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  Big Hand, Big Pot; Small Hand, Small Pot
By Daniel Skolovy
  17 Jun 2011  
  This is a simple lesson: When you flop a big hand, you want to create a big pot. Conversely, if you have a weak hand, then you want a small pot.   Read more  
  Chip stack missing
By The Hendon Mob
  01 Jun 2011  
  Players are called to draw for seats at the final table before going on a break. Everyone draws a seat number and goes on their break. I’m just about to call the players back when I noticed there’s only 9 stacks on the table instead of 10.The players come back and there is in fact a stack missing. How do you rule?   Read more  
  How not to suck at poker: Pay attention
By Sean Lind
  24 May 2011  
  Part of our 10-part series for the beginner poker player, this article will touch on a critical ingredient in playing good poker that's often overlooked - paying attention.   Read more  
  Hard Realities about Playing Poker Professionally - Part 2
By Matthew Wheat
  12 May 2011  
  Matthew "mindcirkus" Wheat is a professional poker player. He successfully transitioned from NLHE to PLO, and in 2010 made the final table of WSOP Event #55, the $10,000 PLO Championship.   Read more  
  Hard Realities about Playing Poker Professionally - Part 1
By Matthew Wheat
  06 May 2011  
  Matthew "mindcirkus" Wheat fills us in on the hard realities of being a professional poker player.
He successfully transitioned from NLHE to PLO, and in 2010 made the final table of WSOP Event #55, the $10,000 PLO
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  Flopping Top Set
By Erick Lindgren
  29 Mar 2011  
  I want to go over a hand I played last year on Poker after Dark. This was a six-handed table where Howard Lederer, Patrik Antonius, and three UFC guys (basically amateurs) were playing.   Read more  
  The Rivercard is Face Up
By The Hendon Mob
  25 Mar 2011  
  The dealer discards the burn card to deal the river card but the river card is face up in the deck. Does this river card go?   Read more  
  Double or Nothing Sit and Go Strategy
By Ben Wilson
  09 Mar 2011  
  The focus of this article is one of the most basic types of SNG: the 'Double or Nothing' or DoN. This format follows a simple premise – finish in the top half of the field (top five in 10-handed, top three in six-max) and get paid double your money. Sounds pretty easy to make money right? Well yes and no.   Read more  
  Your First Big Poker Score
By PokerListings
  23 Feb 2011  
  John Kim has played poker professionally for over a dozen years. He's played several million hands at the mid to high-stakes levels online and has amassed over a million dollars in winnings.   Read more  
  Unintentionally showing cards
By The Hendon Mob
  13 Feb 2011  
  The ruling the club TD made was that his hand was seen and it altered the actions of the player seeing the cards, so putting other players still in the hand at a disadvantage, so his hand was then declared dead.   Read more  
  Five Tips for Dealing with a Downswing
By Daniel Skolovy
  06 Feb 2011  
  If you've played poker seriously for any amount of time, you've probably hit a downswing.
If you play the game long enough, though, they are as inevitable as the setting sun. Or getting your aces cracked on the bubble.
What separates great players from good players is their ability to deal with a downswing.
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  Happy New Year
By Crystal Balls
  26 Jan 2011  
  Crystal Balls has been staring into teacups and carving open live chickens to read their flopping innards and predict what the future brings for the poker world in this year of 20 and 11.   Read more  
  Behind the mask with Jeff Burke
By Eliza Burnett
  16 Jan 2011  
  Jeff Burke is the Head of International Mentoring for BadBeat Poker. He is single and lives in South Wales. He won the Midland Masters 2004 for £73,000 and was also part of the winning Dream Team in 2008.   Read more  
  Final European Rankings 2010
By Peter Leeper
  07 Jan 2011  
  There was no catching Julian Herold in the race for this year’s European Ranking’s championship title. It’s taken the entire ten tournament payload to clinch it for the German, with the Englishman Jake Cody actually not that far behind him and only three sets of ranking scores to his name.   Read more  
  Top 7 Signs You're a TAGfish
By Daniel Skolovy
  29 Dec 2010  
  Everyone knows today's online games are heavily populated with tight-aggressive players (otherwise known as TAGs).
But to go along with these good, money-making TAGs there's a growing number of break-even or slightly losing regulars known as TAGfish.
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  Who Wins the Pot and Why?
