Champion of Poker

A Hand in Action from $20-$40 limit play

This hand was taken from my archive of hands that I have at limit hold’em. Although it wasn’t played by me personally but by someone who I was helping at the time! It was folded around to our hero who was on the button with the A-J and he raised. He was using Poker Office [...]

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The Biggest Winners and Losers of Online Poker in 2009

Online poker is a massive Industry which transacts millions of dollars around the world. Who are the big winners and losers online? Thanks to the data tracking sites we can get an idea of the most profitable winners and the biggest losing players. These tracking sites only track Texas Hold ‘em and PLO results but [...]

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Just how do you handle a maniac in poker

Maniacs or to give them another name…..loose aggressive players are perhaps the most difficult players to combat in poker games. Well actually any poker style can be profitable if your opponents cannot exploit it properly. A calling station isn’t a good poker player but if you continually try to bluff them then your style is [...]

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Short Stack Poker Strategy

The recession has reduced the amount of money people have available for most entertainment pursuits. You may have also experienced similar restrictions on how much money you can put aside for your poker bankroll. There are strategies that you can employ to become a good short stack poker player, thus maximising the effect that a [...]

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Taking a Break

Hello, I would like to ask something but I don’t know if it would make sense. What will you do if you want to use the facilities or want to get some of the free grub? Will you leave your chips or take them with you in case? Another thing, what if while you are [...]

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The Way You Reveal Your Cards

Hi there! Assume that the river card was already revealed and no betting to expect. Then when revealing of the pocket cards came, player A flipped just one card over, he had a pair of Q’s. Player B followed and flipped his two cards over, he had a straight then and so started to collect [...]

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Drawing the Turn and River Again

Hello, For roughly 6 years now, I’ve been playing no limit poker. I haven’t yet encountered a really serious problem but there’s one incident that happened just recently that somehow has troubled me. On television last week, I got the chance to watch a high-stakes cash game by which two players went all-in. On the [...]

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