Floating is a fantastic weapon to have to be a successful player. To refresh the beginner’s memory, floating consists of calling a bet extremely lightly
As you may recall, we reported last issue of the acquisition of Full Tilt and PokerStars by Amaya Corp. On Aug. 1, the deal was
At the height of the Cold War, the Soviet Union and the United States embraced the doctrine of Mutual Assured Destruction, or MAD for short.
Editor’s note: This is one in a series. What are some things you should be doing at the poker table? Look for opponents’ tendencies and
By Sean Hansen Here’s a problem that affects us all: preflop impatience. We’ve all been there, card dead for two hours and then we look
Many players are superstitious. For example, some have disdain for $50 bills while others may believe a certain dealer is a jinx. A few players
In a tournament field that featured November Niners J.C. Tran and Steven Gee, World Series of Poker bracelet winners Kenny Tran and Tyler Patterson, outspoken pro Allen “Chainsaw” Kessler and just about every solid player from the Bay Area to Reno, it mig
It’s inevitable you’ll have a bad run at the tables or bust out of a tournament on the bubble. It could be the cards or
I played an interesting hand against John Hennigan in the $5K six-max pot-limit Omaha event at the World Series this summer. We had an extremely
Editor’s note: This is one in a series. My most recent column on aggressive play stated that position is a close cousin to aggression. When
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