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The Ability To Read A Player: An Essential Poker Skill

I have done very well for myself at this game of ours. Yes, I have math skills. Yes, I have discipline. Yes, I have a love and respect for the game. But most importantly, I have the God given ability to read a player. The truth is we all have tells. Yes, I will repeat [...]

Chris Hiter Calls For Independent Review of Carbon Poker

Online poker player, Chris Hiter, has called for an independent review and audit of Carbon Poker’s payment withdrawal process, in the wake of several lengthy delays through the mail. The time between that final payment submission click and the eventual check in a mailbox is pushing eight weeks on average, far greater than the usual [...]

Pricing In & Pot Committed: Lessons In A Poker Tournament

What I would like to once again point out is how this methodology is applied differently in cash games than in tournament play. In a cash game this is a very good strategy to implement whenever possible. If the pot odds are there are you have already priced in then it is obvious that you [...]

Online Poker Tournaments To Benefit Cancer Prevention Research

Cancer. It’s a word that immediately draws heartache to all that hear it. Upon the mention of cancer, everyone immediately thinks of someone they know that was affected by cancer in some way or another. During the 2003 World Series of Poker, poker professionals and good friends Phil Gordon and Rafe Furst [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

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,

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 [...]

Are Online Players Cheating at Full Tilt Poker?

The other day (Wednesday, December 9th), I played in a play money tournament to kill some time. A total of 861 people were in this tournament and I ended up coming in 10th. I was thinking I would give Full Tilt a try with play money first before making my first deposit.
The story is [...]