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Poker Strategy -- Phil Galfond Talks About Three-Barreling
by Kristy Arnett | Published: Nov 23, '09
… of them, I’d decide to call, but I thought it’d be a pretty good spot to raise. It’s tough to say, because I haven’t played a ton against him, and I can’t say for sure what he thinks of me or how he’d interpret a play on a very dry board like this, but I …
Poker Tournament Trail -- Eric Baldwin
by Ryan Lucchesi | Published: Nov 22, '09
… stacks. So you start out deep with a bunch of bad players, so you see a ton of flops. I was able to chip up early. As the blinds went up later, it … characters and play a game. I enjoy it, even the small buy-ins. I think that aspect helps me a ton, too.
Card Player Cruises Feature Poker and a Whole Lot More
by Stephen A. Murphy | Published: Nov 16, '09
It is the newest and largest ship in the world. At 220,000 tons, it can accommodate 5,400 people. The amenities are unprecedented — from a skating rink to a miniature golf course to an aqua park to a rock climbing facility to a Broadway musical to a …
A Poker Life -- Tommy Vedes
by Kristy Arnett | Published: Nov 16, '09
… more broken in and confident at the table. By day 7, he was one of the chip leaders. “I just kept the pressure on. I had a ton of chips, and I didn’t really want to get involved in a big pot. I wanted to end the day top five in chips.” With 28 players …
Poker Strategy -- Andrew Brokos on Folding Out Draws
by Kristy Arnett | Published: Nov 11, '09
… or two big cards or something like that, because I’m going to be betting this flop so often. I think he can call this flop with a ton of stuff, a lot which isn’t going to call a second barrel if I bet again, but a lot of which will bluff if I check to him …
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Card Player CEO Captures World Series of Poker Europe Championship
by Justin Marchand | Published: Nov 13, '09
… and I was there five days a week, trying to learn the ins and outs of tournament poker. It’s not like we had tons of books, the Internet, or online instruction like players do today to learn the ropes.” Live action was Barry’s bread and butter, though, …
Mind Over Poker
by David Apostolico | Published: Nov 01, '09
… and understanding how your opponent is likely to act in them is critical to success. There is no substitute for having played a ton of hands and situations in poker. The base knowledge that comes only from countless hours spent on the felt is crucial to …
Confusing Fold With 10-10
by Phil Hellmuth | Published: Nov 01, '09
In the $5,000 buy-in World Series of Poker six-handed no-limit hold’em event, I had a ton of chips late on day two. We were down to the final 40 players and I had 500,000 in chips. I was in the hunt, and was fired up. Then, I lost a pot of about 460,000 …
‘Easy’ Things to Do to Win at Poker — Part III
by Barry Tanenbaum | Published: Oct 30, '09
… , but I took note of the fact that player A was a terrible candidate for a bluff-raise on the river. Watch them: Players provide a ton of information whether they hold cards or not, and the best time to learn how they play is when you are not in a hand, …
14 Gold Medals, and a Player, Too!
by Phil Hellmuth | Published: Oct 30, '09
… with A-7 offsuit. If Mike “The Mouth” Matusow saw Player B make that call, he would shout, “Are you insane?!” Phelps has a ton of poker talent, and in the next 15 years, don’t be surprised to see him win a few World Series of Poker bracelets to go along …
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