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18 April 2011 ~ Comments Off

Eugene Katchalov Signs With PokerStars: MyRabbiFoo Becomes E Katchalov

Poker Professional Eugene Katchalov is taking his talents to the PokerStars poker team – this article uncovers his future plans and his decision.

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12 April 2011 ~ 5 Comments

Learn the Differences in Poker Tournaments: Live Poker & Online Poker

This article covers the important differences you need to know about how to play at online poker tournaments versus playing live poker tournaments.

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18 March 2011 ~ 2 Comments

Viktor Blom Gets Hit With $150M Tax Bill by Swedish Tax Authority

Viktor Blum, better known as Isildur1, is hiding out in London due to a $150 million dollar tax bill from Sweden on his online poker tournament winnings.

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19 February 2011 ~ 3 Comments

Vanessa Rousso Interview: Poker Boot Camps, WPT & iPhone Poker App

Vanessa Ashley Rousso is a French American law student at University of Miami & a professional poker player – read this exclusive interview.

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11 June 2010 ~ 30 Comments

How Watching Rounders & The Hustler Can Help Your Poker Game

Since I’m writing this on the flight on the way to Washington DC, I guess this represents the first traveling journal entry. The last 2 weeks have been pretty hectic: between being tour guide for my wife’s family, transitioning to the web team at work, and preparing for my conference presentation, I’m pretty drained. Hopefully [...]

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18 May 2010 ~ 15 Comments

A New Guide to the Starting Hands in Texas Hold’em Poker

A big thank you goes to Todd Mummert for the research and analysis involved in this report. The key decision any hold’em player makes is whether or not to play the starting 2 card hand they are dealt. And, if so, how to play it. We present here some valuable new facts. Our Model We [...]

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01 May 2010 ~ 5 Comments

Why Dedicate Precious Hours of Life Over a Poker Card Table

So why dedicate precious hours of life hunched over a card table in complete concentration? I guess it’s because the poker table is one of the few places where concentration and knowledge is immediately rewarded, while mistakes are immediately punished. After giving up football, I needed an arena to compete in, something that required complete [...]

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29 April 2010 ~ 6 Comments

PokerStars Soccer Safari 2010: Follow Your World Cup Country

The greatest football tournament on earth will play out in South Africa this June and you can win luxury prize packages and experience all the action. With the PokerStars Soccer Safari you could be cheering on your team to glory in the final July 11 – all for free! There are an incredible 30 prize [...]

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27 April 2010 ~ 1 Comment

Don’t Play Poker Softball: Playing Against Friends & Family

Like most, I started playing poker with friends. We gathered around the table every Monday night, broke out our cheap plastic chips, and started passing coin around the table. It was a lot of fun. Poker is a social game. If you are an internet player, you might not have a good grasp on that, [...]

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24 April 2010 ~ 5 Comments

Beginner to Expert: Stages of Development of a Poker Player

“Whether he likes it or not, a man’s character is stripped bare at the poker table; if the other players read him better than he does, he has only himself to blame. Unless he is both able and prepared to see himself as others do, flaws and all, he will be a loser in cards, [...]

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