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Guide to your First Poker Tournament

Most of my online poker is playing at https://poker.bwin.com/, which is a great up and coming poker room backed up by a large sportsbook (I like feeling safe when I deposit money into a site), but I also enjoy playing in live poker tournaments. My first ever tournament was a scary thing, I did not [...]

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A Hand at No Limit Holdem part two

Also by merely calling down in this way then you are giving your opponent every chance to overtake you if they have a hand like A-Q or K-Q for instance. But the most destructive situation is when you are out flopped and are behind from the get go. Opponents who are aware of this betting [...]

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A Hand at No Limit Holdem part one

This first hand is a hand that was sent to me by one of my students in 2008. I actually began my Project Pokerquest in the spring of 2008 and in this, I attempted to transform novice poker players who play poker online or live into very successful online players and if possible, get them [...]

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Creative Play in Omaha

There is still plenty of room for creative play in short handed Pot Limit Omaha Holdem poker and especially if you know your opponent to be somewhat tricky. It was folded around to me in the cut-off and I open raised with the As-9c-9d-7h. Both blinds called and we had a three way pot. The [...]

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How Good is Tom Dwan?

Just how good is Tom “Durrrr” Dwan at poker? Certainly better than me that’s for sure but I would hazard a guess that many players could stake a claim to be better than me. Durrrr, as he is known, is one of the best poker players in the world today after years of dominating the [...]

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The Concept of learning poker part seven

Much of the so called expert Holdem poker advice actually seems valid on the surface and especially at first glance. But once you start to analyse and examine it then much of it falls short or is nowhere near extensive enough to be worth anything. The big stack myth is one such piece of advice. [...]

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The Concept of learning poker part six

But I have already stated how the phrase “evolution not revolution” is my all time favourite poker saying. Well my second all time favourite poker saying is in relation to deciding what level to play at and that is that you should play at a level that “motivates not intimidates”. These little gems of wisdom [...]

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The Concept of Learning Poker part five

What I am saying of which I have said it several times already and we are only part way through the series is that you must learn to go your own way once you reach a certain point not just in your Texas Hold’em poker career but also in your life. I don’t read poker [...]

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The Concept of Learning Poker part four

One such example for me personally is in the subject of bankrolls. This is an often discussed topic on the forums with many people asking for advice. But the road that I take with regards bankrolls is a road that is designed for me personally that fits my own individual mindset and circumstances. For instance, [...]

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The Concept of Learning Poker part three

Following on from part two and it is imperative as you go through your poker school of learning be it self learning or from a coach or tutor that you understand how important it really is to find your own way in poker. I have mentioned this before and I will probably mention it several [...]

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