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Improve your poker game

In games like no limit Texas hold’em then it is often the case that a player either places money into the pot for one of two reasons. Those reasons are to either bet or raise for value or as a … Continue reading

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Designing SNIPER

There are several main characteristics of any successful system in gambling and system design is an area where game theory comes to the fore and this is probably my main field of expertise and one that has allowed me to … Continue reading

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Adjusting to the playing conditions

Whenever you play online poker then you are in fact entering into a highly complex moving dynamic. You can find someone with a great earn rate over say 1 million hands but if those million hands have been compiled over … Continue reading

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Play a hand with The Dean

Let us begin by looking at a pre-flop hand example where it is folded to you in no limit Texas hold’em on the button. You have a very weak hand and it is the 9c-3d. In online poker then under … Continue reading

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Can you make it as pro

One of the most famous adages in poker is that it is a “tough way to make an easy living”. This statement explains that once you have the necessary skills that money just flows to you or it will do … Continue reading

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Changing for the better

As a poker pro of eleven years then I am all too aware of the need to adapt and to change. Wasn’t it Charles Darwin that once said that the species that will survive wouldn’t necessarily be the strongest or … Continue reading

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More on Omaha

Pot Limit Omaha is one of the most exciting cash games played online at this time. However it does take quite a bit of getting used to if you haven’t played it before. The first major difference is in how … Continue reading

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Playing Omaha

Poker after all is nothing more than a game where the best five card hand wins the pot. In lowball variations then the best five card low hand takes the pot or in split pot variations then the best five … Continue reading

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Getting Your Head Right

One of the biggest problems with regards to poker is the level of variance that exists within the game. I had a terrible tilt problem some years ago but at the very heart of tilt is one key factor. In … Continue reading

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Implied odds in poker

One of the key factors surrounding the concept of implied odds is that different opponents offer you different levels of implied odds. For example if someone asked me what the correct play would be with a hand like pocket fours … Continue reading

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