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    #985 – 2010 NBC Heads-Up Championship #8 – Take These Broken Wingmen and Learn to Fly, Part II

    03.21.2010 · Posted in Uncategorized

    While sitting next to Joe Reitman as Annie Duke and Andy Bloch battled in the first round of the NBC Heads-Up Championship, I thought I saw Joe’s ex-wife, Shannon Elizabeth, on the far side of the room and pointed her out. It wasn’t inconceivable that Shannon Elizabeth would be here. Shannon, who made the semifinals of ...

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    #984 – 2010 NBC Heads-Up Championship #7 – Take These Broken Wingmen and Learn to Fly, Part I

    03.19.2010 · Posted in Uncategorized

    [The issue of the Blog spacing have been fixed, and you'll be pleased to know I have a healthy backlog of high-quality posts. Therefore, I continue with my coverage of the NBC Heads-Up Championship.] There is an old expression that goes, “Where you stand depends on where you sit.” I never knew what this meant but ...

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    clubwpt – leron washington

    03.18.2010 · Posted in Uncategorized

    Leron Washington, who qualified for this tournament on ClubWPT.com, wins the WPT Celebrity Invitational, earning $100,000, a watch, a WPT bracelet, and a Commerce trophy. As part of that prize, he has entry into the $25,000 WPT World Championship at Bellagio in April. Congratulations to Leron Washington! 1st: Leron Washington – $100,000 2nd: Sean Urban ...

    The Hendon Mob

    03.17.2010 · Posted in Uncategorized

    Back in the early nineties brothers Ross and Barny Boatman played in a home game in Ross’s flat which was underneath Barny’s flat in Archway, North London. When that game broke up they started frequenting Joe Beevers’ game in nearby Hendon, befriending Joe, and the game’s other regular player, Ram Vaswani. ….There’s more in depth ...

    $435,000 slots winner

    03.15.2010 · Posted in Uncategorized

    Super Slots had a BIG winner in the month of October! Big, big congrats to Marjorie T from Arizona who literally hit Pay Dirt! Playing 3 coins she hit the progressive jackpot and collected a cool $435,000 - from one spin!!! Here's what Marjorie had to say about her remarkable good fortune: "Today will be ...

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    basic blackjack strategy

    02.01.2010 · Posted in Uncategorized

    Here is how to play basic strategy when there are more than two cards involved written out in plain English. How to Play Hard Hands: -A hard hand is two starting cards that do not contain an ace. If you have eight or less, always hit. If you have Nine: Double if the dealer has ...

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    Play To Win At SuperSlots Casino

    01.31.2010 · Posted in Uncategorized

    No matter what slot games you love, you'll find your favorite way to spin and win at SuperSlots Casino. Choose from exclusive bonus slots, fabulous 5-reels and heart-pounding Progressives that feature the most massive jackpots available online. ...

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    Do You Need to Play Hold’em?

    01.18.2010 · Posted in Uncategorized

    There is a huge rush these days with nearly all poker players to play nothing but hold’em. One might say that this is where the action is and they would be right. But yet for many players and especially those who only play single tables then playing hold’em may not be the optimal choice. ...

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    Poker Insider – Switching to Omaha

    09.08.2009 · Posted in Uncategorized

    Over the past few months, the number of players who have either switched to playing Pot Limit Omaha or are trying the game out has increased significantly. In fact many professionals are switching to PLO as much of the value is drying up in hold ‘em. ...

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    Winning a large MTT poker tournament

    08.13.2009 · Posted in Uncategorized

    These days, poker tournaments are getting larger and larger. There are satellites and super satellites and other events that allow you to qualify without even spending any money. What this means of course is that it is very common now for poker tournaments to have very large fields and events with 1000 players or more ...

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    Pro Omaha Tips – Blockers

    07.20.2009 · Posted in Uncategorized

    Blockers are cards you hold that would be outs for your opponents. For an extreme example, say you were playing JT98, all spades, and the flop came 876 with two spades. If you’re all-in against someone with the nut flush draw (Asxs), you hold four of their outs. In fact, you have five because ...

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    Hand History Analysis – Deep Stack 1/2 PLO

    06.30.2009 · Posted in Uncategorized

    Preflop: AA96. Assume that all relevant players have $400 in their stack. Any hand with AA is strong enough to play preflop, but this is a fairly weak one. With a hand like this you don’t want to put in too much action unless you can get the majority of your (or your opponent’s) stack all-in ...

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    Tips from the Pros: Playing a Short Stack in PLO

    06.22.2009 · Posted in Uncategorized

    The differences in Pot Limit Omaha (PLO) strategy between playing short-stacked and deep-stacked are so great that it’s almost like they’re two completely different games. When you’re deep-stacked it’s all about setting up major pots with huge hands, like the nuts with redraws or monster wrap straight draws. You have to think ahead a ...

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    Playing Two Pair in Pot-Limit Omaha

    05.26.2009 · Posted in Uncategorized

    Two pair is one of the toughest hands to play in pot-limit Omaha. It’s right on the borderline of being crappy enough to fold and good enough to risk a bet with. How you should play two pair on the flop depends on a bunch of factors: previous action, the number of players in the ...

