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Archive for 'John the Greek'
Putting on the Breaks
All too often you will be watching a major televised tournament and witness two players getting it All In on a proverbial coin flip. This is something I have always had difficulty understanding. You make a $10,000 investment to enter the tournament. You devote a week of your life to it. You grind it out [...]
Full StoryMaximize Your Buy-In Value
I recently decided to take a shot at the WPT Event taking place at the Borgata Hotel in Atlantic City. The Borgata has opened a brand new poker room that leaves little to be desired. The high stakes section alone has over 40 tables with plenty of action to be had at all levels and [...]
Full StoryPlaying from the Big Blind Post Flop Strategy
The Big Blind position is one that gives even seasoned players a bit of trouble. Many players will find themselves in a pot as a result of several limpers while they are holding a poor hand. Or, perhaps, they called a small pre-flop raise with a mediocre hand as they were getting ample odds to [...]
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In the last piece we discussed the subject of playing creatively under the gun. I wanted to utilize this article as a continuation and take the opportunity to expand a bit especially with regard to post flop play. Example 1 Let’s take a step back for a moment and define our situation. We are under [...]
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A great deal has been written about how one should play when under the gun, pre flop. Conventional wisdom tells us to only play premium hands from this position. Secondly we are told that if we are a conservative player we should be aggressive and if we are a loose player we should try to [...]
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Some people would say that I am the wrong individual to be giving advice on the subject being I have never won the main event in my two attempts, and will probably never win it, as I have no intention of ever playing it again in its current format. One would think that a skilled [...]
Full StoryEverything but the Cards
All too often I will be somewhere, minding my own business, and someone will walk up to me with a specific hand question. The discussion will begin in a usual format “I had XX and was up against YY”… It is at this point that I will interrupt the individual and begin with a barrage [...]
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[The following is John "The Greek" Leontakianakos' opinion on H.R. 4777, otherwise known as the Internet Gambling Prohibition Act.] I have done quite a bit of research on the matter over the last couple of months and wanted to share so of the findings with those of you that had made mention of the topic. [...]
Full StoryTo Show or Not To Show
[The following is John "The Greek" Leontakianakos' opinion to an ongoing debate in the PokerPlasm Forum, Muck or Show?.] To Show or Not To Show. That is the Question. There seems to be an on going debate about this issue. Conventional wisdom tells us “never” to give out information especially for free. Well I disagree. [...]
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[The following excerpt concerning High Yield Investments is from John "The Greek" Leontakianakos' new book , This Game of Ours, copyright 2005.] From the above title one would wonder what this section is doing in a book on Poker. Well, I will explain. Earlier on in the book I talk about how Poker has been [...]
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