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There’s great value in second pair, connectors
While playing $2-$5 cash games at the World Series of Poker this year, I had JH-10H on the button. Two players folded, one limped and
Ante Up Magazine
July 24, 2013
While playing $2-$5 cash games at the World Series of Poker this year, I had JH-10H on the button. Two players folded, one limped and
Common wisdom says every time you enter a multitable tournament, you need a lot of things to go your way to win. You need a
If you read my column regularly, you likely know my motto is Decide to Win! I’m a believer that having the proper mind-set and expecting
Back in the day – when poker was primarily played in the Wild West by men like “Wild Bill” Hickok and his ilk – all disputes in the game were generally settled at gunpoint; in Wild Bill’s case, not in his favor, either. Not much has changed some 140 years
Daniel “Kid Poker” Negreanu is a Team PokerStars pro from Toronto. He’s an accomplished tournament and cash player who has amassed five World Series of
By Steve Blay Have you ever been stuck in the big blind 500 hands in a row? Sounds like hell, but it just might be
I started this column by rethinking the value of patience in poker: “Is patience really important in poker?” I understand everyone says patience is important,
As a player who has made his living playing cash, I’ve never been a fan of “targeting one player” during a session. I am, however,
By Matthew Gregoire During the first five years of my poker career, I was happily crushing low-limit stud games. Playing a game that allowed me to win more money than my friends earned at work was a dream come true. As I was walking out of the casino one day, I noticed people playing a […]
If you’ve played poker long enough, you’ve heard every excuse in the book. Even the best-intentioned of us will find a way to place blame
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