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Is poker cheating on the rise?

Is poker cheating on the rise?

It doesn’t matter what you are doing, if there is money involved, people are going to try and cheat the system. Poker is no different and comes in many different forms. Early on you had the old “ace up the sleeve”, dealing from the bottom of the deck and collusion between players. But just live [...]

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Pocket 7s at the final table

Recently I was playing in a small buy-in 60 person tournament. As we reached the final table, I went on an extremely good run of cards. I knocked out a few players and had a decent chip stack. The tournament was going to pay out 6 spots and it didn’t take long for us to [...]

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Sometimes, it’s just not your night

Last night I found a new level of tilt. It was the first time I’ve tilted in quite a while. I have been working diligently to control my tilt factor at the table. Over the past few months I’ve been able to avoid letting a lucky river card for my opponent cause me to spew [...]

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Poker Strategy: Showing your hole cards

We’ve all done it. You just pulled off a huge bluff and got your opponent to fold the winning hand. But rather than throw your cards in to the muck you turn your hand over and show the table your moxie. You feel like the king of the world. But have you thought of how [...]

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How many hands should you play?

You’ve heard it 1000 times, one of the most important aspects of winning poker is position. Having position on other players (i.e. being the last player to act in a round of betting) can dictate how you play virtually every starting poker hand and should be factored in to your decision to play a hand [...]

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