| By Matthew Hilger A backdoor draw is one in which you need to hit a card on both the turn and river to improve your hand. For example, you hold the A 4 and the flop is Q 9 6 A club on the turn and the river would give you a flush. Backdoor dr read more |
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| By Tim Lavalli At the recent WPT event at the Mirage in Las Vegas, the opening event was a $500 NLHE with a 'fast' structure. How fast? One thousand starting chips with 25/50 blinds; followed by 50/100, then 100/200, then the antes kick in. I would no read more |
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| An interesting question came up at our hi-low Omaha game the other night. One of the players, name of Vic, usually the quiet type, came out with a real kernel of wisdom. He wondered aloud, after going three or four hours without winning a pot, "I wonde read more |
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| Part Three by Tommy Angelo From part one:From part one: Before anything flows, there must be a difference. Between different elevations, water flows. Between different pressures, air flows. Between different poker players, money flows. In the world of read more |
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| By Tommy AngeloI'm not saying I'm unsympathetic or anything, like when we went double or nothing on the last hole and it came down to where all you had to do was make a three-foot putt to get even. I was rooting for you to make it, but then again I was read more |
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| By John Vorhaus What is it about online poker that makes us want to play it to the point of needing to play it? It's not the money. It can't be the money. If it were, the sensible majority of us would long ago have turned to more reliable revenue strea read more |
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| By Paul Samuel (The UK's answer to Mike Caro or Lassie) 1. Introduction 15th November 2005 was not a good nights poker pour moi. I got nowhere in a £10 rebuy comp with 95 runners but felt I played well, then I queued up for a pot limit hold'em cash read more |
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| By Daniel Negreanu When I was growing up, the majority of the professionals in my game were also very young. As I've said in past columns, we all became close friends. The live ones were usually older businessmen taking the day off or playing during t read more |
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| By John Carlisle For every poker player, poker starts as a diversion from the normal daily grind. In the beginning, poker is a nothing but a form of entertainment. This is not surprising, as the novice gets to play a game of skill and chance, meet in read more |
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| By Jan FisherAs the winter Pot of Gold Tournament at the Reno Hilton winds down and theinaugural World Poker Challenge quickly approaches, I managed to get a fewmoments with two of poker's best kept secrets. Mike Gainey, poker roommanager, and Dave Lam read more |
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