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Tournament game at its best

I have been playing a few multi-table tournaments lately on sites like www.pokerstars.co.uk and I’ve been doing really well. I’m not entirely sure what key things I’ve changed, but I’ve made the money in probably over 50% of them I’ve played recently. Unfortunately you really have to get far in one of them to make [...]

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Posted on February 8, 2006 by Steve | Filed Under Online Poker, Stories, Tournaments
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Mediocre aces in a tournament

My tournament style can be described as very tight-aggressive early in a tournament or SNG and I noticed one thing in the past few games that has saved me a lot of chips: not being tempted by weak aces. In any position but the cutoff, button, or blinds, I’ll mucked A10o and worse. With hands [...]

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Posted on February 7, 2006 by Steve | Filed Under Online Poker, Strategy, Tournaments
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A little low limit no limit

Today I decided to play a little lower limit no limit and entered 4 $.05/$.10 NL tables at stars. The maximum buyin for this table was $10 and I bought in for $8 at each. Two of my tables had a person above $30 (obviously been there for a while) and the other two everyone [...]

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Posted on February 6, 2006 by Steve | Filed Under Online Poker, Ring games
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Weekend reprieve

This weekend I went back home to take a break off school, and consequently poker. Besides hanging out with family members, purchasing hoardes of liquor, and getting schooled in Pass-the-ace, I just relaxed. Sorry for the lack of posts, but sometimes it is certainly necessary to take a vacation (I didn’t go home just to [...]

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Posted on February 5, 2006 by Steve | Filed Under Off the felt, Stories
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Checking the river in limit

One of my most common ‘moves’ during a limit holdem session is to check the river after I’ve been betting every other turn of the cards. I do it mostly when I’m heads up with another opponent and they’ve been cold calling all my bets. For instance, in a hand that just happened at my [...]

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Posted on February 2, 2006 by Steve | Filed Under Online Poker, Ring games, Strategy
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Back to basics

My girlfriend visited me recently and loves watching me play poker online (don’t ask me why, but I don’t complain). During her last visit she asked me if she could have a go because she’d been watching me for so long and thought she had picked up the basics. I gave her $2 split between [...]

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Posted on February 1, 2006 by Steve | Filed Under Online Poker, Stories, Strategy
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