Two guys, Fred and Shaggy, are hiking in the woods when they come across a bear.  The bear is angry and ready to attack.  So, both men take off at a dead sprint.  Before they can put too much distance between themselves and the bear, Shaggy stops to take off his hiking boots and puts on […]

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For those of you who enjoyed the “Harrington on Hold’em, Expert Strategy For No-Limit Tournaments” series by Dan Harrington and Bill Robertie, I just found out some fantastic news.  I’m probably the last one to discover this, but the two have collaborated again to write a new series of books entitled “How to Play No-Limit […]

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Go to any poker forum with threads discussing home poker tournaments and you’ll be able to read a multitude of opinions regarding the strictness with which rules should be enforced.  If you want to run an effective and fun tournament, use the tried and true method - religiously enforce the rules that are in place […]

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Man, I am not getting to play much live poker.  That’s ashame because I’m on a roll.  Oh, well.  My son and wife come first and we’ve had a lot going on.  I’ll be playing more live poker soon.  Anyway…
Tournament 4 - $60 NLHE Tournament - 3rd Place (16 Players) - $120 Payout
We followed up the tournament […]

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It’s time for the big tournament.  Are you ready?
If you answered, “What’s there to do to get ready?”, you are not working at your optimal level of competence when you sit down to the felt.  Baseball players take practice swings.  Runners stretch their legs.  Poker players should prepare their minds.  As we all know, poker is […]

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I only have time for a quickie today (quickie post, not what you were thinking).
The other day in a poker forum, I read a variety of different opinions regarding what to do when a player must leave a tournament early.  Most people on the forum believed (as do I) that once a player pays his entry fee, […]

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If you believe having an ante is a detriment to a good tournament structure and increases the luck factor in tournaments, I have some bad news for you.  You are wrong and I’d like to play with you on my left at my next tournament.
I’ve read several posts on poker forums lately.  Each said basically the same […]

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Sometimes, I swear, I’m just not right.  I have these incredibly strange thoughts that just pop into my brain.  I’m sure this happens to all of us, but for some reason, I feel the overwhelming compulsion to share.Anyway, the other day, I caught myself trying to figure what type of poker player each of the […]

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I hate to write this post after praising Annie Duke’s testimony before Congress, but one statistic she used in her testimony really begs a couple questions.  The statistic is used to make the following statement in Ms. Duke’s testimony: “On average, a person spends $10 a week playing online poker. 10 dollars!”OK, ten dollars does […]

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Somehow, the actual transcript of Annie Duke’s testimony before Congress on November 14, 2007 managed to elude my reading until a couple days ago.  All I have to say about it is this: WOW!!!
Ms. Duke managed to put together one of the best, most articulate arguments supporting online poker I have seen.  Obviously, she is one […]

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