It never fails to amaze me how many people play in poker tournaments without knowing the blind structure or how often blinds will increase.  How can they play their optimal poker and expect to maximize their chances of winning without knowing the speed of the tournament in which they are playing?  Players are best served when [...]

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Chopping the payout money is a fairly common practice in the world of tournament poker.  Many times, especially in fast tournaments, by the time there are only three or four players remaining, the blinds have reached such high levels that there is not a lot of poker playing left to be done.  As experienced players [...]

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OK, I’ll say it out loud and I’ll say it with conviction.  I believe the disadvantages of wearing sunglasses at a poker table far outweigh any perceived advantages players receive by wearing them.  There.  I said it.
Much has been written about wearing shades at the table.  For decades (or at least years), players have shouted from the mountain tops [...]

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OK…here is some cheap humor are some real-life signs people may want to look for when playing poker.  They may or may not be funny, but each of these examples is completely and totally real.  I’ve compiled a list of these things over the years.  I can cite at least one instance of every “you might [...]

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Well, I went back to the felt and extended my cash streak to seven tournaments in a row by playing some top-quality poker.  Then, I promptly ended the streak by going out second in the next tournament and playing some of the worst poker of my life.  Oh, well, all good things must come to [...]

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An article I almost wrote this morning, but didn’t because I was afraid of jinxing myself, led me to think about something I really never considered.  Poker players are darn superstitious.  I have an incredibly long ritual that I go through before I play a live game.  It’s probably silly, but it gets me ready [...]

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As many of you may remember, I posted a poker quiz last Friday.  If you did not see it, visit:
http://gobbs.wordpress.com/2008/02/01/poker-quiz-pick-your-poison/
So as to not embarrass anybody in particular, I will not post any individual results, but I would like to send out kudos to plesner for correctly answering seven of the ten questions.  This was the best score.
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Obviously, no set of rules can cover every situation.  No set of rules should cover every situation.  The genius in any good set of rules is to give officials a solid set of instructions, yet leave them with the latitude to make rulings that are fair and in the best interest of the game.  Robert’s [...]

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Please visit the newly added Blind Structure page on The Grand Slam Poker Source.  You can access the Blind Structure page by hitting the Tournament Support tab at the top of the main page.  This will take you to the Tournament Support page.  Once there, you will find a link to the Blind Structure page.  This [...]

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Have you ever noticed that a large number of posts regarding poker hands the poster has played contain the same seven words?  I always love the post that starts, “I don’t normally play this hand, but …”
If I had a quarter for every forum post, blog post, etc. that contained those words, I’d have my entry [...]

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