Shuffling Poker Chips Is What The Cool Kids Do

Shuffling Poker Chips Is What The Cool Kids Do

Are you bored at improving your poker skills? Would you like to entertain and impress your poker friends and give you something to do at the table while waiting for some newbie to make a decision? Well, with a little determination and practice, you too could be shuffling poker chips with the best of them. [...]

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Best Kept Poker Tip: Rakeback Saving You A Lot Of Money

Best Kept Poker Tip: Rakeback Saving You A Lot Of Money

It still amazes me that some online poker players do not have a rakeback account. I am assuming that if you are reading this article that you already know what “rake” and “rakeback” mean, but let me quickly explain it, just to be sure.
When a hand of poker is played, a percentage of the total [...]

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The History And Analysis Of Online Poker

The History And Analysis Of Online Poker

Poker is a game that has been around for nearly 200 years and up until 1998, the game remained virtually the same. It was played by a select few of the populace, stereotyped as “degenerates”” or “gamblers”, but in 1998, the way poker was viewed and played began to change for the better. [...]

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Poker Strategy & Information Keys To Success For OnlinePoker.org

Poker Strategy & Information Keys To Success For OnlinePoker.org

Jonathan Holloway is like any typical poker player. He enjoys the game of poker. But he wanted to take it a step further. So he created OnlinePoker.org, an online resource devoted to poker strategy and helping players get started online. It was high time that PokerPlasm sat down with Mr. Holloway and discover the talent [...]

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WordPress Plugin Helps Online And Live Poker League Organizers

WordPress Plugin Helps Online And Live Poker League Organizers

Twitter Poker Tour Chairman, Geoff Manning, has developed a WordPress plugin that will help online and/or live poker league administrators process league standings much easier and faster. Street3 was able to spend a few minutes with Mr. Manning discussing this important piece of poker software and to learn more about its functionality.
I’ve checked out [...]

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PokerNations Offers Social Network and Advice For Poker Players

PokerNations Offers Social Network and Advice For Poker Players

Anthony Martino, founder of PokerNations.com, brings a breath of fresh air into the world of poker. He was kind enough to sit down with Street3 and share his thoughts on the Twitter Poker Tour, online poker and social networking.
Have you played many twitter poker tour events? According to the leader board, this was your [...]

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Recommended Poker Books For All Types of Players

Recommended Poker Books For All Types of Players

Super System and Super System 2 are the “old” and “new” testament of your new found religion. Read them well. I thought that the section on Limit Hold’em, written by Jennifer Harman, was exceptional.

Harrington on Hold’em Volume 1 & 2. One of the best set of poker books I have every picked up. Well written, great examples,

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Val Presniakovas Slugs His Way To A Twitter Poker Tour Knock Out

Val Presniakovas Slugs His Way To A Twitter Poker Tour Knock Out

Chicago area poker player, Val Presniakovas, started out December on a tear! In back to back weeks, Val cashed in on both twitter poker tour online events, a tough task with a growing field each week. What makes him tick? This task calls for Street3, interviewer to the TPT Stars!
Thanks to Val Presniakovas (if that [...]

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How The Novice Player Can Have A Direct Affect

How The Novice Player Can Have A Direct Affect

All too often I hear the phrase that poker is poker. There is no difference on how you play in a cash no limit game then in a tournament no limit game. Anyone who makes such a statement either has not played much in the way of high stakes cash games, or they have a [...]

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Poker Tips

Brags, Beats And Variance In Poker

Poker is a game of skill with an element of luck. There are several deciding factors in poker on what makes a winning hand. A lot can be learned by playing on free poker sites to get adjusted to this game without spending anything. Let’s explore some of these factors and the effects they have [...]

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Mental Preparation

There’s no point showing up to a game not prepared to lose. Always sit with what you are prepared to lose and not a penny more. Playing scared is the surest way to guarantee long term losses. If you can’t pull the trigger best learn to be a tiddly winks world champion.
As Phil Ivey put [...]

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Play Small Trips Fast and Big Trips Slow

How to play three of a kind “wired” (on your first three cards) is a problem we would all like to have when playing in a Stud poker game. You won’t get dealt rolled up trips very often, less than 3 times in 1000, but you will be playing thousands of hands in your Seven [...]

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