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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
For those of you who are fans of Phil Hellmuth, aka Poker Brat, aka Mr. Eleven Bracelets, aka The Greatest No-Limit Hold’Em Tournament Player Of All Time™, you’ll notice that he tends...
