Tag Archive | "Doyle Brunson"

Profiling David Sklansky

Friday, March 26, 2010

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There are fewer more interesting poker personalities than David Sklansky. Controversy, genius and notoriety for good and bad reasons are part and parcel of the myth of this great poker player. David has had a part in many of the great poker books available on the market today and his life story cannot be done [...]

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The Best Poker System Ever Invented

Monday, January 4, 2010

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Listening to a well-known poker podcast that is delivered weekly by a strategy website last week I listened to what I thought was a strange comment from “Texas Dolly” Doyle Brunson. Doyle said that some people were just not cut out for playing poker but knew all of the theory and made excellent poker coaches. [...]

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Revealing of a Hand Before Showdown

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

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Hi, I want to ask something regarding the revealing of a hand before showdown. Well, once I heard that you can only do it when there are only two players left and eventually you are the last to act. However, from some people, I also heard that you can’t do such. Just recently, I read [...]

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Todd Brunson

Thursday, October 30, 2008

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Sometimes it is hard to come out of the shadow of a famous father, but in the case of Todd Brunson, he has done just that. Brunson dropped out of college at Texas Tech University just shy of his senior year to take up a career in poker. His father is the legendary Doyle Brunson, [...]

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Jim Bechtel

Monday, October 20, 2008

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Jim Bechtel knows a thing or two about taking gambles in life. He is an cotton farmer and as any farmer knows, you are always taking a gamble with your livelihood depending on the whether and other natural conditions. Much like in poker, hard work can pay off over times. The same holds true to [...]

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Jack “Treetop” Straus

Thursday, October 16, 2008

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Jack “Treetop” Straus was one imposing character. At 6 feet 6 inches tall, he earned his nickname “Treetop.” He attended Texas A&M in the 40’s where he was rumored to play basketball. After graduating with a degree in Business Administration, Strauss took a job as a teacher. Not much is know about how Straus got [...]

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Brian “Sailor” Roberts

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

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Typically being a good person and a good poker player are a bad combination. However, this seemed to be the norm for Brian “Sailor” Roberts. Roberts grew up in the Texas town of San Angelo and the first style of gambling that he took up was craps. When he was 12, he used to work [...]

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