By The Hendon Mob
  23 Dec 2010  
  During the Barcelona EPT Roland De Wolfe and Tobias Reinkemeier got involved in a pot when they were both on the blinds. One had KING high by the river, the other QUEEN high. The queen high took the pot ..   Read more  
  Tell your uncle Charlie
By Charlie Chimp
  16 Dec 2010  
  It’s that time of year again. Charlie’s sack is bulging and he can’t wait to shower his loyal readers with goodwill. Among the literally three or four Christmas cards in his post bag, there are readers' plaintive cries for advice   Read more  
  Guide to Winning Satellite Tournaments
By Nick Wright
  08 Dec 2010  
  Mike Matusow once famously said that Chris Moneymaker should be given a cut from every poker tournament due to the Moneymaker effect after he qualified through a $40 satellite to the WSOP and turned it into $2.5 million.   Read more  
  Tracking Your Records: Excel-ent Practice
By Sean Lind
  30 Nov 2010  
  It's imperative that any player who plays poker often enough to call it a hobby, a passion or even their source of employment keep detailed notes on their sessions.   Read more  
  How to Put Your Opponent on a Range
By Daniel Skolovy
  17 Nov 2010  
  In his book The Theory of Poker, David Sklansky states that to play a hand correctly is to play it the exact same way you would if you knew your opponent's hole cards.   Read more  
  Checks Are for the Bank
By Hugo "Chimney Sweep" Martin
  11 Nov 2010  
  Hugo Martin highlights some of the angle shoots and 'dodgy' decisions he's witnessed at the local cash tables.   Read more  
  Feelin' Foxy
By Gavin Hall
  03 Nov 2010  
  After what seems an eternity of waiting, the newest venue on the London Poker scene finally opened its doors: The Fox Club on Shaftesbury Avenue. Never one to miss out on being seen in the trendy new places, I have been there a few times to sample the ambiance and the local brand of sushi.   Read more  
  Ace-King Part 1: The Best Drawing Hand
By Sean Lind
  17 Oct 2010  
  Ask anyone: they'll tell you ace-king, both suited and unsuited, is a premium Hold'em starting hand. So how come it's such a trouble hand for beginners?   Read more  
  Wild cards
By Jen Mason
  12 Oct 2010  
  You’re playing a wild card variant: Omaha Jumpers. It’s played out Fixed Limit, with the same rules as Omaha; the wild card rules of the game are as follows   Read more  
  The importance of Position
By Daniel Skolovy
  06 Oct 2010  
  How many times do we have to say it? Position is the most important thing there is in No-Limit Hold’em ... seriously!   Read more  
  I had a dream like this once
By Charlie Chimp
  02 Oct 2010  
  The new thing for poker on TV is to offer ordinary folk the chance to pit their poker wits against the pros. To sit among the gods of the modern game - Ivey on one side, Hansen on the other. Charlie Chimp investigates what it takes enter the lion’s den and emerge with your large intestine still on the inside.   Read more  
  What's He Not Holding?
By Arthur S. Reber
  28 Sep 2010  
  Standard poker strategy counsels you to work on reading your opponents to learn how to put them on a hand (or, better, a range of hands).
This is sound advice and an essential element in the repertoire of any good player,but there's more to this 'reading hands' thing, some of it straightforward, some not so.
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  How to get paid off with big hands
By Daniel Skolovy
  23 Sep 2010  
  So you've flopped a monster. That's the easy part. Now how do you plan on getting paid? Big hands deserve big pots. But what's the best way to get your stack into the pot? Building a big pot may be simple in theory, but in reality there's a lot more to it. One of the first concepts that you learn when you start playing poker is there are big-pot hands and small-pot hands.   Read more  
  Checking the nuts
By The Hendon Mob
  19 Sep 2010  
  An unfortunate lady was taken aside by a floorman who most apologetically explained to her that she was being penalized for checking the nuts.
"You see, you had the best hand possible, so if someone bets you have to raise and if someone checks you have to bet, you have to create action. See, if you don't, then it's more like a home game, with everyone just checking and all friendly..."
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  Limit Seven-Card Stud Beginners Guide Part 3
By Sean Lind
  12 Sep 2010  
  Part two of our beginners guide to Stud detailed some common mistakes, starting hands and the concept of stealing antes. In the final part we'll explore how to play the different types of starting hands.   Read more  
  Cards fly off table
By The Hendon Mob
  06 Sep 2010  
  The director ruled that they had a no-discretion rule that if a player's cards hit the floor, the player gets an immediate penalty, in this case it was fifteen minutes. I questioned this rule, since I could see cards by complete accident hitting the floor.   Read more  
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