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Value Betting the River

Posted by Assistanc3 On October - 13 - 2009

The difference between making money consistently and breaking even/losing players is taking advantage of Value Betting situations mostly commonly found on the river.  Why are we not Value Betting?  Is it because your afraid of the dreaded re-raise or you feel the pot is big enough that a check down with your marginal potential winning hand is risky as it is?  Lets explore what a value bet is and how we can take advantage of making money on the poker table.
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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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Conservative vs Aggressive Strategy

Posted by Assistanc3 On September - 22 - 2008

In Tournament Poker we all start with the same amount of chips, but only 1 player can have them all, the winner. Does the beginning style of how you play make a difference if you can win or not? Is there any other variables that could possibly change how I should play, at least at the start of the tournament?
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