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Mike Caro is the 'Mad Genius' of PokerToday’s word is... 'BOARD'
Staff on Monday March 15th , 2010

Let me think. What can we discuss today? Got it! In hold’em, you obviously need to consider what’s on the “board”—the flop, the turn card, and the river card—in conjunction with the cards you hold and the betting action so far. There are simple mistakes many players make in this regard, so let’s make that the subject of today’s self-interview. There are hundreds of situations we could cover, so we’ll focus on just a few... [read more]

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Haley HintzePoker News: Delaware; Foxwoods; Isildur1; Hullmuth out of HSP
Haley Hintze on Monday March 15th , 2010

DELAWARE TO ADD POKER IN STATE CASINOS

Poker’s expansion in East Coast casinos is expected to continue this summer when Delaware’s three casinos add table games, including an option for poker, to their gambling offerings. The change comes after a bill legalizing table games was passed in late January and quickly signed into law by Delaware Governor Jack Markell. Delaware will join neighboring state Pennsylvania in offering poker and other table games, which is expected to put even more stress on the economically beleaguered stalwart of East Coast gambling, New Jersey’s Atlantic City. Another mid-Atlantic state, Maryland, is considering a similar expansion... [read more]

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Lou Krieger On PokerShort Stacked Play: Part 2
Lou Krieger on Tuesday March 16th , 2010

When we left you last time the blinds were $1,000-$2,000, the average stack was $80,000, 15 people remained in the tourney, you were on the button with $20,000, and we talked about the need for you to assess your opponents before making a decision.

But how do your opponents assess your game? Do they think you’re playing well, on tilt, or are a guy who is about to make a last stand with almost any two cards? Maybe you’ve been short stacked for a while and you believe they think you are incredibly patient, and that when you do play a pot under these conditions, you are likely to have the big hand you’ve been waiting for.

Regardless of how they perceive you, you can’t wait around for pocket aces, kings, or queens, before making your move. If you are dealt A-K or A-Q it’s time to put your tournament life on the line and go all-in... [read more]

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Debbie BurkheadDebbie Does Poker: Club Fortune, Cannery; Peppermill in Reno
Debbie Burkhead on Tuesday March 16th , 2010

Seat at Club Fortune:
Players receive one free entry for every hour of live play in the Club Fortune poker room. The first drawing was held on February 28. The next qualifying period began February 28 at 7 p.m... [read more]

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Nolan Dalla on Monday March 15th , 2010

Atlantic City, NJ – To win, all poker players must pay a price. More often than not, the price of victory is not measured by the size of the entry fee or the expenses of entering a poker tournament. For many poker players, the much greater sacrifice is the accompanying disappointment that comes with playing tournament poker full time. In between extraordinary moments of fulfillment manifested in tournament triumphs are torturous moments of defeat, disappointment, and despair... [read more]

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Paul “Dr. Pauly” McGuireDigging Out of a Hole
Paul McGuire on Monday March 8th , 2010

We’ve all done it at the cash game tables—dug ourselves into a hole so deep that it might as well be our grave. You can blame variance, the fickle poker gods, or that idiot from Helsinki who chased a gutshot and cracked your set of aces. But freaking out and placing the blame on your horrendous opponents won’t solve your problem. Rather, you must remain as calm as possible in order to focus on getting unstuck, otherwise you might as well start picking out coffins and making funeral arrangements... [read more]

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Guerrera Touts Numbers for Tournament Success
Howard Schwartz on Thursday January 29th , 2009

Tournament Killer Poker By The Numbers: The Keys to No-Limit Hold ‘em Success
by Tony Guerrera
Lyle Stuart (2008), 276 pp ISBN 978-0818407239, $14.95

Tony Guerrera’s latest work, Tournament Killer Poker By The Numbers: The Keys to No-Limit Hold ‘em Success puts forth a text that aims at the use of numbers for those who need that extra something to make their hold ’em game work. His approach is keyed to reading and adapting to opponents with specific information on why it’s vital to understand the blind and payout structure. He discusses hand distribution and probability, including permutations, factorials, combinations, the binomial distribution, approximations, independence and clumping... [read more]

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Hans “Tuna” LundIn Memorium: Hans “Tuna” Lund
Staff on Thursday December 10th , 2009

On Nov. 6, after a long battle with cancer, poker legend Hans “Tuna” Lund passed away at his home in Moundhouse, NV, aged 59.

His given name was Hans James Lund. Though the family called him Jimmy, the poker world knew him as Tuna... [read more]

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Prisoner Of Poker: A Madness To His Method
Robert Arabella on Saturday February 27th , 2010

There’s method to his madness. —William Shakespeare, Hamlet.

[This is a work of poker fiction set ten thousand hands in the future. Any resemblance to persons living or dead is coincidental... [read more]

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