May 15, 2009

Huge prize pool tournaments on FullTilt

FullTiltPoker has announced the start date for their $25k Heads-up Championship.  Starting May 23rd, the fun will begin when many top pros, known and unknown, will duke it out for first prize.  Any player can participate in this event.  Now many people may not have the $25k to put up for their buy-in, but satellites ...
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March 31, 2009

Learn From The Best

During the Full Tilt Poker commercials that you always see on television you always hear the quote “Learn From The Pros” right at the end of every commercial and well when they said that they basically were just telling you to come and play at Full Tilt Poker and learn on your own just from ...
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May 26, 2008

Trust Your Instincts

I was playing in a low stakes Full Tilt Poker sit and go the other day when I got myself into a situation when my poker strategy instincts were telling me that I was beat.  However, I ignored my instincts and proceeded to get myself into trouble, losing most of my stack and getting eliminated ...
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August 28, 2007

No Point Rule #2

I’ve written about the no-point rule before, showing how it can be successfully applied in situations where there is a high danger of losing a lot of chips even though the player may have the best hand. Recently, I encountered a situation in which a player pushed her chips in when it would have been ...
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August 05, 2007

Victim of Circumstances – A Closer Look at a $5/$10 No Limit Holdem Hand

I don’t usually write about my experiences playing poker anymore, mostly because I don’t question my plays as often as I used to. However, just the other night I was playing $5/$10 at the Bellagio and a unique hand came up.
My Hand: Kh 10h
In this particular hand, there were 8 players and I was ...
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April 21, 2006

Manipulating the Dynamics of the Table

When sitting down at a new table, whether it be a ring game or a tournament, you should always pay attention to the dynamics of the table. Knowing whether a table is loose, tight, tight-aggressive, et cetera, can mean the difference between winning or losing the session.
There will be individual players who break out of ...
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April 14, 2006

Inducing an Opponent to Bluff in Poker

Earlier I wrote an article about representing a bluff in poker. The article basically said how to make your hand appear as its a bluff to get extra value out of your solid hand. This article is different in that it teaches you how to get your opponent to bluff at the pot in order ...
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April 02, 2006

Representing a Bluff

“Okay, now pay up Dean. I don’t know why you would call that much with bottom pair anyhow!”
All of us were laughing at him. Dean had made a big mistake, he called $300 in a $200 pot with just a pocket pair of twos on the river. It looked obvious to everybody that I either ...
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