Archive for October, 2010
This article belongs to the Poker Pro series
The Canadian poker player Daniel Negreanu also know as "Kid Poker" is second to only Phil Ivey when it comes to all time career earnings at an amazing 12,836,012$. He belongs to the elite group of poker super stars who are often seen battling it out on the High Stakes poker TV show. Daniel Negreanu is known for his easy going yet outspoken nature that has led to more than one controversy during his career.
Negreanu was born the 26th of Juli 1974
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This article belongs to the Poker Pro series
Thomas Dwan aka Tom Dwan aka Tom Dwan "durrrr" or simply "durrrr" (chosen as a nick to maximize his opponent's tendency to tilt) as he's known to the online poker scene is one of most popular young poker players around belonging to the group of poker stars including Gus Hansen, Phil Ivey, Doyle Brunson, Phil Ivey and the rest of the pack. Durrrr plays hyper aggressively and is extremely skilled in reading his opponent's hands. He will regularly fold
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Submitted by Rachel, this article belongs to the Poker Bankroll Management series.
Rachel wrote the article below on poker buy in rules. If you have an opinion about it feel free to rate it or leave a comment.
A buy-in, by definition, is the amount of cash needed by a player in order to join play in a poker game or tournament. Generally, all real money games will have a set minimum buy-in that is needed before any player can join an active table.
There are Minimum and maximum buy-ins when
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Submitted by Adam, this article belongs to the Poker Strategy series.
Adam wrote the article below about full stack vs half stack poker strategy. What do you prefer?
There are lots of playing styles that you can adopt in NLHE cash games. One of the most common approaches is LAG vs TAG, however we can also split poker strategy into two more topics, namely short stack and full stack.
Half Stack Strategy
Half stack strategy involves buying into tables with 50BBs. The idea is that you
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Submitted by Adam, this article belongs to the Poker and Life series.
Adam wrote the article below about online poker cheating. Have you experienced online poker cheating? If so we would love to hear from you in the comment section of this article.
Cheating in online poker is a very popular conspiracy topic for poker forums and communities. The idea of “cheating” in online poker can create a lot of sub-topics, and it largely depends on what we define as cheating – and who’s doing
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