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| 139 | Bursting the SNG Bubble
Peter Feldmen
February 21st, 2008
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| 138 | There's No "I" In Poker
Eddy Scharf
February 14th, 2008
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| 137 | Controlling the Pot
Paul Wasicka
February 5th, 2008
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| 136 | Omaha Hi/Lo Strategies
Perry Friedman
February 1st, 2008
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| 135 | Tilt Control
Ben Roberts
January 24th 2008
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| 134 | Playing Six-Handed SNGs
Scott Fischman
January 17th 2008
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| 133 | Bluffing in Pot-Limit Omaha
Brandon Adams
January 9th 2008
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| 132 | Running Bad
Chris Ferguson
January 3rd 2008
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| 131 | Mix It Up!
Eddy Scharf
December 19th 2007
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| 130 | Suited Connectors and Small Pocket Pairs
Phil Gordon
December 12th 2007
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| 129 | Implied Odds - Part 2
Andy Bloch
December 5th 2007
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| 128 | Implied Odds - Part 1
Andy Bloch
November 28th 2007
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| 127 | Taking Your Hands Off the Wheel
Barny Boatman
November 23rd 2007
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| 126 | Knockout Punch
Erik Seidel
November 16th 2007
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| 125 | Don't Read This Tip
Phil Ivey
November 7th 2007
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| 124 | Establishing a Tight Table Image
Allen Cunningham
November 1st 2007
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| 123 | Getting Paid on a Monster
Roland de Wolfe
October 26th 2007
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| 122 | Being a Bully
Gus Hansen
October 18th 2007
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| 121 | Getting Started in Pot-Limit Omaha
Brandon Adams
October 5th 2007
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| 120 | Pre-flop Raising Strategies
Phil Gordon
September 28th 2007
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| 119 | Playing from the Blinds in Tournaments Part 2
John Cernuto
September 21st 2007
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| 118 | Playing from the Blinds in Tournaments Part 1
John Cernuto
September 13th 2007
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| 117 | Recalculating the Average Stack
Phil Gordon
September 6th 2007
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| 116 | Building and Maintaining a Bankroll
Paul Wasicka
August 29th 2007
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| 115 | Bubble Play In Tournaments
Paul Sexton
August 17th, 2007
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| 114 | Playing Large Fields
Howard Lederer
August 17th, 2007
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| 113 | HOW TO WIN A HORSE TOURNAMENT PART II
Andy Bloch
August 7th, 2007
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| 112 | HOW TO WIN A HORSE TOURNAMENT PART I
Andy Bloch
July 31st, 2007
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| 111 | How to Bluff Against a Solid Player
Ross Boatman
July 23rd, 2007
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| 110 | Playing a Short Stack in Multi-Table Tournaments
Erica Schoenberg
July 13th, 2007
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| 109 | Playing Heads Up
Paul Wasicka
July 6th, 2007
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| 108 | Playing Small and Medium Pocket Pairs in No-Limit Hold'em
Greg "FBT" Mueller
June 29th, 2007
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| 107 | When to Continuation Bet
Andy Bloch
June 20th, 2007
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| 106 | Buying In Short in Pot-Limit Omaha
Lee Watkinson
June 15th, 2007
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| 105 | Small Pockets and Big Stacks
Michael Craig
June 8th, 2007
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| 104 | Goin' Pro
Chris Ferguson
June 1st, 2007
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| 103 | A Calling Hand in Stud Hi-Lo
Howard Lederer
May 18th, 2007
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| 102 | Understanding Implied Odds
Rafe Furst
May 10th, 2007
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| 101 | Table Talk
Gavin Smith
May 4th, 2007
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| 100 | Starting from Zero
Chris Ferguson
April 30th, 2007
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| 99 | Playing Low
Karina Jett
April 16th, 2007
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| 98 | How Much Luck? How Much Skill?
