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Note : Some of these articles are featured at Noted Poker Authority. Articles will open in a new window on their published site 02/17/2012 11:14 PM Why Sharp People Sometimes Fail At Poker In the past few months I’ve been spending a little more time with people from the advantage gambling community. Advantage gamblers are people who win money gambling (sometimes a lot of money) playing games against the casino, in the sportsbook, at online casinos, or sometimes in other venues. For instance, they might bet sports, play [...] 02/11/2012 10:36 PM Million Dollar Winner Credits Small Stakes No-Limit Hold’em This is pretty cool. Someone just pointed me to a monster thread on 2+2 where poker pro “Giev Money??” details his path to winning a million dollars playing no-limit hold’em. Someone asked him if he watches any videos or reads any ebooks, and this was his answer: Nah haven’t watched any videos in a long [...] 01/31/2012 10:52 PM Poker In 2012 And Calling Preflop 3-Bets Out Of Position The first month of 2012 is in the books, and I wanted to share a few of my poker-related thoughts for the upcoming year. The birth of online poker 2.0 I think 2012 is going to be an excellent year for poker. With the recent DOJ statement that online casinos aren’t prohibited by the 1961 [...] 12/07/2011 05:56 PM How To Read Hands Now Available In PAPERBACK Just a quick note to let you know that I’m now accepting orders for the paperback version of How To Read Hands At No-Limit Hold’em. It’s $49.99 plus shipping (and sales tax for Nevada residents). Order here (purchase links at bottom of page). Assuming there isn’t a disruption in the supply chain, the first books [...] 11/28/2011 06:14 PM How To Get Very Good At Poker Think back to a time when you knew very little about how to play poker well. Some of you may not have to stretch the imagination very far. You went to the casino. You chased big hands, you checked back value hands, you had no idea what your opponents had. What have you learned since [...] 11/25/2011 06:34 PM Black Friday Sale Up To 85% OFF! All right, folks, it’s that time of year. Since today is Black Friday I figured I’d get in on the action and offer discount prices on my two latest books. The sale prices are good from today through Cyber Monday, November 28th. Get $25 off on Small Stakes No-Limit Hold’em. That makes the PDF, Kindle, [...] 11/10/2011 10:37 PM Mistakes Internet Players Make In Live Games – Part I Just after Black Friday I had a chat with a friend of mine who plays live no-limit in Las Vegas casinos. “You know this is going to kill our games,” he said. “The internet kids are all going to be taking every other seat, and no one’s going to beat the rake.” It took half [...] 11/08/2011 01:09 PM Four Ways Your Bad Luck Is Really Bad Play Last issue I wrote about ways you can run bad at poker. Whether you lose to a one-outter on the river or you don’t hit a flop for five hours, running bad happens to the best of us. But most small stakes players do something terrible that makes their bad runs even worse. They play [...] 11/01/2011 02:07 PM Six Ways You Run Bad You just played four hours of $1-$2 no-limit hold’em, and you lost $300. Did you play badly? Or did you just run bad? As you might imagine, it was probably a bit of both. After a session, it can be difficult to tease out the play bad from the run bad. If you want to [...] 10/20/2011 11:50 AM On The Radio Tonight Just a heads-up that I’ll be a guest on Bob Dancer and Richard Munchkin’s radio show Gambling With An Edge tonight at 7pm Las Vegas time. For those in the Vegas area, the show is broadcast live on KLAV 1230 AM. You can call into the show at 702-731-1230 or toll free 1-866-820-5528. If you [...] Five Card Draw - Basic Strategy and Guide This beginners guide should give you a basic idea for the concepts and basic startegy to one of the oldest formats of poker. Because it is old, does not mean that 5 Card Draw is without merit and indeed, there are many online rooms that have now added this classic game to their lobby of tournamnets and cash games ...more A Bonus Whores Guide To The Galaxy Bonus whoring as it's called, is not something done to improve your game. Unless you're already a well established player with deep pockets, this guide is only for the solid player with a smaller bankroll, which is why I recommend ...more The 3/4 Raise You're simply never going to be a regular tournament winner unless you learn how to play a cold deck late on in a game. The blinds are now high and the last thing you want to do is be a calling station or watch your chips get blinded out by the more aggressive players ...more Five Card Draw - The Stand-Pat Bluff For some of you this will be an obvious move but for the newbies to the game, perhaps a play worth considering, especially if the cards aren't running kindly and you have a tight image at the table ...more Smart Moves in Seven Card Stud Seven card stud is a classic poker game, and one in which you can gain a real advantage over your opponents. Texas hold'em remains the most popular poker game, so often times those sitting at a stud table will not be as experienced as you are, provided you have studied the game ...more Omaha Hi/Lo Tips We have had many discussion on the Alternate Poker Forum about the ins and outs of Omaha Hi/Lo, a format of poker which is a particular favourite of mine. Now i do not wish to write yet another piece about the basics of the game ...more