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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. Poker Plus - Variety Can Spice up your Poker Game - When it comes to playing poker, variety really is the spice of life at the tables. While there are several wonderful reasons to play poker online, one of the very best is the variety it affords players.
3. Poker Plus - Not all Fun and Games - Why do you play poker? Because it is fun or you just like card games? Do you just like to gamble? Or, maybe you are trying to grind out a few bucks to help pay for the liquid gold that goes in your car. Whatever the reason, playing poker is not all fun an
4. Poker Plus - Poker, Hollywood Style - Movies and television programs involving poker have been around for as long as there have been screens to watch them on. Hollywood often uses gambling to add some spice to a story line.
5. Poker Plus - Alphabet Poker Soup - Everything today has a shortened nickname; looking like alphabet soup to describe it. Not that long ago the alphabet was used mainly by TV stations, ABC, NBC and CBS. Then there were the government agency alphabet guys; FBI, CIA or to lump them all togeth
6. Poker Plus - The Bonus Bonanza - There is a multitude of ways to make money online, but for poker players, there is none better than doing what they love to do…play poker!
7. Poker Plus - The Game of People - For many players, anonymity is one of the things they love about playing online. They don’t have to talk to anyone and can remain a faceless entity. But for many it is and will always remain a game of people, a way to participate in a game, have fun, in
8. Poker Plus - Are You Ready to Play Poker Online? - Believe it or not there are poker players who have never played online poker. The reasons they have not made the plunge vary, from fear the software will be hard to figure out all the way to security and cheating concerns.
9. Poker Plus - Cycles - There are many cycles we go through as we age and go through life. First of course, we are babies, where everything is new, then toddlers where we are shaky, trying to find our way. On we go through adolescence where we learn and grow, then end up as te
10. Poker Plus - Social Poker - Poker is a social game. If you don’t think so, just watch some old western movies. Most likely you will see cowboys and gunslingers seated around a poker table, in the local saloon. Camaraderie was an integral part of the poker game, just as much as th
11. Poker Plus - And the Game Goes On… - As I sit here, writing this, I am in a H-O-R-S-E and NLH tournament on PokerStars. Not that this is unusual, many players, in fact, play way more than two tourneys at a time. What amazes me is that I am able to do this at all!
12. Poker Plus - Online Etiquette - Have you ever been in a game and clicked on your opponent’s name to see where they were from? Then, wondered why instead of the name of a city, town or country, you see “no-chat”?
13. Poker Plus - Making Your Mark - What are your goals in poker? As players, our goals are as individual as we are.
14. Poker Plus - Tapping The Tank - Without fish, those of us who play for profit would have a very tough time pumping up our bankroll. Who wants to sit down with the rocks? You know the rocks, trying to make their $10 a day no matter how long it takes, never raising on anything less than A
15. Poker Plus - Picking the Right Game - Picking a game is important and relatively easy online. Unlike in B&M card rooms, where you would probably have to be sitting in the game to see if it was lively or dead, it is simple to determine when playing online, without having to get in the game.
16. Poker Plus - Who is Responsible? - The fact is, not all gamblers, including poker players, are responsible people. In all factions of life, there are those who can’t admit any wrongdoing and must blame their plight on something or someone else.
17. Poker Plus - The Horseshoe Game - That elusive lady we all court when we are playing, but whom seldom smiles upon us. There may be some people in the world who say they don’t believe in luck, and I can almost guarantee these naysayers are not gamblers.
18. Poker Plus - Mind Games - Playing poker is not only a game played with cards on the green felt, it is also a game played with thoughts bouncing around in your head. Most poker players will tell you their mental state has a lot to do with how well, or how bad, they do while playin
19. Poker Plus - The Conspiracy Theorists - The world is full of people who believe everyone is out to get them, big brother is watching every move they make and peril waits just around the bend. Naturally, many of these people play poker.
20. Poker Plus Adjusting to Online Play - Poker players making the transition from live play to online play, often have trouble adjusting. Of course the basic play is the same, as far as position, hand value, pot odds and the like. But there are differences. For medium to low skill level players

Poker Strategy

1. Poker Plus - Telling Tells - Do you read poker books or poker pro blogs? If you do, no doubt you have read about Poker “tells” somewhere. Tells are a popular topic amongst players and are touted as an invaluable tool in the arsenal of a winning player.
2. Poker Plus - Why Do You Play Poker? - If you play poker, it is almost a given that someone has asked you this question. It is also a good bet that the person asking the question was not a poker player.
3. Poker Plus - Making the Most of your Poker Budget - Tired of the economy? Pissed off at the pump? Grouchy at the grocery store? Well you are not alone. Everyone today is feeling the pinch, even poker players.
4. Poker Plus - Multi-Tasking - When you play poker online do you multi-table? Many players do, especially when in tournaments. Multi-tabling has many advantages, increasing your chances of placing in tournaments and keeping you from being bored. We all know boredom while playing poker
5. Poker Plus - Analyzation - A good way to improve your poker game is to analyze your hands and how you played those hands. This can best be accomplished by getting hand histories, available on almost all poker sites. By studying the hand histories you can see exactly what went down
6. Poker Plus - Freeroll Mania - Players who are trying to build a bankroll for free have one option; to play in Freerolls and hope to win. Sounds easy right? Unfortunately, it is not as easy as it sounds. If you don’t believe me, go read the Chasing Chris Ferguson Blog, especially the
7. Poker Plus - Profit Sharing - There are two reasons players lose, either they are loose players who play bad, or they are good players having a bad run. Even the best of players can fall into tilt or “donk-mode” once in awhile. When I sit in a game and I am the only tight player,
8. Poker Plus - Tools of the Trade - In our quest to be a good poker player, we need to use all the tools available to us. In a live game, we use our visual observations to pick up “tells” and get a read on our opponents. But how do we do that while playing online? One way is to take no