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  1. Doing things Differently

    Sometimes in poker is pays to play in a way that your opponents won’t expect. Indeed, taking an unconventional betting line can often make you more money than if you do the obvious.

    Take a situation, such as Texas hold em tournaments, where you hold a pair and make quads on the flop. Taking a passive line might be the standard play, but when we break it down the more deceptive thing to do is to be aggressive.

    Checking to the pre-flop aggressor when you make a strong ...
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  2. Jason Mercier is The Nuts

    ESPN.com once again released its monthly poker ranking system known as The Nuts. ESPN try to take all forms of poker, including Betfair poker, into account to create a ranking system they believe highlights the very best in the game – right now.

    A panel consisting of ten members of the poker media chooses the rankings. They are Gary Wise, Bernard Lee and Andrew Feldman of ESPN, ESPNdeportes.com poker editor Nahuel Ponce; Bluff magazine editor-in-chief Lance Bradley along with ...

    Updated 04-23-2012 at 09:45 AM by KCasey

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  3. How to play soft 17

    One of the most common misplayed hands in blackjack is soft 17, which consists of a six and an Ace. The reason why it has this name is because the Ace can be used for two different values, 1 or 11.

    Soft 17 should be treated differently to all other ways of making the same value. If you didn’t have the Ace in your hand, it would be an easy decision, in most cases as you would stick with your total and hope that the dealer goes bust. However, with a soft 17 you should always take a ...

    Updated 03-29-2012 at 01:16 PM by KCasey

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  4. Ortmann manages fourth in APPT Seoul

    German poker player Moritz Ortmann finished fourth in the Pokerstars.net Asian Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) Seoul No-Limit Hold Em' Main Event at the Paradise Walker-Hill Casino in South Korea earlier this month.

    The top prize of $129, 253 was won by American Andrew Kim who defeated fellow compatriot Vincent Rubianes in the heads up stage of the tournament and fans of poker online will have been impressed. Kim had 3,005,000 chips in comparison to Rubianes' 2,120,000 as the table whittled ...

    Updated 03-29-2012 at 01:14 PM by KCasey

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  5. Daniele Nestola Wins the LAPT Grand Final

    At the dawn of 2012, Daniel Negreanu set himself ten poker goals. In the recent Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT) Grand Final in Sao Paulo Brazil he so nearly accomplished a few of them as early as March. But after the sounds of the samba beat had died down, Negreanu had nothing but a great tournament to look back on whereas Daniele Nestola had an LAPT title and $167,280 in his back pocket.

    The LAPT Grand Final was spread over four days and as it kicked off so did Carnival. The streets ...
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