Ben Roberts
March 30th, 2007
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| 97 | The Weak Lead
Lee Watkinson
March 23rd, 2007
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| 96 | Satellite Savviness
Team Full Tilt
March 1st, 2007
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| 95 | The Pain Barrier - Manipulating Your Opponent
Joe Beevers
Feb 9, 2007
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| 94 | Finding the Low Cards in Omaha Hi/Lo
Mike Matusow
Jan 15, 2007
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| 93 | Looking at the Long-Term
Erik Seidel
Jan 6, 2007
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| 92 | Playing Small and Medium Pairs in Seven-Card Stud
Perry Friedman
Dec 29, 2006
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| 91 | Playing Aces in PLO
Andrew Black
Dec 21, 2006
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| 90 | Playing in Australia
Mark Vos
Dec 15, 2006
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| 89 | Playing Mixed Games
Jennifer Harman
Dec 7, 2006
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| 88 | Pot-Size Manipulation
Gavin Smith
Nov 30, 2006
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| 87 | Betting out of Position
Gus Hansen
Nov 20, 2006
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| 86 | How a Pro Thinks Through a Hand
Team Full Tilt
Nov 13, 2006
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| 85 | Cash Equity at the Final Table
Rafe Furst
Nov 6, 2006
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| 84 | Getting Beyond Your Cards
Perry Friedman
Oct 30, 2006
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| 83 | The Mindset of a Winner
Kristy Gazes
Oct 23, 2006
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| 82 | Balancing Poker and Life
Clonie Gowen
Oct 16, 2006
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| 81 | Play More Pots
Erick Lindgren
Oct 9, 2006
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| 80 | Heads-Up vs Multi-Way Hands in Omaha Hi/Lo
Andy Bloch
Oct 3, 2006
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| 79 | Playing Big Slick in Deep Stack Tournaments
Paul Wolfe
Sept 25, 2006
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| 78 | Breaking Out of Your Comfort Zone
Ben Roberts
Sept 18, 2006
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| 77 | Playing Cap Games
Howard Lederer
Sept 11, 2006
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| 76 | From No-Limit to Limit
Richard Brodie
Sept 4, 2006
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| 75 | Check-Raising on Draws
Steve Brecher
August 28, 2006
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| 74 | Betting the River with Marginal Hands
Andy Bloch
August 21, 2006
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| 73 | Learning from Allen Cunningham
Jay Greenspan
August 14, 2006
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| 72 | Acknowledging Mistakes
Team Full Tilt
August 7, 2006
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| 71 | Playing the Main Event
Gus Hansen
July 31, 2006
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| 70 | Managing the Short Stack
Mark Vos
July 24, 2006
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| 69 | Playing Pot-Limit Tournaments
Rafe Furst
July 17, 2006
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| 68 | Red for a Day
Brian Koppelman
July 10, 2006
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| 67 | A Big Stack Mistake at the 2006 WSOP*
Phil Gordon
July 3, 2006
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| 66 | Winning Poker - It's About More Than Money
Ben Roberts
June 26, 2006
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| 65 | Seventh Street Decisions in Seven-Stud
Keith Sexton
June 19, 2006
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| 64 | Big Blind Play in Limit Hold 'em
Jennifer Harman
June 12, 2006
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| 63 | Firing the Second Bullet
Greg "FBT" Mueller
June 5, 2006
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| 62 | Fourth Street Decisions in Seven Stud
Keith Sexton
May 29, 2006
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| 61 | Finding Your Inner Maniac
Greg "FBT" Mueller
May 22, 2006
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| 60 | Beware the Min Raise
Phil Gordon
May 15, 2006
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| 59 | Playing Bottom Two Pair
Rafe Furst
May 8, 2006
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| 58 | The Other Danger in Slow Playing
Howard Lederer
May 1, 2006
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| 57 | Why I Prefer Cash Games to Tournaments
Huckleberry Seed
April 24, 2006
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| 56 | Early Tournament Play
David Grey
April 17, 2006
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| 55 | Bad Position, Decent Cards
Howard Lederer
April 3, 2006
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| 54 | Inducing a Bluff
Layne Flack
March 27, 2006
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| 53 | Back to Basics
David Grey
March 20, 2006
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| 52 | Representing a Bluff
Huckleberry Seed
March 13, 2006
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| 51 | Viewer Beware
Howard Lederer
March 6, 2006
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| 50 | When Passive Plays
Chris Ferguson
February 27, 2006
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| 49 | Book Smarts vs. Table Smarts
Erik Seidel
February 20, 2006
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| 48 | Playing with John D'Agostino
Jay Greenspan
February 13, 2006
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| 47 | On Cavemen and Poker Players
Ben Roberts
February 6, 2006
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| 46 | Small-Pot Poker
Gavin Smith
January 30, 2006
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| 45 | Tips From Tunica
Andy Bloch
January 23, 2006
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| 44 | How Big a Bankroll?
Team Full Tilt
January 16, 2006
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| 43 | Thoughts on Omaha-8
Jennifer Harman
January 09, 2006
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| 42 | In Defense of the Call
Gavin Smith
January 02, 2006
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| 41 | Stepping Up, Stepping Down
Kristy Gazes
December 26, 2005
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| 40 | Playing a Big Draw in Limit Hold 'em
Chris "Jesus" Ferguson
December 19, 2005
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| 39 | Know Your (Table) Limits
Paul Wolfe
December 12, 2005
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| 38 | Getting Started in Stud-8
Jennifer Harman
December 05, 2005
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| 37 | What's Your Starting Hand Really Worth?
