Ed’s Spring Poker Thoughts

Here are some quick thoughts for this warm Spring morning.

There’s a lot of money to be made on the river in the $1-$2 6-max no-limit games on Full Tilt. A lot of the regulars miss value bets a lot, and they fold too many hands to overbet shoves even if …Login/Register for more.

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The Squeeze Play

The squeeze play has a bit of a daring and clever feel to it. It’s a bluff (or semi-bluff) perpetrated against not one, but several opponents. Someone bets, one or more players call, then you raise. When it works, you feel like a champ, and you rake a big pot. The Squeeze Play|428|3.95|USD|| [...]

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IRS Increases Withholding Requirements for Poker Tournaments

According to an IRS Bulletin, beginning March 4, 2008 the IRS will require tournament directors to withhold taxes from poker tournament winners who win in excess of $5,000. It requires this withholding at the third-lowest tax rate which is …Login/Register for more.

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Poker Cheating, Angle Shooting, and Incompetence

Cheating, angle shooting, and incompetence now and forever will be part of poker. (Don’t worry, this article won’t be a total downer. ) Recently some of my thoughts on the subjects have crystallized thanks to Terrance Chan’s saga at the Playboy Mansion. I don’t intend to “pile on,” Poker Cheating, Angle Shooting, and [...]

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Ed Recommends: Winning in Tough Hold ‘em Games

“Those who can’t, teach.” As someone who used to play poker fulltime and now spends more time teaching it, I hear that a lot. Frankly, I think it’s bullshit. People ask me frequently why I spend more time writing about poker now than I do playing it. It’s because teaching …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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Donkeys Always Draw

Five years ago, donkeys didn’t play poker. Times have changed. Now they’re everywhere. Buy in to a $200NL 6-max game. Donkeys. Sit down for a relaxing Turbo Steps Ultra Sit-N-Go Super Mega satellite before bedtime. Donkeys. Thought no one still plays stud? Donkeys do.
They’re even at the World Series. There Donkeys Always Draw|37|3.95|USD|| [...]

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