Smackdown Recap

The tourney last Thursday was the largest one yet – 40 players! If you haven’t attended one of these events yet, you are missing out. The only real bad beat that was reported was when Ray Reynosa got a taste of his own medicine. Ray flopped top pair and was put all-in. Ray called and …

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The Lighter Side of Poker

From time to time I’ll rant about being dead carded or use this space to record my frustrations but tonight I want to share one of the most beautiful things about having fish at your table. It’s when they act in a form of collusion that they’re not even aware of. I had this guy …

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Poker Camp Madness!

As I’ve previously posted it looks like everybody is in a race to offer poker camps. The World Poker Tour has announced a WPT Boot Camp. So far, they seem to be the most blatently dishonest: How can you compete at the World Poker Tour level? Up until now it required thousands of hours of …

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More Ideas On Keeping Johnny Law Off Our Backs

Roy Cooke over at CardPlayer Magazine has a nice little article on a subject I’ve written about a few times before. The poker industry needs to get an organized voice before the government tries to shut it down. What really made Cooke’s piece hit home with me is that he suggests something similar to what …

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A New Way To Learn Poker

I was reading some posts in the Low-Limit HE section on 2+2 the other day and it got me thinking about how we all (hopefully) come to grow as players. I’ve read many of the books from beginning to advanced but I’ve noticed that most of the learning material and resources available tell you how …

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