Steve Brecher
November 28, 2005
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| 36 | Big Slick: A Slippery Hand
Rafe Furst
November 21, 2005
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| 35 | Bad Cards or Bad Plays?
Team Full Tilt
November 14, 2005
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| 34 | Strategies for Short-Handed Limit Hold 'em
John D'Agostino
November 7, 2005
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| 33 | Taking on a Short-Handed No-Limit Game
John D'Agostino
October 31, 2005
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| 32 | What I learned at the WSOP*
Jay Greenspan
October 24, 2005
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| 31 | Back to the Drawing Board
Perry Friedman
October 17, 2005
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| 30 | It's Not Easy Being Green. Or Is It?
Team Full Tilt
October 10, 2005
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| 29 | Texture Isn't Just For Fabric
Phil Gordon
October 3, 2005
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| 28 | Know Your Opponent; Own Your Opponent
Paul Wolfe
September 26, 2005
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| 27 | How Bad are the Beats?
Steve Brecher
September 19, 2005
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| 26 | Third Street in Seven Stud
Perry Friedman
September 12, 2005
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| 25 | Flopping a Monster
Richard Brodie
September 6, 2005
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| 24 | Our Favorite Poker Books
Team Full Tilt
August 30, 2005
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| 23 | Holding On To Your Winnings
Aaron "GambleAB" Bartley
August 22, 2005
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| 22 | No-limit by the Numbers
Andy Bloch
August 15, 2005
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| 21 | Chip Sandwich
Phil Gordon
August 8, 2005
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| 20 | Sizing Up Your Opening Bet
Chris Ferguson
August 1, 2005
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| 19 | So You Wanna Go Pro
Rafe Furst
July 25, 2005
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| 18 | Dealer, Leave the Bets in Front of the Players.
Greg Mascio
July 18, 2005
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| 17 | Not Playing By The Book
Phil Gordon
July 11, 2005
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| 16 | Playing Two or More Tables at Once
Erick Lindgren
July 4, 2005
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| 15 | How To Win At Tournament Poker, Part 2
Chris Ferguson
June 27, 2005
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| 14 | How To Win At Tournament Poker, Part 1
Chris Ferguson
June 20, 2005
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| 13 | Specialize At Your Peril
Howard Lederer
June 13, 2005
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| 12 | Common Mistakes
Phil Gordon
June 6, 2005
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| 11 | Don't Play a Big Pot Unless You Have a Big Hand
John Juanda
May 30, 2005
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| 10 | Ask And Ye Shall Receive Part II
Erick Lindgren
May 23, 2005
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| 9 | Ask And Ye Shall Receive Part 1
Erick Lindgren
May 16, 2005
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| 8 | Should I Stay Or Should I Go
Jennifer Harman
May 9, 2005
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| 7 | Keep Your Toolbox Well Stocked
Chris Ferguson
May 2, 2005
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| 6 | Why I Leave My Sunglasses And iPod At Home
Howard Lederer
April 25, 2005
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| 5 | In Pot Limit...
Clonie Gowen
April 11, 2005
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| 4 | The Script
Phil Gordon
April 4, 2005
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| 3 | Just A Few Things When Playing Razz
Jennifer Harman
March 28, 2005
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| 2 | A Way To Approximate The Odds
Clonie Gowen
March 21, 2005
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| 1 | Sit N Goes Made Easy
Howard Lederer
March 14, 2005
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| 139 Bursting the SNG Bubble
Author: Peter Feldmen
February 21st, 2008 | | | One of the keys to becoming a successful Sit and Go player is learning to master bubble play. The last thing anybody wants is to be the Bubble Boy, which means you need to get the most out of every hand you play during this critical stage. If you make solid moves from good positions and manage...
| | 138 There's No "I" In Poker
Author: Eddy Scharf
February 14th, 2008 | | | I recently competed in a televised tournament where several players lost focus on their game. They were either trying to gun for a particular opponent at their table or making some ill-advised moves to show off for the cameras. In every case, these players were making the same mistake - letting their egos get in the way...
| | 137 Controlling the Pot
Author: Paul Wasicka
February 5th, 2008 | | | One of the most critical aspects to surviving - and thriving - in deep stack tournaments is learning how to control the size of the pots you play. In short, your goal should be to play big pots when you have big hands and small pots when you don't. When you and your opponents...
| | 136 Omaha Hi/Lo Strategies
Author: Perry Friedman
February 1st, 2008 | | | The big difference between big-bet (Pot-Limit or No-Limit) Omaha Hi/Lo and Limit Omaha Hi/Lo is that the former plays much more like Omaha High. Low hands become much less valuable because of how often they get quartered.
