Acting at the Poker Table
Everyone knows that poker players are actors. All of us, even the newest fish in the pond, knows that it’s important not to give away our hands by looking pleased with good...
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No Limits on Limit Hold’em
Way back in poker’s dark ages (the years prior to 2003, before Chris Moneymaker won the World Series of Poker’s main event after gaining entry via a $40 online satellite) no-limit hold’em...
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Young Guns of Tournament Poker
“The Kids Are Alright” or “Teenage Wasteland”? In 1989, Phil Hellmuth set the record for the youngest winner of the World Series of Poker Main Event at the age of twenty-four. His...
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Poker and Luck
The debate over whether poker is a game of luck or skill has raged on for what seems like forever. The premise that poker is a game of skill is the central...
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Managing the Fall (The Greatest Loser)
If you're falling, dive - Joseph Campbell. We've all been through it at one time or another. The endless parade of garbage cards, punctuated by a few promising hands that never hold...
Masterclass: Dan Harrington’s Squeeze Play
Situation: 2004 World Series of Poker Final Table Stacks : Greg Raymer 7,920,000Josh Arieh 3,890,000Matt Dean 3,435,000David Williams 3,250,000Glenn Hughes 2,375,000Dan Harrington 2,320,000Al Kruk 2,175,000 This often discussed hand from the 2004...
Quitters Never Win (and Winners Never Quit)
We poker players tend to want to present poker as a sport more than as a game. We point out how much skill is a factor – and how little luck plays...
Poker Protection
In order to practice safe poker one needs to use protection just like so many other things in life. Sorry, I couldn’t resist. OK, let’s focus - I am talking about protecting...
Ruling! #12 – Asleep at the Table
The Scenario A player falls asleep at the table due to his medication and is unable to be awoken. He is in the big blind and there has been no raise pre-flop....
Figuring Implied Odds
Everyone talks about implied odds as though it’s some sort of ubersophisticated poker concept that only poker’s in-group is aware of, but in truth it’s a simple idea to understand and just...
Poker Rx – Fixing Your Poker Game
I’m entitling this series of articles, Poker Rx. For those of you not familiar with the symbol Rx, it currently is used to mean medicine, derived from the Latin word for “recipe”...
Crossing the Line in Poker
Poker strategies continue to evolve but at a faster rate than they did back in the day. I believe that is simply the result of many more minds, based upon its ever...
Ruling! #11 – Verbally Binding
The Scenario During a hand Player A announces “all-in” and moves his stack forward. Player B then repeats this and says "all-in" in a quiet puzzled tone as he considers why he's...
The Front-Loaded Nature of Texas Hold’em
Unlike many other forms of poker, Texas hold’em is a front-loaded game. That front-loaded structure has a significant impact on playing strategy, although this is a subject that many players don’t spend...