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    The Wrap Straight Draw

    04.16.2009 · Posted in Uncategorized

    What makes Omaha such a great action game is the balance between draws and made hands. In Hold’em or Stud, a great draw is usually just 8 or 9 outs, which means the made hand is almost always at a big advantage. Not so in Omaha, where it’s easy to have multiple draws because of ...

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    Omaha Hi-Lo – Drawing to Half the Pot

    04.14.2009 · Posted in Uncategorized

    Omaha Hi-Lo: Drawing to Half the Pot In my Introduction to Split Pot Games and Omaha Hi-Lo Starting Hand Guide, I really try to emphasize the importance of choosing hands that have the potential to win the entire pot, not just half. In split pot games, pots are often quite large, because having a ...

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    Hand History Analysis – Omaha Hi-Lo

    04.13.2009 · Posted in Uncategorized

    Hand History Analysis — 2/4 Omaha Hi-Lo This hand is typical of some of the decisions that are common at lower stakes Omaha Hi-Lo games. Pots are often multi-way, and get lots of action. This is taken from a 10 handed, $2/$4 Omaha Hi-Lo game. Preflop: A25K. You are in early position playing ...

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    Heads Up Play at the End of a Tournament

    03.12.2009 · Posted in Uncategorized

    Heads Up Play at the End of a Tournament If you’ve been lucky or skilled enough to be one of the last two players in a tournament, you have to make some very major poker strategy adjustments. Playing heads up is almost an entirely different game. ...

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    Bluffing Opportunities in Omaha Hi-Lo

    03.09.2009 · Posted in Uncategorized

    Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better is not really much of a bluffing game. There are two major reasons: first, with four cards in a hand, players can easily find an excuse to call before the flop, and second, it’s not hard to make a decent hand when you can pick and choose ...

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    The Importance of Re-draws in Omaha

    03.05.2009 · Posted in Uncategorized

    Everything you read about Omaha Hi-Lo should be rooted in two basic points. The first is the importance of having a two-way hand, having a possibility of sweeping the entire pot. The second point is the importance of having the nuts or a draw to the nuts. ...

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    Pot Limit Omaha Hand History Analysis

    03.03.2009 · Posted in Uncategorized

    The game is 6-handed $200 buy-in Pot Limit Omaha, with blinds of $1 and $2. Your stack is $300. Preflop: You have KK75 in early position. Some aggressive players will enter the pot in early position for a raise with this hand, but unless the game was tight and I thought I ...

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    Counting Cards in Seven Card Stud

    02.27.2009 · Posted in Uncategorized

    Many non-poker players tend to confuse with poker with blackjack. Many times I’ve had people ask me if you have to be really good at counting cards to play poker. As primarily a Hold’em (and Omaha) player, it’s a funny question. However, in any type of stud game, counting cards is actually very important. In ...

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    When Good Gambles Are Really Bad Gambles

    02.20.2009 · Posted in Uncategorized

    Are there ever situations where a good bet should not be made? First we’ll define a good bet: any wager with positive expected value (EV). Expected value is the average return on a bet. Let’s take a bet on the flip of a coin as an example. You and I bet $1, I call heads ...

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    Hand Analysis – 20 40 Limit Hold’em

    02.19.2009 · Posted in Uncategorized

    In the articles in this hand analysis section of the poker school, I walk you through my thought processes as I play a hand. Although you may disagree with individual decisions (and be right!), my hope is that you’ll learn something new from the way I think about a hand, especially how I try to ...

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    How to Play 7 Card Stud

    02.18.2009 · Posted in Uncategorized

    7 Card Stud, sometimes referred to as just Stud, was quite likely the most well known and widely played variety of poker in the world until it was overtaken by Texas Hold’em. Stud is different from Texas Hold’em and Omaha in a several ways. Primarily, Stud is not a community card game. Each player is ...

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    7 Card Stud Hi-Lo Starting Hand Guide

    01.29.2009 · Posted in Uncategorized

    7 Card Stud Hi-Lo is one of the most entertaining poker games around. A classic in most home games, it figures to become more popular online as well. As with all split-pot games, the prospect of two winners leads to a lot of action and a lot of bad and crazy play. ...

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    Pot Limit Omaha $1/$2 Hand Analysis

    01.14.2009 · Posted in Uncategorized

    Preflop: You’re playing $1/$2 Pot Limit Omaha. The game is 6-handed and your stack is $200. You’re in early position, with AJJ10. A strong hand. You can either call or raise. I don’t like to raise preflop in early position too much, because positional advantage is extremely important in Pot Limit Omaha. Let’s say ...

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    Hand Ranges in a Game of Poker

    12.18.2008 · Posted in Uncategorized

    Putting an opponent on a hand is one of the most important skills in any poker game. However, many players, especially beginners, have the wrong idea about what “putting a player on a hand” means. These players think it means picking a single hand that you think your opponent has and playing ...

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    Winning Your First Poker Tournament

    11.26.2008 · Posted in Uncategorized

    Winning a tournament with hundreds or thousands of other participants can seem like a daunting task. Here are some quick tips on making your next multi-table tournament a success. Early on: If you don’t go crazy early on, you should be able to pick up a pot here or there to survive. 1. ...

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    Ring Games vs Tournaments

    11.25.2008 · Posted in Uncategorized

    The best tournament players are not always the best ring-game players, and vice-versa - but why would that be the case? Why would one player be a superb ring-game player, but totally suck at tourneys? The likely reason is that they play both games the same way. ...

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