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Poker Skills vs. People Skills

We all do it, some better than others, but nevertheless we all approach a table with our eyes darting from player to player, checking out their body language, their regalia and eventually their chip stack. In an instant we form impressions (some wrong), as we begin processing the much-needed data to achieve a winning session. […]

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Going through poker hell? Keep going

Sir Winston Churchill is credited with coining the phrase, “If you are going through hell, keep going.” He couldn’t know that generations later poker players the world over would apply its relevance to their game. Poker can be brutal on your psyche, so the quicker you can get out of a “funk” or away from […]

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Dogs just don’t bark at the parked cars

You recognize yourself playing solid-aggressive poker, you haven’t picked up a hand in what seems like an hour, but actually it has only been two or three full revolutions around the table. You finally get a hand, K-K. First, you think about catching up to the bigger stacks and how to maximize profits with this […]

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