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May 14 2013
The second leg of the Triple Crown series – the $1M Preakness Stakes (G1) – will take place on Saturday, May 18, at Pimlico Race Course . Kentucky Derby champion Orb is scheduled to start, along with Will Take Charge and new shooter Departing.The field for the 1 3/16 mile Preakness Sta...
May 06 2013
A lot of casino gamers think that Video Poker is an easy game to beat. After all, all you have to do is get the minimum required hand and you get your money back, and the bar for hitting a winning hand is low. What could be easier to understand than that? Well, easy to understand doesn’t neces...
May 02 2013
Poker Tips that Every Player Should Know
Blind spots, everyone's got them and it can have a major impact on your game. If you're having trouble creating your own viable poker strategy, it's possible that one of these two common problems is at the root of the issue. Even if neither...
Mar 06 2013
You've heard the stories, I've heard the stories — everyone who's played poker has. The tales of guys who started small, in literal penny-ante games when they played online poker and worked their way up to playing in high-stakes tournaments in a brief amount of time. Moving up i...
Feb 26 2013
It’s a term that comes up a lot in articles and books about poker, but it’s surprising how poorly defined “initiative” is. In fact, a new player may not have any idea what’s meant by it when it comes to poker and so we’re going to help break it down. Simply put, “initiative” is g...
Feb 07 2013
Just like it is in Texas Hold 'Em, showing strength through betting is an important part of the psychological game in Pot Limit Omaha, but you'll want to play it a bit more closely to the vest. Big betting on most Omaha boards gives away your hand value to a much more precise degree. F...
Feb 07 2013
A lot of players hear the term “fold equity” floating around but never spend the time to learn what it means and how it can make their game that much more profitable for them. Fold equity, simply put, is the equity that you gain in a hand when you believe that your opponent is going to fold ...
Feb 06 2013
When you start playing in real-money games for the first time, you're going to see a lot of other players on the felt, especially at lower-stakes limit poker tables where the betting is capped. It can seem challenging to play so many other people at once, but you might be surprised how well...
Jan 16 2013
All great men are gifted with intuition. They know without reasoning or analysis, what they need to know. - Alexis CarrelUnless you're intimately familiar with early 20th century history, it's unlikely that you know the name Alexis Carrel. He was a Nobel-Prize winning surgeon and ...
Jan 15 2013
ConnecticutThe tragic events in Sandy Hook have left the tiny state of Connecticut reeling, but Bridgewater Associates CEO Greg Jensen, a hedge fund manager, is looking to help however he can. After coming in sixth in a $100,000 tournament in the Caribbean, Jensen opted to donate his entire $286...
Jan 09 2013
"You've got to learn your instrument. Then, you practice, practice, practice. And then, when you finally get up there on the bandstand, forget all that and just wail." — Charlie ParkerCharles "Bird" Parker, along with Miles Davis, Louis Armstrong, John Coltrane and a very few others, was ...
Jan 09 2013
No Limit Hold 'Em poker is filled with concepts like three betting light and continuation betting. These ideas exist because you've got a great amount of fold equity on your side. What’s fold equity and how does it relate to your game? Simply put, fold equity is the likelihood that a...
Jan 07 2013
While math is at the very heart of what makes poker work, what makes poker interesting is a combination of discipline and psychology. These factors are what require players to do more than just bet when they have good cards and fold when they have nothing. Psychology is at the heart of every pok...
