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Small Pocket Pairs: Part 1

Date: Mon, Jul 7, 2008 Professional

We are going to be discussing small pocket pairs over the next several posts. Why several posts? You are going to see a lot of small pairs (22-77) and you are going to see them in a number of different situations. The results of playing small pocket pairs (SPP) is usually a small loss [...]

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Twenty-Three Starting Hands

Date: Sat, Jul 5, 2008 Professional

The most common beginner’s Hold’em question is: “What hands should I play?” By now you already know the answer to that question must be: “It depends.” Depends on position, opponent, stack size etc. But let’s just answer the question from this point of view: “What are the best starting hands?” There is general agreement on the top [...]

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Twenty-Three Starting Hands

Date: Sat, Jul 5, 2008 Professional

The most common beginner’s Hold’em question is: “What hands should I play?” By now you already know the answer to that question must be: “It depends.” Depends on position, opponent, stack size etc. But let’s just answer the question from this point of view: “What are the best starting hands?” There is general agreement on the top [...]

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Dominated Hands

Date: Thu, Jul 3, 2008 Professional

If you get all your money in the pot with AK and your opponent turns over AA, you are in deep trouble. You need two kings to win or perhaps QJ10 for the straight or perhaps a long shot flush. Dominated hands are those that are way behind like AK to AA. The most [...]

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Dominated Hands

Date: Thu, Jul 3, 2008 Professional

If you get all your money in the pot with AK and your opponent turns over AA, you are in deep trouble. You need two kings to win or perhaps QJ10 for the straight or perhaps a long shot flush. Dominated hands are those that are way behind like AK to AA. The most [...]

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The Coordinated Flop

Date: Tue, Jul 1, 2008 Professional

A coordinated flop is any flop that makes a straight, flush, or full house posssible on the flop. Playing against a coordinated flop is much risker than a blank flop. For example, let’s have us starting with the biggest hand possible-pocket aces. The flop is: JJ4. We are behind to any Jack and crushed by [...]

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The Coordinated Flop

Date: Tue, Jul 1, 2008 Professional

A coordinated flop is any flop that makes a straight, flush, or full house posssible on the flop. Playing against a coordinated flop is much risker than a blank flop. For example, let’s have us starting with the biggest hand possible-pocket aces. The flop is: JJ4. We are behind to any Jack and crushed by [...]

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Fancy Play Syndrome

Date: Sun, Jun 29, 2008 Professional

As we improve our poker game, we add more and more plays to our arsenal. At some point, usually about the time we advanced to a good solid intermediate player, many players run into Fancy Play Syndrome. This happens so often that we have a name for it. FPS happens when we [...]

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Fancy Play Syndrome

Date: Sun, Jun 29, 2008 Professional

As we improve our poker game, we add more and more plays to our arsenal. At some point, usually about the time we advanced to a good solid intermediate player, many players run into Fancy Play Syndrome. This happens so often that we have a name for it. FPS happens when we [...]

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Using a Poker Forum

Date: Fri, Jun 27, 2008 Professional

Several times we have mentioned the value of talking through your play with your poker buddies. But your poker pals are not always around, so the use of poker forums is an always available means for you to stay sharp by engaging in poker discussions with other players. Our poker forum has many ongoing discussions [...]

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Poker Statistics #1

Date: Tue, Jun 24, 2008 Professional

Knowing some basic statistics about poker hands and poker draws will make many of your decisions at the table much easier. Your recall of an exact percentage or the odds to the last decimal is almost never called for; simply have a rough idea of how often cards fall and what your general odds [...]

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Tournament Rule #12

Date: Mon, Jun 23, 2008 Professional

Another in our series covering the rules of the Tournament Directors Association. Rule #12: No Disclosure. No Advice. One Player to a Hand. Players are obligated to protect the other players in the tournament at all times. Therefore, players, whether in the hand or not, may not: 1. Disclose contents of live or folded hands 2. [...]

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Playing the BIG Stack

Date: Sat, Jun 21, 2008 Professional

One of the best feelings in tournament poker is to look around the table and see that you have the biggest stack there. Playing the big stack effectively requires a couple of simple strategies. First, you should make yourself a constant presence, the short and medium stacks fear you, so keep them in fear. [...]

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Playing the Short Stack

Date: Wed, Jun 18, 2008 Professional

Many times in tournament play you are going to find yourself with a short stack. This means that in relation to the blinds you have very few chips. Players will have different stack sizes in mind when they talk about being “short” but in general if you have less than 10 big blinds you [...]

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