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Are you a different person when you play online?

Are you a different person when you play online?

Playing poker online has several advantages over playing live in a casino. You can play a much wider variety of cash limits, you can get in to a game with virtually no waiting at all 24 hours a day, you can play from the comfort of your couch and, for better or worse, you can [...]

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Pocket 7s at the final table

Recently I was playing in a small buy-in 60 person tournament. As we reached the final table, I went on an extremely good run of cards. I knocked out a few players and had a decent chip stack. The tournament was going to pay out 6 spots and it didn’t take long for us to [...]

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Is poker cheating on the rise?

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It doesn’t matter what you are doing, if there is money involved, people are going to try and cheat the system. Poker is no different and comes in many different forms. Early on you had the old “ace up the sleeve”, dealing from the bottom of the deck and collusion between players. But just live [...]

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Sometimes, it’s just not your night

Last night I found a new level of tilt. It was the first time I’ve tilted in quite a while. I have been working diligently to control my tilt factor at the table. Over the past few months I’ve been able to avoid letting a lucky river card for my opponent cause me to spew [...]

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Poker Strategy: Showing your hole cards

We’ve all done it. You just pulled off a huge bluff and got your opponent to fold the winning hand. But rather than throw your cards in to the muck you turn your hand over and show the table your moxie. You feel like the king of the world. But have you thought of how [...]

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