“Nice call, donkey.” Ever hear the winning player say that? No. It’s the blame game. He lost the pot, and now he’s looking for someone to blame.
Even though many of us do it, obviously it’s silly to blame all the “donkeys” at the table for your bad session. Though bad Q&A #88: Blame Others, Blame [...]

When I watched this hand play out, it really stuck out like a sore thumb to me. As I watched the hand, I kept expecting the button to play a certain way, and the button didn’t. Since the button was a decent player, it surprised me at first. But Hand Discussion #8: My Thoughts|311|3.95|USD|| [...]

I observed the following hand recently in a live $2-$5 game. Our hero for this hand is one of the better players in the game, though his hand reading is a little cloudy. The main nemesis is relatively tight and straightforward, though not extremely so. The effective stacks are $700.
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I’m this month’s “expert” on InternetTexasHoldem.com’s series “Ask An Expert”. I’ve gotten a lot of great questions over there, and a couple weeks back I posted some links to a few of them.
This morning I answered a question that I wanted to share with you. Da_Big_Fish asked simply, Q&A #81: The 3 Basic Components of [...]

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