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It’s another brief post as I’m spending most of my time these days getting over a nasty cold (ugh) and editing the book (not the most fun, but doesn’t really merit an ugh). The last time I played live I called a bet on the river with just ten-high. Here’s what …Login/Register for more.

As long as I’ve been writing about poker, I have heard two questions asked again and again. First, is pocket aces really the best hand? Or are some other hands better? And second, should you limp into the pot sometimes, or should you always raise? I’d like to put these Pocket Aces And Limping In|773|3.95|USD|| [...]

The New Book Today marks an important internal deadline for our new small stakes no-limit hold’em book. It’s the day that we’re completely finished writing. Now we just need to edit (though we’ve done a fair amount of that already), proofread, and typeset/lay it out. I’m not completely sure how long A Few Loosely Connected [...]

One of the most disappointing events in any no-limit game is getting stacked. With the monetary loss often also comes a sense of embarrassment and self-doubt. “Did I do it wrong? Should I have approached the hand completely differently?” Every decision gets scrutinized. I want to talk about a hand submitted On Getting Stacked|765|3.95|USD|| to [...]