4. I might be letting outside factors influence me- There are definitely times where it is hard to keep my personal life from affecting my sessions at the table. This is true for a lot of poker players. Maybe you just got in a fight with your significant other. Maybe work is stressing you out. Maybe you’ve been sick. Maybe there are important things you should be doing instead of playing poker…Whatever it is, subconsciously (or consciously) (more…)
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Now, I don’t usually advocate altering my style of play when it has done me justice consistently in the past few weeks. However, after four losing sessions in a row, perhaps it is time to assess my game before my four session losing streak turns into ten. All poker players go through the tribulations of losing sessions; it is just part of the game. For me, I will have to assume that there are a few things that I might need to be aware of (more…)
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Sometimes my love hate relationship with poker turns to pure hate. For the past two weeks I’ve been playing cash games and it seemed as if I couldn’t lose. I was bluffing at all the right times, I was betting my draws (and hitting them), and I was making sick calls against my opponents.
Maybe my ego got the best of me, or maybe luck just can’t last forever. I say this because after two weeks of non-stop winning, now I am (more…)
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I was recently sitting say anything in the event that the players didn’t catch it. After another minute of consideration the opponent called the $500, and after a weak bet from Tim on the river, went all in to take the pot down. Tim was fuming and proceeded to at a 5/10 live game in Las Vegas. For the sake of this story, I have given some of the players fake names to make it easier to understand. Player Tim had gotten into a bit of an (more…)
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When The US Economy Is Counting Its Losses, The Online Casino Industry Is Churning Profits! Posted by admin 12 December, 2008
One thing that will light up the faces of Americans amidst the economic gloom is the tremendous boost in the online casino industry. A report released by the Global Betting and Gaming Consultants suggests that the present economic turbulence has proved to be a boon for the (more…)
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