Doug Tales

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ICM Considerations at the WSOP Main Event Final Table

Here is a hand that in large part defined the winner of the WSOP 2017 Main Event when Blumstein flopped…

7 years ago
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Fold with Grace When the Worst Card Comes

Poker is a game of relative strength. We are not trying to make the strongest hand possible, we are trying…

7 years ago
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Tuning in to Betting Frequencies in Poker

The vast majority of my students are retirees or will soon retire. As their poker prowess grows, they comment that…

7 years ago
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Bluff vs. Pattern Recognition

We train in poker so that we can make the right decisions. Many of us dedicate a huge amount of…

7 years ago
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Betting Patterns and Adjustments

In a recent session with my student Shiner, one of his opponents started to exhibit a betting pattern. I picked…

7 years ago
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The Most Unlucky Guy in Las Vegas

I just looked at buying a quad-plex in Las Vegas so that Kat, Comrade Vape and I could form a…

7 years ago
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Semi-Bluffing is Also a Defense

We often think of semi-bluffing as an attacking move. Plan A: I can get them to fold or Plan B:…

7 years ago
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Why You Set Mine Against Nits

We have all heard the rule about "Only set mine if effective stacks are X times the size of your…

7 years ago
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A New Way to See the Flop

I hate losing big pots, but if they encourage me to study a spot until I grok it, then that…

7 years ago
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What $12K at $1/$2 Looks Like

I recently hit a nice milestone at my favorite card room, the Mirage in Las Vegas. It is not the…

7 years ago

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