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January 2008
Mastering the Mind Game of Poker
Michele Burghardt
Bluff Magazine
June 2006
Everyone knows that Hold’em is a combination of
skill, instinct, and luck. How you rank those three is up to you. The real key
to playing good poker consistently is to keep your head in the game. But how do
you do it? If one bad beat sends you into a tailspin, what are your chances of
making it to the final table? Tilt, lack of concentration, and confidence are
the top three psychological reasons that players bust out before they get into
the money. If your hands start shaking and you can’t catch your breath, it’s
pretty much a tell that you’re easy picking’s.
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WSOP 101: Tips from Annie Duke
Lena Katz
All-In Magazine
June 2006
As a familiar face at the World Series of Poker since
1994—not to mention, one of the best-known players in the world--Annie Duke
knows about keeping her cool in the tournament pressure cooker. And for all you
out there who are coming into this for the first time, she’s got a bit of
advice to help you stabilize your game and make it through to the final
table—no matter what events you’ve entered.
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Ten Tips to Improve Your Online Poker Game
Lena Katz
All-In Magazine
June 2006
You play for fun, you play for thrills, you play
to distract yourself from work--but in a perfect world, you'd play for
tons and tons of money. In this story, Shawn Rice, UltimateBet online
team member and traveling pro, as well as teacher at PokerByExample.com, shares
10 ways that you can improve your online game and hopefully become one of
poker's big winners.
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Ace
Speaks Hold'em: No-Limit Versus Limit - An In-Depth Analysis, Part IV:
Differences and Adjustments; the Danger of 'Automatic' Calls in No-Limit
Rolf
Slotboom
Card Player Europe Magazine
May 2006
You should understand that big-bet play puts a premium on
aggression and deception - much more than limit play does. While in limit
hold'em, a somewhat unimaginative but tight and disciplined player is often
able to beat the games for a decent amount (especially if he pays considerable
attention to things like table and game selection, in order to play with the
best possible edge), it is much harder to do in no-limit hold'em, especially in
games with deep money. In these games, aggression and deception are often the
key to winning - especially selective aggression and deception. Those who play
in predictable patterns and who may have a somewhat weak/tight style of play
may not be real big winners in
limit, but they will still be able to make at least some money. In no-limit hold'em, they won't stand a chance -
unless, of course, they are smart enough to be playing against only truly weak
opposition, people who don't recognize or simply don't pay attention to their
obvious betting patterns, and who let them get away with it.
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Ace Speaks Hold'em: No-Limit Versus Limit
- An In-Depth Analysis Part V
Differences and Adjustments: Premium on
Aggression and Deception
Rolf Slotboom
Card Player Europe Magazine
June 2006
You should understand that big-bet play puts a premium on
aggression and deception - much more than limit play does. While in limit
hold'em, a somewhat unimaginative but tight and disciplined player is often
able to beat the games for a decent amount (especially if he pays considerable
attention to things like table and game selection, in order to play with the
best possible edge), it is much harder to do in no-limit hold'em, especially in
games with deep money. In these games, aggression and deception are often the
key to winning - especially selective aggression and deception. Those who play
in predictable patterns and who may have a somewhat weak/tight style of play
may not be real big winners in
limit, but they will still be able to make at least some money. In no-limit hold'em, they won't stand a chance -
unless, of course, they are smart enough to be playing against only truly weak
opposition, people who don't recognize or simply don't pay attention to their
obvious betting patterns, and who let them get away with it.
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Heard in a Brick-and-Mortar
Cardroom
Michael Wiesenberg
Card Player Magazine
April 4, 2006
Those players new to poker who are playing for the first time
in a live cardroom (also known as a brick-and-mortar cardroom, or simply
b&m), and those not so new but are familiar only with online poker, will
hear sayings that seem witty and fresh upon first hearing them. But if you play
for any length of time, you may hear the same expressions over and over.
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World Series of Poker Dos and
Don'ts
Jeff Shulman
Card Player Magazine
June 2006
Summer is here and the World Series of Poker has
arrived. This will be my sixth year of playing at the World Series, and as always, I
feel that I am ready. Six weeks of poker with maybe a day or two off in a row is
grueling, but I really can't wait. The opportunity is there for all of us, and
with discipline, confidence, and a little luck, the prize can be obtained.
Enough pep talk. Below are some thoughts I have on what to do and what not to
do at the 2006 WSOP.
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Poker Psychology 101
Nick Wright
Bluff Magazine
October 2005
Picture the scene. You’ve been playing for hours and now
you’re heads up at the final table of a big WPT event. You’re tired, you’re
short stacked and your opponent is sporting one, two, no three WSOP bracelets.
You’re basically f****d!
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