If you get quartered in Limit games, you may not lose too much of your overall chip stack because the action...
| | 135 Tilt Control
Author: Ben Roberts
January 24th 2008 | | | About two years ago, I wrote "On Cavemen and Poker Players", which talked about the importance of learning to control your emotions at the poker table. Since then, I've had time to further refine my views on this topic, especially when it comes to the concept...
| | 134 Playing Six-Handed SNGs
Author: Scott Fischman
January 17th 2008 | | | Most people are familiar with the differences between one-table Sit and Go tournaments (SNGs) and other forms of poker. Because these tournaments only pay the top three finishers at a nine-handed table, the standard...
| | 133 Bluffing in Pot-Limit Omaha
Author: Brandon Adams
January 9th 2008 | | | Bluffing can be one of the most profitable plays in poker. However, its success is often blunted by the fact that it's also one of the most misunderstood and over-used...
| | 132 Running Bad
Author: Chris Ferguson
January 3rd 2008 | | | In 1964, Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart tried to define what may or may not be considered obscene under US law. In the end, he determined that no definition existed, but that when it comes to obscenity, "I know it when I see it." The same holds true when you're talking about running badly...
| | 131 Mix It Up!
Author: Eddy Scharf
December 19th 2007 | | | A group of my fellow Full Tilt Poker pros and I recently completed a tour of Germany where we got to spend a lot of time interacting with a whole new generation of players from around the country. What I noticed along the way - aside from the incredible enthusiasm for the game - is that many of these players are very...
| | 130 Suited Connectors and Small Pocket Pairs
Author: Phil Gordon
December 12th 2007 | | | We've all seen situations unfold on TV where a hand like 7-8 suited or pocket 5s manages to crack some big pocket pair like Aces or Kings. We sit back in the comfort of our living rooms and say, "Well, if they can do it, so can I!" While it is true that these hands can sometimes take down monster pots, the fact is, playing these kinds of marginal hands can often lead...
| | 129 Implied Odds - Part 2
Author: Andy Bloch
December 5th 2007 | | | In my last tip, I discussed the basic principles of implied odds. As you'll recall, your implied odds are the total amount you can win in a given pot, divided by the number of chips you're putting into the pot. Put another way, implied odds calculate future action and betting that may occur in a hand, while pot odds focus on the here and now of the...
| | 128 Implied Odds - Part 1
Author: Andy Bloch
November 28th 2007 | | | Most people have a pretty good understanding of pot odds - whether the amount of chips in the pot justifies making a call - but they fail to realize that making this calculation only solves part of the poker equation. Often, these players forget to think about how the rest of the hand is going to...
| | 127 Taking Your Hands Off the Wheel
Author: Barny Boatman
November 23rd 2007 | | | There's no question that poker includes an element of gamble. Any time you risk something of value on an event with an uncertain outcome, you're gambling. But there is a way in which poker is the exact opposite of gambling, because poker...
| | 126 Knockout Punch
Author: Erik Seidel
November 16th 2007 | | | Knockout Bounty tournaments - recently added to Full Tilt Poker - can add a fun and exciting new wrinkle to tournament poker. While it's important to go after the bounties at the right times, you have to keep an eye on your overall goal: winning. A lot of players will forget this and risk way too much as they try to go after bounties. You have to be wary...
| | 125 Don't Read This Tip
Author: Phil Ivey
November 7th 2007 | | | When it comes to advice about poker, my attitude is very simple: seek it out, absorb it, but while you're at the table, forget it.
| | 124 Establishing a Tight Table Image
Author: Allen Cunningham
November 1st 2007 | | | Throughout a tournament, your table image will help determine how much action you'll get and, ultimately, how you can manipulate your opponents into making big calls or big laydowns at the wrong times. While establishing a loose, aggressive image early on can...
| | 123 Getting Paid on a Monster
Author: Roland de Wolfe
October 26th 2007 | | | One of the most profitable situations in poker is one in which you've flopped a monster and someone else is betting into you. It's an incredible feeling but, alas, one of the rarest occurrences...
| | 122 Being a Bully
Author: Gus Hansen
October 18th 2007 | | | Many players understand the concepts involved in building a large chip stack during a tournament. What they don't understand, however, is how to use their chips effectively once they've gotten them. Once they've accumulated a lot of chips, many players want to control the action, but they haven't thought through how to take command of the table. When I am the big stack in a tournament, being the bully...
| | 121 Getting Started in Pot-Limit Omaha
Author: Brandon Adams
October 5th 2007 | | | To the uninitiated, the only discernible difference between a game of Omaha and a game of Hold 'em is that players start each hand with four cards instead of two. But what a difference those two extra cards can make throughout the course of a hand.
