The following hand took place in the $25,500 World Poker Tour Bellagio main event. We were playing 400-800-100. A wild-looking German player with 180,000 chips
Ben Franklin once said, “(T)here are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond and to know one’s self. Of those three, I think the last one is the most difficult, especially when it comes to poker. Before we examine yourself, let’s try a different angle first to illustrate the problem. Since it’s often easier to […]
A psychology colleague of mine, when asked the question, “How are you?” would often answer: “Great, today my defenses woke up before my demons …
There’s such a profound difference in cash games vs. tournament play with top pair-top kicker. In tournaments, after the flop, betting top-top on a mixed
In my home game, someone told me I often sniffed when I had a big hand. I don’t know if they were fooling with me,
This hand came up in a $1K World Series of Poker event I recently played. I raised to 400 at 100-200-25 from middle position with
I’m writing this article in my hotel at Vdara in City Center the night before Day 1A of the World Series of Poker Main Event
It’s been said in so many ways that poker is an easy game to learn and a hard game to master. One of the hardest
Much has been written about exploiting opponents on the felt. This is a critical part of the game. If you can’t identify and exploit the
Each day the fires within propel us into a highly competitive mode. How we prepare, react or accept the outcome is what defines us. Understanding
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