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How Luck (and Fate) Plays a Role in Poker

March 22nd, 2008 · No Comments · Inner Game, Poker

From Monk:
How many times have you tried to explain to someone that poker is not just a game of chance? Can you show someone else how you understand a situation? And then show them how someone else sees the same thing, but differently? Now explain how that difference gives you an edge over them? [...]

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Go to Jail Now and Collect a Poker Chip

March 20th, 2008 · No Comments · News, Poker

How’s this for weirdness.
Over in Polk County (based in Florida) they came up with an interesting way to get the Crime Stoppers’ Crime Reporting tip line into the minds of their citizens.
Give inmates booked out of jail poker chips. With the tip line phone number, which is 1-800-226-TIPS (8477) in case you’re wondering.
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Full Tilt Online Poker Series Event 7: Cash Winnings and Recap

February 21st, 2008 · No Comments · News, Online Casinos, Poker

Did you check out the Full Tilt Online Poker Series Event 7? It was hosted by Peter “Nordberg” Feldman and had a guaranteed prize pool of $400,000. We’ll hook you up with a recap of the event.
Entrants = 2,254
Re-buys = 3,193
Add-ons = 1,188
Prize Pool = $600,000+
1st Place Winnings = $121,719.08
We’re talking $100 buy-in no limit [...]

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Why Poker Has Nothing to Do With Money

January 2nd, 2008 · 1 Comment · Inner Game, Poker

From Monk:
Poker has nothing to do with money.
Now you might think it does, but it can’t. The first thing I need to do before I sit down at the table is remove myself from the world of bills and burgers and new tires for my old saab. If I am still there I am not [...]

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The Shape of a Winning Online Poker Player

December 30th, 2007 · No Comments · Online Casinos, Poker

From hdouble:
I dabbled in a bit of horse racing handicapping recently, and while it had a much different flavor than my old econometrics classes, the method was very similar. In econometrics, the economist basically takes a glob of numbers and figures out the meaningful patterns in these numbers. The “figuring out” requires both an expert [...]

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