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Archive for August, 2009

Free Money at the Tables

Posted by Assistanc3 On August - 20 - 2009

Poker is a unique game in the sense that players can often put money into a pot as they consider their hand to be good only to bail out of the hand before the turn or river.   This is NOT a play money lesson but a lesson of finding free money/chips at the cash tables.
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Slow Playing on the Button

Posted by Assistanc3 On August - 16 - 2009

How often have you read on a forum post “don’t slow play aces”, Why not?
Whats wrong with slow playing a big hand, being in any position for that matter but of all positions playing a big hand on the button has its advantages to slow play.

A big hand for this lesson is going to be example:
AA-to-AQs for Holdem and AAKK-to-AKsQJs for Omaha High

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Post Flop Playing the Player

Posted by Assistanc3 On August - 14 - 2009

Good poker players and Bad poker players can win any given poker tournament they both have entered in, so why is it that players makes excuses for the bad plays winning?  Why does the skilled player make donkey plays and are deemed bad players for winning?

Poker by playing the players is the difference between a consistent cashing player and the player who is breaking even or losing money.  The difference between making poker a skilled game is the players that are winning and those players are not just playing good hands they are playing the players.
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$22 in Witches Brew

Posted by Assistanc3 On August - 12 - 2009

Been on a down swing for the past week / few tournaments not playing to much just enjoying the off time from poker.  Which is good for you to do, take breaks away from the game but when you come back to the felt it is nice to get things on an up swing early.

I finally got back into my up swing on Players Cardroom
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Learn to Bluff With Success

Posted by Assistanc3 On August - 5 - 2009

Bluffing is an art in poker. Although bluffing is not seen as often or used as often as one would think, or even would like to see. A lot of time watching on TV, its cool to watch someone bluff and take a pot, but be for warned, any bluff that gets called cost you some good money. So beware of what bluffing is, know when and who to use it on, before you start to perform your art of bluffing.
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