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WSOP Champ Greg Merson – A Tale of Drugs and Redemption
By now pretty much the whole poker world has heard of Greg Merson’s 2012 WSOP Main Event victory. Following a 103-day break before final table play began, Merson dispatched his last eight opponents this week en route to the $8,531,853 first place prize. Thanks to his Main Event victory, the 24-year-old was also able to…
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Moving up Cash Game Stakes
The ultimate goal of online poker is to keep moving up stakes so that you can earn more profits in a shorter amount of time. Of course, this is easier said than done because as you move up in cash game limits, the competition gets collectively tougher. So if you’re going to do this successfully,…
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Greg Raymer wins third HPT Title, proves Longevity
Winning the WSOP Main Event is by no means a recipe for long-term success. Jerry Yang, Jamie Gold and Robert Varkonyi are all prime examples of this point. However, there are also plenty of ME champions who have made a nice career out of poker including Greg Raymer. The Raleigh, North Carolina native added yet…
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Liv Boeree and her Silly Mobile Poker Shoot
Liv Boeree is no doubt a very smart girl since she graduated from the University of Manchester with a degree in Astrophysics. So even she should know that a person can’t play mobile poker very well when they’re climbing a rock wall. However, a recent photo shoot she did for PokerStars mobile suggests otherwise. Expanding…
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Struggling Zynga Poker grasping at Mobile Straws
Social gaming giant Zynga really shows what a difference a year can make. After all, Zynga was going strong around this time last year and had Wall Street fascinated with their initial public offering. Fast-forward to now and Zynga has seen their stock plummet from $10 (December, 2011) to just $2.21 a share and is…
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PokerStars looking to monopolize Speed Poker
Over the past few months, the speed poker genre has really heated up with a number of sites launching their own fast variant. In fact, this trend inspired us to write tips about playing faster poker games a few weeks ago. Getting to the point, it now looks as if PokerStars is fighting to make…
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Getting the Most Value out of Good Poker Hands
It’s always nice to win a poker hand no matter the stakes or opponents. But a lot of poker success is dictated by how much value you can get out of your great hands. For example, flopping a nut flush and immediately going all-in is likely to cause everybody to fold and rob you of…