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Poker Hall of Fame Welcomes Mike Sexton
The Poker Hall of Fame recently inducted its 38th member, Mike Sexton. Sexton won out over the other nominees, which included poker greats Barry Greenstein, Dan Harrington, Phil Ivey, Tom McEvoy, Men Nguyen, Scotty Nguyen, Daniel Negreanu and Erik Seidel. There is no doubt in my mind that Sexton was the best choice for this…
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Poker Satellite Tournaments: Shoot for the Stars
Satellite tournaments have a lot of appeal among poker players, online and off. A satellite is a poker tournament that allows players to buy in for as little as a few dollars and compete to win a seat in a huge online or land-based tourney with a much more expensive buy-in. Of course, when huge…
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Making Bluffing Work for you Online
A lot of inexperienced poker players think that the strategy of bluffing doesn’t apply when you are playing poker online. After all, when you play on the Web the other players can’t see you so what good does your poker face do you? I’ll admit that I once shared this belief. However, it turns out…
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Paul Zimbler Breaks World Record for Continuous Heads Up Poker
Yesterday, after 75 hours, 20 minutes and 21 seconds of nonstop poker playing, Paul Zimbler broke the world record for longest continuous heads up poker. Zimbler stayed awake for over three days in order to beat the previous world record setter, Paul Cain, who played for 74 hours and 12 minutes straight last year. I’m…
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Switching it Up or There’s More to Life Than Texas Hold’em
These days Texas Hold’em is viewed by many poker players, online and off, as the end-all be-all of poker variations. It is the primary game in most poker tournaments, it is featured in films and television shows. In the world of poker, Texas Hold’em is clearly King. Texas Hold’em was the first game I played,…
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Poker Hall of Fame 2009 Nominees Announced
Admittance into the Poker Hall of Fame is one of the biggest honors in the world of poker. The nominees that will be considered for the 2009 induction are surely on the edge of their seats, waiting to find out if they will receive this prestigious award (I know I would be!). In order to…
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How to Choose a Real Money Poker Game
Choosing a place to play poker for real money online can be challenging. After all, there are literally hundreds of online poker rooms to choose from. I’m not here to push any specific online poker room on you, but I will offer some tips to help you choose one for yourself. The first thing you…
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$40k WSOP Tournament Off the Schedule for 2010
One of the highlights for me of the World Series of Poker this year was the $40k Hold’em event that kicked the series off. For one, I’m always blown away by these tournaments with huge buy-ins-$40k is what I’d call the big time. But what made this event really special were all the big poker…
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Why I Dig Online Poker
I’ve been playing online poker since October 2005 – I remember the date because I had just started a new job and one of my coworkers introduced me to it. It didn’t take me long to get into the scene. Online poker just does it for me and I’ll tell you the reasons why, right…