Becoming a Winning Poker Player
Yesterday I talked about the importance of not spewing chips and today I wanted to explore the opposite side of that equation in terms of how to make your opponents put more chips into…
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More About Why PokerNews is Mad
This comes from the Poker Network site where rmh123 has the following to say : The facts! I have just spoken to Tony G who is currently in Russia and not happy! Tony told me that he paid…
Read the articlePokerNews Gets Their Panties All in a Bunch
The other day I posted about how the WSOP is beginning to bore me and today I would like to take a look at something I consider to be a black mark on the both the industry and the event.…
Read the articleHow Small Poker Mistakes Add Up to Big Losses
One of the things that prevents many people from moving up limits in poker is a failure to realize how costly seemingly small mistakes are. I thought I would try to demonstrate what a…
Read the articleCan Bots Be The Path To Legalized Online Poker?
Many major news outlets missed this as I'm sure they're busy reporting on the WSOP at the moment but the University of Alberta AI program Polaris beat a group of live poker players for…
Read the articleSpain / Germany and the Euro 2008
Tonight I was able to witness something you only can only appreciate as an expat living abroad. I watched Spain play Germany in the Euro 2008 football (Americans can read that as soccer)…
Read the articleUltimate Bet Comes Clean . . . . Sorta
Ultimate Bet issued a press release detailing the results of their investigation of the suspected NioNio superuser account. If you were not aware of the cheating scandal over at UB you…
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I ran across a funny little post that Miss Beth put together at College Poker Tips describing a very complex EV calculation in playing home poker games. Many people think that if they…
Read the articleLots of Random Tidbits From My Bangkok Trip
I spent the last two weeks in Bangkok. My friend Phil from Australia was getting married and had invited me to attend. The Wedding In Thai weddings the groom is usually expected to pick…
Read the articleEverybody's a Winner
I was riding the BTS to Siam station and when I got off the train I had a gaggle of Westerners in front of me. There were three girls and a guy and they sounded US to me. In fact, it's…
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