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Aggressive Poker Pays

Posted by Assistanc3 On September - 17 - 2009

Changing your game to the styles of play at the poker table is a crucial skill.

Have you seen the commercial with Gus Hansen where he says which Gus will be at the table? Wild Gus, Passive Gus, Tight Gus….It depends on you.  How often have you sat at a table and watched a player play so many hands then score a big pot with his big hand?  Here is how that happens…
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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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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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Weekend Warrior Playing

Posted by Assistanc3 On June - 29 - 2009

http://www.thedonkeyofpoker.com/poker-images/1/1-22.jpgWas a big weekend of big games for Sunday.
Carbon Poker $50k and MiniSOP Event #53 were the two big games I had scheduled to take part while mixing in some cash table, Black Jack and Roulette… the adventures of a donkey and a dream continues.
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Blind Stealing in Tournaments

Posted by Assistanc3 On June - 27 - 2009

When playing poker tournaments it is crucial to wining and cashing in them by stealing blinds to get yourself extra chips to keep from floating.  Knowing where you can steal blinds from and attacking the right players is the key to successful attempts.
Lets look at those points supported with an outline.
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