In Hold 'em, your two cards represent one of 169 possible hands. In Omaha, where you must use two of your four starting cards to make...
| | 120 Pre-flop Raising Strategies
Author: Phil Gordon
September 28th 2007 | | | To limp or not to limp-that is the question. I'm not going to name any names here, but there are some big-game pros who will argue that it's okay to limp into a pot before the flop. They reason that the more flops they see...
| | 119 Playing from the Blinds in Tournaments Part 2
Author: John Cernuto
September 21st 2007 | | | Throughout a tournament, everyone develops a table image that impacts how people play against them. Depending on your opponent's style of play - and how your opponent perceives you - you might be able to...
| | 118 Playing from the Blinds in Tournaments Part 1
Author: John Cernuto
September 13th 2007 | | | If tournament poker is a game of situations, then it's important to know how to play from the blinds. Poker comes down to three basic decisions: fold, call, or raise. Usually, folding the blinds will be your best option...
| | 117 Recalculating the Average Stack
Author: Phil Gordon
September 6th 2007 | | | In a recent World Series of Poker* Circuit event that I played in, the nine-handed final table started with blinds of 10K - 20K, and there were roughly 3.5 million chips in play. Some quick division would tell you that the average stack was 350K, or about 18 big blinds. This simple calculation could lead you to some bad conclusions...
| | 116 Building and Maintaining a Bankroll
Author: Paul Wasicka
August 29th 2007 | | | For most players, the lure of playing in high-stakes ring games or tournaments is a sirens' song that's hard to resist. While there's no doubt that these games can provide huge rewards, the sad truth is that many beginners often leap into the deep end before...
| | 115 Bubble Play In Tournaments
Author: Paul Sexton
August 17th, 2007 | | | I had just bubbled in the $2,000 Seven-Card Stud Tournament at the World Series of Poker*. I had a drawing hand and I ended up losing all my chips, which was a big mistake.
| | 114 Playing Large Fields
Author: Howard Lederer
August 17th, 2007 | | | During the World Series of Poker, players are confronted with massive fields. For example, in the 2007 WSOP, nearly 3,000 players bought into the first $1,500 No-Limit Hold 'em event. Throughout the Series, it was common to see starting fields of 1,500 to 2,000. Many players who are accustomed to playing in...
| | 113 HOW TO WIN A HORSE TOURNAMENT PART II
Author: Andy Bloch
August 7th, 2007 | | | To win a HORSE tournament, you have to understand the value of the blinds and antes in each of the games. From my experience I find that you don't win HORSE tournaments as much as you steal them...
| | 112 HOW TO WIN A HORSE TOURNAMENT PART I
Author: Andy Bloch
July 31st, 2007 | | | If you want to win a HORSE tournament, you have to be good at all five games. You don't have to be the best player at any one game, but you also can't be the worst. If you're really bad at one of the games...
| | 111 How to Bluff Against a Solid Player
Author: Ross Boatman
July 23rd, 2007 | | | When trying to steal pots in No-Limit Hold 'em, you have to ask yourself questions like: "How likely is it that my opponent has a hand?" and "Does my bet (bluff) make sense in the context of the way the hand played out?" Asking these questions is important. Answering them...
| | 110 Playing a Short Stack in Multi-Table Tournaments
Author: Erica Schoenberg
July 13th, 2007 | | | The key to succeeding in tournament play is being able to handle the ups and downs, because it's not always going to go perfectly. Your chip stack is not always going to shoot upwards, which means you'll often need to make good decisions when... | | 109 Playing Heads Up
Author: Paul Wasicka
July 6th, 2007 | | | Heads-up play is one of the most important aspects of poker, and many players could benefit from strengthening this part of their game. | | 107 When to Continuation Bet
Author: Andy Bloch
June 20th, 2007 | | | When you raise pre-flop in a game of No-Limit Hold 'em and are called, you're faced with a decision when the flop hits the board. Should you put out a continuation bet on the flop or should you check and let... | | 106 Buying In Short in Pot-Limit Omaha
Author: Lee Watkinson
June 15th, 2007 | | | It's amazing the difference that two cards can make. As opposed to Hold 'em where players have two hole cards at the start of each hand, Omaha starts each player off with four cards, which makes both pre- and post-flop play much more challenging, especially... | | 105 Small Pockets and Big Stacks
Author: Michael Craig
June 8th, 2007 | | | "It's the first hand and you're in the big blind. Five players move all-in. You look down at pocket Aces. What do you do?" | | 104 Goin' Pro
Author: Chris Ferguson
June 1st, 2007 | | | "Should I quit my job and play professionally?" "Should I drop out of school and play poker full time?" I get these questions all the time and I always give the same answer: | | 103 A Calling Hand in Stud Hi-Lo
Author: Howard Lederer
May 18th, 2007 | | | But in Seven-Card Stud Hi/Lo, a situation sometimes arises where drawing with a modest chance at the whole pot and an even smaller chance at half the pot is clearly the correct play. | | 102 Understanding Implied Odds
Author: Rafe Furst
May 10th, 2007 | | | Too often, implied odds are invoked as a reason for a play when "wishful thinking" would be the more accurate description of the situation. | | 101 Table Talk
Author: Gavin Smith
May 4th, 2007 | | | Every piece of information you gain at the table is something you can use to your advantage. | | 100 Starting from Zero
Author: Chris Ferguson
April 30th, 2007 | | | I had a losing streak there and had to go down to $5/$10. That was tough. | | 99 Playing Low
Author: Karina Jett
April 16th, 2007 | | | There's no shame playing for lower stakes than you think you can afford. | | 98 How Much Luck? How Much Skill?
