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Defending Blinds Doesn’t Mean A Blind Defense
Regardless of how tight a player you are, in poker you are forced to put money in the middle twice every orbit (if we’re talking about community card games, but there are compulsory bets in each and every poker variant regardless of its exact rules). It is ther...
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Bleak House: The State Of Online Poker Today
There is no denying the fact that online poker in general has seen quite a bit of a downturn and that its problems started with the 2006 UIGEA, signed into law by then-President George W. Bush. There probably are online poker operators who will tell you that they’r...
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It’s not easy to find good online poker bot software. Let’s face it. Poker rooms aren’t thrilled with the idea of players setting up their bots to automate their turn at the table and watch over time as their cash starts to stack up! And wh...
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Omaha Poker is a Challenging Game
If you’re used to playing Texas Hold’em and have tried playing Omaha or Omaha High Low, you’ve found that you’ve had to adjust your thinking. Although Omaha is sometimes called Omaha Hold’em due to the fact that as in Texas Hold’em you are given hole card...
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Interview With Poker Calculator Creator & CEO (& How To Get Your Free Poker Calculator!)
23 x 12 = 276. How did I know the answer to that? I just popped it into my handy calculator and –POOF- out came the answer. Now imagine being able to so the same thing but for your pocket cards in your next Texas Hold’em game? I recently got a hold of an am...
Review: You Only KNOW Poker When You Can QUOTE It! Fun Poker Quotes Book
You learn the game. You play the game. You play the game online. You watch it on television. You may even read instructional books or pro player biographies. But have you ever imagined being able to quote poker? Or ...
Defending Blinds Doesn’t Mean A Blind Defense
Regardless of how tight a player you are, in poker you are forced to put money in the middle twice every orbit (if we’re talking about community card games, but there are compulsory bets in each and every poker variant re...
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What To Do After A Big Win
You would not think that winning a poker tournament or having a series of substantial wins at the cash game tables could have a negative effect on your game and psyche but often winning big can be worse for a poker player than ...
Playing Poker In Europe
When the United States passed the UIGEA, limiting the ability of Americans to play online poker, some feared that the poker boom would go bust. However, fortunately for video poker online, tons of European players poured in to ...
Want To Win A Shoot Out? DON’T Play Poker!
I’ve been playing some multi-stage Texas Hold’em shoot-out poker tournaments lately. More importantly, I’ve been winning many of them! It occurred to me that the reason I was doing so well at these tournaments was that I ...
Omaha Poker is a Challenging Game
If you’re used to playing Texas Hold’em and have tried playing Omaha or Omaha High Low, you’ve found that you’ve had to adjust your thinking. Although Omaha is sometimes called Omaha Hold’em due to the fact that as in...
