Archive for January, 2009

Truly Free Poker Training

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Playing Deceptively – Part 3: Adding Deception To Your Game

In Understanding Deception: Part 2, I introduced the concept of reading your own hand and using that process to identify situations where you tend to play too straightforwardly. In this installment I wanted to offer a few specific examples of how to add deception to your game.
If you’ve Playing Deceptively – Part 3: Adding [...]

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Q&A #122: A Top Pair Facing Pressure On The River

For today’s column I examine a hand played by wahoointexas and posted on the message board. Here’s what wahoo had to say:
Appreciate any advice as to the way this hand was played, and what you think is the correct move on the river is in this situation.
Live 2/5 NL, Q&A #122: A Top Pair Facing [...]

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The River Min-Raise

The river value min-raise is a play I use with some frequency. I most typically try it when I’m heads-up with position on the river, and I have a hand I was planning to bet for value if checked to. But instead of checking, my opponent bets. And, given the The River Min-Raise|741|3.95|USD|| [...]

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Q&A #121: What I Do On Paired Ultra-Dry Flops

Recently there was an interesting discussion on the message board about a hand that karbyn played in a $2-$5 live game. Here’s the intro post:
First hand 2/5 live. There’s about 6 regulars, 3 unknowns, and me. I sit down in Seat #1 with $340 racked from a Q&A #121: What I Do On [...]

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The Short Stackers’ Bread And Butter Play

Quite a few short stackers play in the $2-$4 and higher online 6-max no-limit games. Many of them play a strategy that seems likely to me to be profitable. I think a decent chunk of their profit comes from The Short Stackers’ Bread And Butter Play|730|3.95|USD|| a play that I see them make [...]

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Happy New Year 2009!

Happy New Year. I hope everyone’s year is off to a banging start and that all of my readers will run good today and for all of 2009.
This past week between Christmas and New Year, Sunny and I have been in Vegas working extra hard on the book. The main …Login/Register for more.

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