Author: Ben Roberts
March 30th, 2007 | | | The fact is, these kinds of events should have less of an impact on your overall results the more you play. | | 97 The Weak Lead
Author: Lee Watkinson
March 23rd, 2007 | | | And if you check-call, the pro will probably check the turn and then fold to a bet on the river. | | 96 Satellite Savviness
Author: Team Full Tilt
March 1st, 2007 | | | The fact is, satellites provide much more than the chance to save some money on a $10K buy-in. | | 93 Looking at the Long-Term
Author: Erik Seidel
Jan 6, 2007 | | | Many refuse to admit mistakes and insist that a bad run is due to bad luck alone. | | 91 Playing Aces in PLO
Author: Andrew Black
Dec 21, 2006 | | | Omaha is a game where what you catch with the community cards is usually more important than what you start with. | | 90 Playing in Australia
Author: Mark Vos
Dec 15, 2006 | | | For a serious poker player, the Aussie Millions offers one of best structures of any tournament anywhere. | | 89 Playing Mixed Games
Author: Jennifer Harman
Dec 7, 2006 | | | It's tough to go back to any one game once you start playing mixed games. | | 88 Pot-Size Manipulation
Author: Gavin Smith
Nov 30, 2006 | | | keeping the pot small will get you pretty good value when you're ahead and help you avoid disaster when you're behind. | | 84 Getting Beyond Your Cards
Author: Perry Friedman
Oct 30, 2006 | | | Moving beyond your own cards is a key step in coming to think like a winning player. | | 83 The Mindset of a Winner
Author: Kristy Gazes
Oct 23, 2006 | | | It's impossible to overstate the importance of money management to your poker career. | | 82 Balancing Poker and Life
Author: Clonie Gowen
Oct 16, 2006 | | | Don't even consider going pro until you can cover all of your bills for at least six months in advance. | | 81 Play More Pots
Author: Erick Lindgren
Oct 9, 2006 | | | My overall goal is to pick up a lot of small pots without a lot of resistance. | | 77 Playing Cap Games
Author: Howard Lederer
Sept 11, 2006 | | | You'll be able to take some shots at pots that you probably wouldn't take in deep-stack games. | | 76 From No-Limit to Limit
Author: Richard Brodie
Sept 4, 2006 | | | By the river in Limit Hold 'em, you're often getting odds of 9, 10, or 11 to 1 to make a call. | | 75 Check-Raising on Draws
Author: Steve Brecher
August 28, 2006 | | | Rather than check-call, I often like to check-raise when I flop a draw out of position. | | 74 Betting the River with Marginal Hands
Author: Andy Bloch
August 21, 2006 | | | In spots where your opponent might hold a busted draw and bluff, it's often more profitable to check and then pick off the bluff with a call.
