Ashley Adams

Ashley Adams lives in Boston, Massachusetts and has been playing poker for decades. He is the author of two poker books and his specialty is 7-card stud and no-limit hold'em.

Nice at it is to begin your poker session with a rush, there are risks involved. Inexperienced and moderately experienced players can be thrown by the early win in a way that …
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I go to Las Vegas every year to participate in the World Series of Poker. I find even the thin possibility of winning a World Series of Poker bracelet to be a …
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We all know the obvious risk of losing at poker. The risk is you lose your money and go broke. Big revelation. Some insightful poker theorist I am. But there’s more – …
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Being students of poker, rather than just gamblers, we know that it’s all about the long run. And so many of us focus on the skills it takes to improve our bottom …
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Friends, relatives and fellow poker players have sometimes marveled at how it is that I have retained domestic tranquility even while spending so much time away from home playing poker. “Doesn’t your …
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The poker game of choice these days is surely no limit hold’em. Many people playing today know no other form of the game. For them, poker is hold’em. That being said, there …
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I like to travel and I like to play poker. I’ve found a great way of combining the two – by going on a poker vacation. In my previous article I listed …
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Talk to a friend or acquaintance who doesn’t play poker. Ask him about what he thinks are the two or three most important things to learn about the game of poker. I …
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Why did I take up poker at the age of 64? And how did I go about learning? Ashley Adams, the noted poker author, recently asked me those questions. So here’s my …
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In my last article I addressed the first three of the six pieces of conventional poker wisdom that I have found exception to. In this article I’ll deal with the remaining three Read more