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In order to host a perfect poker game you will need to invest in a good poker table. The kitchen table was great when you were practicing with the family, but now...

Many of today’s poker pundits abhor the play of marginal hands and place enormous stock in rigid starting hand requirements. Of course the poker playing public, who watch the pros on television,...

In the last forty years, the World Series of Poker has grown from a group of Texas road gamblers voting on the “second-best” player in the world, to an event of over...

Here’s a hit and run story. I was visiting the poker room in the Desert Diamond Casino in Tucson, Arizona. It was a smoky pit at the time – well before the...

(Why a Phil Ivey Win Would Be Good for the Game – and Why a Darvin Moon Win Would Be a Disaster) It’s that time again, poker fans! The hype and hysteria...

Whether a particular poker hand is a good beat or a bad beat is really just a matter of position or more to the point, which end of it you happen to...

Good players need to adjust their play to suit different game conditions. I’d like to focus on one particular type of obstacle that you might face in a typical low limit no limit...

Poker chips, also known as tokens or checks, are commonly used in lieu of cash in even the lowest stakes home games. These small, easy-to-handle discs make the game flow at a...

I wrote my first video poker article on a whim and it focused to Jacks or Better. I then felt that an overview of Double Double Bonus Poker was in order as...

First off, I’d like to thank all the poker forum members that gave me such great feedback on Part I of this piece on micro-limit online poker strategy. In that piece, we...

Daniel Negreanu, aka “Kid Poker,” may be in his mid-thirties now, but compared to some of the legends of poker, his career has lasted one fourth as long. However, his results compare...

I meet a lot of people. Some know me from the poker world. Most do not. Those who don’t play poker usually have one of three questions. “When am I going to...

I have had the opportunity to coach a player or two who aspire to improving their poker performance. Many times I have used “Poker Posers” in the coaching process. Pokerology forum members...

With poker players around the world experiencing shrinking bankrolls, rising travel costs and lower attendance figures at major tournaments, many players are passing on live games and tourneys to ply their trade...

If a player acts faster than me, they are a maniac; If a player acts slower than me they are a bore. There is always that guy that takes too long. Not...

Do you ever get that feeling that you have seen someone before but you just can’t quite put your finger on where you saw that person? Linda Johnson is the kind of...

I have found that, in general, the most profitable games are home games. There’s generally little or no rake, you’re competing generally against players with little skill, and the atmosphere is more...

Almost all of the players in the Pokerology.com Hall of Fame seemingly knew from birth that they were poker players. That is not the case with the newest member of our Hall...

Love your neighbor. Okay… we’ve all heard that well worn aphorism but allow me to add… especially if he is a donkey. I’m sure everyone is aware that berating donkey’s at the...

The Scenario In a cash game a player talked on his phone throughout the night. He would whisper into the phone and pause when he played. I was sitting to his immediate...

Sure, we’ve all been seduced by the glamour, fame and money we see every week in the no-limit hold’em tournaments we see on TV. Championship bracelets, screen time and piles of cash...

The Scenario In a poker tournament where the blinds just went up from 500/1,000 to 1,000/2,000, Player A placed $1,000 into the pot, Player B quickly said, “call” and also placed $1,000...

I have a friend, Andre, who is relatively new to the world of competitive poker. He and I spend many hours online and in person talking about the game. Recently, our conversation...

Playing poker live for the first time can be a nerve racking experience, and also a bit intimidating. The last thing you want to do is upset another player by doing things...

If one looked up the term Poker Nirvana in the PJD or “Poker Junkie Dictionary” I believe it would state that poker nirvana is the invention of the Sit & Go poker...

I travel a lot. Sometimes my trip is to areas of well established public poker rooms. My recent trip to Las Vegas for the World Series of Poker was such a trip....