| | 72 Acknowledging Mistakes
Author: Team Full Tilt
August 7, 2006 | | | The best players have the ability to acknowledge and learn from their mistakes. | | 71 Playing the Main Event
Author: Gus Hansen
July 31, 2006 | | | When playing against weak opponents while holding lots chips, you should try to see more flops as cheaply as you can. | | 70 Managing the Short Stack
Author: Mark Vos
July 24, 2006 | | | In No-Limit tournaments, it's very important to do your stealing when you have at least eight to 10 big blinds. | | 68 Red for a Day
Author: Brian Koppelman
July 10, 2006 | | | I felt like every raise, weak call or foolish bluff I made was magnified. | | 64 Big Blind Play in Limit Hold 'em
Author: Jennifer Harman
June 12, 2006 | | | Even if the check-raise doesn't win the pot, this move helps keep a tough, aggressive player off balance. | | 63 Firing the Second Bullet
Author: Greg "FBT" Mueller
June 5, 2006 | | | If you're up against an opponent who is unwilling to play without a very big hand, firing the second bullet can force them to make some bad lay downs. | | 62 Fourth Street Decisions in Seven Stud
Author: Keith Sexton
May 29, 2006 | | | If fourth street builds straight or flush possibilities for my opponent, I'm likely to muck a lot of hands; if it appears to be a complete blank, I'll usually continue. | | 61 Finding Your Inner Maniac
Author: Greg "FBT" Mueller
May 22, 2006 | | | I had convinced him that there was no difference between a $25 raise and a $4,000 raise. | | 60 Beware the Min Raise
Author: Phil Gordon
May 15, 2006 | | | Every time I've been faced with a minimum re-raise, I've been up against a monster - pocket Kings or Aces. | | 59 Playing Bottom Two Pair
Author: Rafe Furst
May 8, 2006 | | | Many players overplay top pair and over-pairs, and will either call or re-raise all-in. | | 56 Early Tournament Play
Author: David Grey
April 17, 2006 | | | I'd rather gamble early and bust than cling to a short stack for hours on end. | | 55 Bad Position, Decent Cards
Author: Howard Lederer
April 3, 2006 | | | In spots like this, your best move is to press an edge while you have it - before the flop. | | 54 Inducing a Bluff
Author: Layne Flack
March 27, 2006 | | | It's hard to bluff on three consecutive streets, and most players won't launch that third bullet. | | 53 Back to Basics
Author: David Grey
March 20, 2006 | | | As players improve, they inevitably see more opportunities for profit, and thus, see potential in a greater number of hands.
| | 52 Representing a Bluff
Author: Huckleberry Seed
March 13, 2006 | | | If you had the nuts, he'd reason, you'd bet smaller, trying to get some value. | | 51 Viewer Beware
Author: Howard Lederer
March 6, 2006 | | | In the last couple of years, I've noticed that some of the less experienced players who have entered $10,000 buy-in tournaments don't fully appreciate what they've seen on TV. | | 50 When Passive Plays
Author: Chris Ferguson
February 27, 2006 | | | Ideally I want to get one decent sized bet in over the course of this hand and by checking, I prevent my opponent from giving me more action than my hand can handle. | | 49 Book Smarts vs. Table Smarts
Author: Erik Seidel
February 20, 2006 | | | Just as there is no right way to write a song or paint a picture, there is no right way to play poker. | | 48 Playing with John D'Agostino
Author: Jay Greenspan
February 13, 2006 | | | After such a difficult opening, it's not uncommon to see even very good players overwhelmed with resignation.
| | 46 Small-Pot Poker
Author: Gavin Smith
January 30, 2006 | | | I'm looking to pick up a lot of small pots by applying a constant level of pressure to my opponents. | | 45 Tips From Tunica
Author: Andy Bloch
January 23, 2006 | | | When he check-raised, he failed to ask himself a critical question: What hand can I call with that he could beat? | | 44 How Big a Bankroll?
Author: Team Full Tilt
January 16, 2006 | | | If you're nervous about what you stand to lose in a given pot, you're probably playing too high for your bankroll. | | 43 Thoughts on Omaha-8
Author: Jennifer Harman
January 09, 2006 | | | Whenever possible, you need to position yourself to take every chip from a big pot. | | 42 In Defense of the Call
Author: Gavin Smith
January 02, 2006 | | | A strategic call might keep me from going broke in a hand where I hold a good, but second-best hand.
| | 41 Stepping Up, Stepping Down
Author: Kristy Gazes
December 26, 2005 | | | Early in my poker career I set a simple rule for myself: I would never move to a higher limit until I won three consecutive sessions. If I lost three consecutive sessions at a given limit, I would move down to a lower limit. | | 39 Know Your (Table) Limits
Author: Paul Wolfe
December 12, 2005 | | | As I play, I take note of the loose players and tight players, and then use that information to decide which seat will be most profitable. | | 38 Getting Started in Stud-8
Author: Jennifer Harman
December 05, 2005 | | | The major mistake that new Stud-8 players make is that they play aggressively with hands that might serve them well in a regular game of 7-Card Stud. | | 36 Big Slick: A Slippery Hand
Author: Rafe Furst
November 21, 2005 | | | Many people fall in love with A-K pre-flop in No-Limit Hold 'em because they know that they can rarely be much worse than 50-50 to win the hand if they get all of their money in heads up. | | 35 Bad Cards or Bad Plays?
