Archive for December, 2006

Noted Poker Authority T-Shirts

Sometimes people ask me why I called my site Noted Poker Authority. It’s a name my friend Dave Fromm bestowed upon me shortly before my first book came out. The name stuck, and people on 2+2 called me NPA for months. Unfortunately, I think Dave was joking.
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Q&A #31: More Waiting for the Turn in a Big Pot

T.J. asks,

It is an AA overpair hand in a 6-way capped flop, reasonably similar to your KK example in SSHE. (Original hand post can be found here.)
PokerStars 1/2 Hold’em (10 Q&A #31: More Waiting for the Turn in a Big Pot|105|3.95|USD|| handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: 2+2 Forums)
Preflop: Hero is [...]

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Q&A #30: When You Can’t Post the Entire Big Blind

Steve asks,
Hi, can you help us with a procedural question?
We got down to the last 2 players and the big blind was short stacked and did not have enough to make the big blind of 200. What do you do?
A quickie. The big blind posts all their chips. The …Login/Register for more.

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Questions Thread #8

It’s about time for a new questions thread. Send me some hands to analyze. Critical hand analysis is the single best way to get better at poker. So let’s do some more of that here. …Login/Register for more.

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Q&A #29: My Favorite Poker Resources

Alex asks,
I’m not sure if this has been asked, but I was curious if you could share with us your favorite books, blogs, magazines, websites, etc. about poker. I’ve read through quite a library of books (all three of yours included), Q&A #29: My Favorite Poker Resources|102|3.95|USD|| but was looking for something [...]

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Q&A #28: How Do They Do It?

Ryan,
I just finished watching MATTKUPE win yet another tourney on Absolute Poker. I also notice that there are several players that “almost” always make the final table in the tourneys they play in virtually everyday. MATTKUPE makes the final table in “almost” every tourney he enters including winning the 100k Q&A #28: How Do They [...]

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Ed Recommends: Winning Secrets of Poker

About a year ago, someone contacted me and asked me to do an interview for a book he was writing. I said sure, and a couple of days later, we spent an hour gabbing about poker. Unlike many interviewers, this man’s questions were insightful and betrayed a solid knowledge of …Login/Register for more.

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Q&A #27: The Squeeze Play

uDevil asks,
I’m not much of a NL player, but I’ve been watching some of the stoxpoker NL videos. He likes to make a play he calls a “squeeze”. Harrington discussed this play in his books: he will sometimes Q&A #27: The Squeeze Play|96|3.95|USD|| raise with a marginal hand after one or more people [...]

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Q&A #26: When to Drop the Hammer with a Flopped Set

j22jblue asks,
Love the site! I’m a big fan of your work and I am eagerly anticipating your new release, Small Stakes No-Limit Hold’em. I was hoping you might peruse a hand of mine that I played from the Sunday Million event on Party Q&A #26: When to Drop the Hammer with a Flopped Set|94|3.95|USD|| [...]

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Updated Look

I decided that I didn’t like the old look for the blog, so I spent my blogging time today whipping up a new one. I hope you like it better. I did the theme up pretty fast, so there could easily be bugs. If you see anything that looks bugged …Login/Register for more.

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