hollywood (Part 2)</title>
		<link>http://www.smokepoker.com/blog/poker-goes-to-hollywood-part-2.php</link>
		<comments>http://www.smokepoker.com/blog/poker-goes-to-hollywood-part-2.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jul 2006 00:19:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sasha</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Hollywood tends to distort poker with stereotypes and really stupid moves and tricks described by scriptwriters who obviously know nothing about the game. But once in a while, you come across a movie that does a decent job of bringing the excitement of poker to the big screen. Here are a few films to rent, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Poker Goes to Hollywood (Part 1)</title>
		<link>http://www.smokepoker.com/blog/poker-goes-to-hollywood-part-1.php</link>
		<comments>http://www.smokepoker.com/blog/poker-goes-to-hollywood-part-1.php#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Jul 2006 07:02:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sasha</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Many movies incorporate the high-stakes, fast-action world of poker — hoping, perhaps, to spice up their plot and add edgy glamour to their characters. Unfortunately, many of those gambling scenes border on the ridiculous. Think of the downright ludicrous House of Games, the painfully stilted Honeymoon in Vegas, and the kitschy Maverick—all of which can [...]]]></description>
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