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     ICM Considerations at the WSOP Main Event Final Table

    ICM Considerations at the WSOP Main Event Final Table

    July 28, 2017

    Here is a hand that in large part defined the winner of the WSOP 2017 Main Event when Blumstein flopped a set and Hesp turned two pair. Without a doubt, Hesp is going to lose some chips on this hand.

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     Fold with Grace When the Worst Card Comes

    Fold with Grace When the Worst Card Comes

    June 2, 2017

    Poker is a game of relative strength. We are not trying to make the strongest hand possible, we are trying to beat the other players that are in the pot at showdown. When I see players get [...]

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     Tuning in to Betting Frequencies in Poker

    Tuning in to Betting Frequencies in Poker

    April 19, 2017

    The vast majority of my students are retirees or will soon retire. As their poker prowess grows, they comment that people at the table “misunderestimate” them, and give them credit [...]

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     Bluff vs. Pattern Recognition

    Bluff vs. Pattern Recognition

    April 15, 2017

    We train in poker so that we can make the right decisions. Many of us dedicate a huge amount of off-table time to this game. It reminds me of a cheesy 90’s motivational poster of a wrestler [...]

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     Betting Patterns and Adjustments

    Betting Patterns and Adjustments

    March 15, 2017

    In a recent session with my student Shiner, one of his opponents started to exhibit a betting pattern. I picked up on it, and decided on an adjustment. Shiner missed it initially. Can you find [...]

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     The Most Unlucky Guy in Las Vegas

    The Most Unlucky Guy in Las Vegas

    February 16, 2017

    I just looked at buying a quad-plex in Las Vegas so that Kat, Comrade Vape and I could form a little poker commune. We want to be within two miles of the office (the Strip) so that pretty much [...]

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     Semi-Bluffing is Also a Defense

    Semi-Bluffing is Also a Defense

    February 9, 2017

    We often think of semi-bluffing as an attacking move. Plan A: I can get them to fold or Plan B: Suck out. A third reason is deception on other hands. Let me tell you about a hand I just played [...]

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     Why You Set Mine Against Nits

    Why You Set Mine Against Nits

    January 11, 2017

    We have all heard the rule about “Only set mine if effective stacks are X times the size of your call.” I suspect we have all heard different versions of this where X varies from 10 [...]

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     A New Way to See the Flop

    A New Way to See the Flop

    January 5, 2017

    I hate losing big pots, but if they encourage me to study a spot until I grok it, then that buy-in will not have died in vain. Let me start with saying, I screwed up this hand. I was seduced by [...]

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     What $12K at $1/$2 Looks Like

    What $12K at $1/$2 Looks Like

    December 24, 2016

    I recently hit a nice milestone at my favorite card room, the Mirage in Las Vegas. It is not the only place I have played, but it is my favorite and most consistently profitable game. I love the [...]

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