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1. PokerWorks 1st H.O.R.S.E. Tournament Results - As clearspine reflected after being knocked out of the tournament, "I'm sure Dr. Pauly will be blogging the final results. I'll pick them up there." Much to everyone’s disappointment, I’ll be reporting the events after the fact. Dr. Pauly is welcome to
2. Your Online Poker Library - Thirty years ago you could count the number of poker books on one hand. David Sklansky's "Texas Hold ‘em published in 1976 was probably the first definitive book on poker. Although Doyle Brunson's "Super System" published in 1978 had more impact, and t
3. Collusion, the Online Boogey Bear - While playing live poker, you often hear players say they will never play online, because their opponents may use the phone, instant messenger or other chat application to pass information about their hands or “collude.” Well there are actually two t
4. Big Poker Tournaments on Small Bankrolls - Grinding out a bankroll, capable of sustaining high limit play, can be a long term project. Although the lower overheads, including rake and tips, help the increased variance experienced at lower levels, it can make the climb out of the lower limits bori
5. Cheating Proved at Online Poker Site? - Few online players have not read of the recent allegations that a “super-user” account had been used at Absolute Poker to win thousands.
6. Online Measures UP! - We hear a lot of reasons why live poker is better than online poker: "Online poker is rigged." (It's not). "I like to look my opponent in the eye." "There are too many Donks online!" (Good reason to play online if you ask me). And there are a myriad of ot
7. Open Letter to Judge Cooper - Judge Mary Cooper recently heard the case Internet Media Entertainment & Gamin Association vs. U.S Government, and has promised a ruling within 30 days. I wish I had been in the United States.
8. Football? - PokerWorks is a poker site, but poker and sports betting have one thing in common and sort of go together.
9. Transferring Money Between Sites - Ultimate Bet and Absolute Poker have established an agreement that allows you to transfer your poker bankroll funds back and forth between the two sites.
10. Bad Books, Good Books - The first real book, on Internet Poker, was “Killer Poker Online,” by John Vorhaus.
11. Multiple Choice Titles - Survival is not an option. Myth of the Deep Stack Harrah’s does it again. Donkfest WSOP M.E.
12. Playing Poker Online - Contrary to some interpretations, there is no U.S. law that bans online poker play. (A few States do have laws against gambling online.)
13. Can’t Make It to The WSOP? - The WSOP ME is a $10,000 buy-in expected to have about 9,000 entries, with a first place prize over $12 million.
14. More Proof A Lady Won’t Win the Main Event. - Last month Poker After Dark gave us Ladies’ Week and this week we have the final table of the 2007 WSOP Ladies’ event.
15. Finding the Best Poker Game Online - Online table selection could be one of the most important skills of the Internet Poker player.
16. Teaching the Poker Masses - We've all heard the old imperative, "Never give lessons at the poker table," but sometimes we forget that a little bit of knowledge can be a dangerous thing.
17. It’s Official. I’m a Donk. - I know because an opponent told me so yesterday. I had sat down in a Limit Hold’em game and won the first three hands, with A-A, A-K, and 9-9, uncalled.
18. King-Queen - Big cards, face cards, or paints tend to rule in NLH because few pots are multi-way pots. Most players tend to play paints with abandon, but are they really any good, especially when faced with a raise?
19. Real Position vs. Relative Position - Every poker player knows that in Hold'em, "It is all about position." Tighten up in early position and play more marginal hands in late position. Doyle Brunson once said, "Give me the button every hand and I'll beat the game without ever looking at my hol
20. Online Poker Is Not Rigged - It seems like I write one of these about once a year but recently I’ve seen more chat than usual on the subject. “This site is rigged.” “Suck-outs always occur here.”

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1. I Turn 21 this Year - "I turn 21 next year, and will get to play poker live at the local casino. I start in May 2009 with a bankroll of $1000. What can I do to improve my results?
2. Don't Try This at Home - Every poker show on TV should be obligated to add the caveat at the beginning and end of every poker broadcast. Most of the poker seen on TV is bad poker.
3. I Shot the Sheriff - In poker tournaments many players feel that the short stacks start pushing all-in to steal blinds. Many Big Stacks feel obligated to play the sheriff and “Keep ‘em Honest.” Often this tactic rewards the short stack thieves with a double up and can
4. Surprise, Surprise - The article, “Online Poker Measures Up”, on the use of Poker Tracker and the Poker Ace HUD evidently generated a few new users of the software. Players on forums have posted, what to them were some startling findings. Poker Tracker and the HUD do pr
5. DOs - not DON’Ts - Often when discussing poker we find ourselves talking in “DON’Ts:” Don't do this. Don’t do that, etc. Good poker does lend itself to negative, “DON’Ts,” discussions. After all, in a full ten handed game you will only be dealt the best hand
6. But They Were Suited - On Full Tilt Poker, BoDog Poker, and many other online poker sites, how often have you raised with your good hands, only to see the flush draw flop, and subsequently the flush hit on the river, and your opponent turn over Q-2 suited to cap off your Aces,
7. Turning Down 65:1 Pot Odds - Good poker is played by making the best decisions. Often that involves calling or folding based on the odds of winning the hand are better than the pot odds, but as often said, “Everything in poker is situational,” and sometimes in poker tournaments
8. Defying the Poker Odds - Most poker players at least have a definition for “odds,” and many know that there are different types of odds; the odds you will make your hand, pot odds, and implied odds, but that doesn't mean that they understand the definitions or how to use them
9. Big Slick - A walk back to Houston, A-K, or Anna Kournikova (looks good but never wins), it doesn't matter what you call it. A-K as a starting hand in Hold'em, probably gets and deserves more “meaningful” discussion than any other starting hand. Although weaker
10. Taking an Ace to the River - One of the most disappointing situations in hold ’em occurs when an Ace flips on the river and your opponent turns over A-x off suit to beat your K-K or top pair.
11. A Friendly Poker Game - Or a poker game among friends? We've all heard there is no such thing as a friendly poker game, but why?
12. Why the early big stacks often lose - When the big stack sits back paying the blinds and allowing his opponents to eliminate each other, he can quickly become a short stack, as his stack shrinks and others double up.
13. Should or Expect in Poker - Many poker players use those two words interchangeably when talking about poker and it often causes a lot of stress and disappointment. In truth the two words have significantly different definitions.
14. >NP (Nice Play) - On the second episode, WPT (World Poker Tour,) week of “Poker After Dark,” Tuan Le made a great play, that many of us would have missed.
15. Road Map to Heads Up Poker - The consistent HU winners do not abandon pots simply because they have bad cards. To win consistently HU, you must pick up the orphan pots, when neither of you have a hand.
16. Varying Your Play - To vary our play we should occasionally play hands different from our normal strategy. To do this effectively we should always pick our spots very carefully
17. JB's One Card Tournament Rule - As a tournament progresses, situations change drastically as the blinds go up and stack sizes become very short and very tall.
18. How good are you, really? - You should have an idea how to calculate your expected win rate. Let's move out to a 10 seat Sit & Go and calculate the chance that you will be eliminated at each successive level.
19. Poker Tournaments are Two Games in One - The reason many cash poker players fail to do well in tournaments is the two tiered game. Not only are you required to play poker well you must also make calculated plays based on your position in the tournament, the second game.
20. Levels of Poker Thought - Every time you hear a player complain, “I can only beat good players.” You can probably assume that he suffers from FPS, (Fancy Play Syndrome,) and doesn't take into the account the level of thinking used by his opponents.

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