Author: Team Full Tilt
November 14, 2005 | | | I know that some days, even if I play perfectly, I'm going to lose. | | 34 Strategies for Short-Handed Limit Hold 'em
Author: John D'Agostino
November 7, 2005 | | | The position raise puts me in control of the hand and, even if I'm holding total trash, the pressure puts the blinds in a spot where they need to catch a piece of the flop. | | 31 Back to the Drawing Board
Author: Perry Friedman
October 17, 2005 | | | If you're against a player who likes to slow play or a player who will bluff you out with a big bet, a small bet gives you the best chance of seeing the turn. | | 29 Texture Isn't Just For Fabric
Author: Phil Gordon
October 3, 2005 | | | If my hand is unlikely to improve, I tend to bet more than 2/3 of the pot. I want to take this pot now. | | 27 How Bad are the Beats?
Author: Steve Brecher
September 19, 2005 | | | After my bet and the opponent's all in-raise, I was getting pot odds of 3.7 to 1 to call, so the call is clearly correct. | | 26 Third Street in Seven Stud
Author: Perry Friedman
September 12, 2005 | | | You should almost never bring in for a completion in Stud Hi, except in very rare tournament situations. | | 25 Flopping a Monster
Author: Richard Brodie
September 6, 2005 | | | Big hands can mean big pots. But, with a big hand, it's even more important to strategize and figure out how strong your opponent is. | | 24 Our Favorite Poker Books
Author: Team Full Tilt
August 30, 2005 | | | Chris Ferguson believes David Sklansky's Hold 'em for the Advanced Player and Theory of Poker are perhaps the two best books out there. | | 23 Holding On To Your Winnings
Author: Aaron "GambleAB" Bartley
August 22, 2005 | | | One slip-up can spell disaster for a bankroll, and watching six months of hard work disappear in six hours of foolish play is enough to crush anyone's spirits. | | 22 No-limit by the Numbers
Author: Andy Bloch
August 15, 2005 | | | In poker, it's the long run that matters, so he should only call if his probability of winning is greater than 40%. | | 21 Chip Sandwich
Author: Phil Gordon
August 8, 2005 | | | If my raise gets the initial raiser to fold, the meat of the chips will very often be coming my way. | | 20 Sizing Up Your Opening Bet
Author: Chris Ferguson
August 1, 2005 | | | Poker is like real estate. The three most important factors in deciding how much to raise are: Location, location, location. | | 19 So You Wanna Go Pro
Author: Rafe Furst
July 25, 2005 | | | Poker is a great game; it's tons of fun, and has never been as potentially profitable as it is today. But try to keep it in perspective. | | 17 Not Playing By The Book
Author: Phil Gordon
July 11, 2005 | | | Poker is not a game that is best played by the numbers. Poker is a game of situations. | | 13 Specialize At Your Peril
Author: Howard Lederer
June 13, 2005 | | | Playing the other games will develop skills that will simply make you a better poker player. | | 12 Common Mistakes
Author: Phil Gordon
June 6, 2005 | | | I will very rarely bluff against a "calling station". | | 10 Ask And Ye Shall Receive Part II
Author: Erick Lindgren
May 23, 2005 | | | Wouldn't Casey have been more than happy to raise with his A-A, knowing the older gentleman would reraise him? | | 9 Ask And Ye Shall Receive Part 1
Author: Erick Lindgren
May 16, 2005 | | | I want him to view me as a young hot-shot, with the hopes that he'll bully me later when I have the goods. | | 8 Should I Stay Or Should I Go
Author: Jennifer Harman
May 9, 2005 | | | Usually a losing player is scared to get involved with a winning player, so it's easier for you to pick up pots. | | 7 Keep Your Toolbox Well Stocked
Author: Chris Ferguson
May 2, 2005 | | | One essential element of playing winning poker is forcing your opponents to make difficult decisions. | | 5 In Pot Limit...
Author: Clonie Gowen
April 11, 2005 | | | What many beginning pot limit Omaha players do not understand is that Omaha is really a game of redraws. | | 4 The Script
Author: Phil Gordon
April 4, 2005 | | | After a careful analysis, if I'm not sure if I should raise and I'm not sure I should fold, I feel confident that calling a bet (or checking) is correct. | | 2 A Way To Approximate The Odds
Author: Clonie Gowen
March 21, 2005 | | | Knowing the approximate likelihood of making your hand is a good beginning step on the road to better poker. | | 1 Sit N Goes Made Easy
Author: Howard Lederer
March 14, 2005 | | | The Sit N Go is the flight simulator of Final Table play, and mastering it should be considered mandatory homework for the serious student. |
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