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Following the epic ratings the 2003 World Series of Poker produced, a lot of people tried to cash in on the poker “Boom”, and a slew of poker related shows started appearing around the television dial. In the beginning these poker telecasts focused on major tournaments -basically imitating the WSOP telecasts– and eventually moved into [...]

Poker tournaments have two very distinct stages: Fast and Slow. These stages are the periods of time where players are either desperate to stay alive with little to no margin for error; or have a deep-stack that has the capability of playing a few pots. Since these two stages are basically polar opposites, knowing how [...]

In poker there is a phrase to describe a situation where you are unlikely to part your opponent from any of their precious chips; these scenarios are known in poker parlance as “Action Killers”. I can think of three separate scenarios where players need to be aware that hitting a certain card or taking a [...]

While many news outlets have jumped the gun and announced that The International Poker Federation has been approved by the International Mind Sports Association, the president of the IPF, Anthony Holden, is letting everyone know that nothing is finalized -in fact the application process is in its initial stage-and Holden has called these findings “premature”.
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Unlike a stop-loss limit, which has a number of reasons that could justify its use, a stop-win limit in poker is just asking for trouble. Before I give the three main reasons why setting a stop-win limit is such a bad idea, I will give one specific example where setting a stop-win limit could be [...]

One of the mantras of a winning poker player has always been, “It’s not how many pots you win; it’s how much money you win” and a recent study performed by Cornell University has the data to back up what many winning poker players have known all along: Players who win a lot of pots, [...]

It’s hard to believe that this will be the 6th Heads-Up Poker Championship, and the once novel idea has turned into one of the most prestigious titles in all of poker. The invite-only format blends together a great mix of Poker Pros, up-and-comers, celebrities, and a few online qualifiers gives fans to root on their [...]

Players are discouraged from setting a stop-loss limit in poker, because if you have an edge in the game and are losing this is due to variance. Basically if you feel the game you’re playing in is profitable for you, you should keep playing; regardless of how much you’re currently down. Since poker is a [...]

When people hear the term “Poker Face” one of two things immediately come to mind: They either conjure up an image of a stone-faced poker player who hasn’t cracked a smile in 20 years, or they think of the pop hit by Lady Gaga -which keeps arriving in my e-mail courtesy of my subscription to [...]

After winning in the neighborhood of $6 million at the Full Tilt Poker tables in November only lose all of it plus a few million of his own money in December, the mysterious Swedish poker player known only as Isildur1 has found his way back to the nosebleed tables on Full Tilt: And is up [...]