Build Your Own Poker Table: Construction
Welcome back to the New Yankee Workshop. today we will be completing our poker table project. I may not be Norm Abrams but if you follow these instructions you will have yourself a nice casino sized poker table to make home games a lot more fun. The first step is to go back to the [...]
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Posted on February 10, 2009 by Secor | Filed Under Advice, Education, Equipment, Poker, Tables
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Build Your Own Full Sized Poker Table: Getting Started
For kicks, a friend and I built ourselves a casino sized poker table to make home games a bit more fun and interesting. I came out pretty damn good if I do say so myself. It didn’t have any frills but it sits and deals like a casino table. Here’s how we did it. First [...]
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Posted on February 6, 2009 by Secor | Filed Under Advice, Education, Equipment, Poker, Tables
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how to ring out that rag
Here’s a little discussion of how one might be able to get some mileage out of the rag ace that was so disparaged in the last post. There are times when it can pay off; the trick is recognizing those situations and disabusing oneself of thinking that it is a generally good hand. For reasons [...]
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Posted on December 30, 2008 by Secor | Filed Under Advice, Education, Poker, Strategy
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The “Rag Ace” problem
This is a big problem for players that have learned to play primarily from friendly home games. It’s a bad habit that, if carried over to casino play – as bad habits tend to stick around – can cost a lot in the long run without even knowing why.
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Posted on December 21, 2008 by Secor | Filed Under Advice, Poker, Strategy
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Don’t get stuck in a Rut
Everybody has their own playing style. It’s like a fingerprint. Its something that is dictated by ones own personality as well as their personal poker playing history. but, that doesn’t mean it can’t change and it is especially important to use the perception of a particular style (or lack thereof) to its best advantage. Good [...]
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Posted on November 21, 2008 by Secor | Filed Under Advice, Education, Poker, Strategy
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DAMN I’m a stud!
That’s right, stud poker is once again the object of inquiry here on poker moments. I have said many times before that the first serious poker games I played were 7-card stud and it stands to this day as one of my favorites. I read an interesting little article that reminded me of some of [...]
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Posted on October 19, 2008 by Secor | Filed Under Advice, Analysis, Article Review, Education, Poker
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Who has a better poker face?
I think last night’s debate showed that the obvious answer is Barrak Obama. Sorry for another only mildly poker related post so soon, but I would be remiss if I did not use my one and only bullhorn to a mass audience in an election as important as this. Last night’s debate really showed how [...]
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Posted on October 16, 2008 by Secor | Filed Under Advice, Analysis, Poker, Politics, Presidents
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