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To flip, or not to flip?

We look at a hand from the 2010 WSOP Main Event, where Michael Mizrachi and Jonathan Duhamel flipped for a $58m pot


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Six education – playing six-max ring games

Six-max ring games provide more action and bigger profits as long as you can adjust your game from the full-ring tables


Contains 10 Articles:
  1. 1. Fixing your six-max leaks
  2. 2. The tricky turn after the check-raise

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By Scott Shelley on Monday 20 May 2013 16:45

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London Cash Game: Shelley v Hames

WSOPE winner Scott Shelley relives a hand from the Poker Channel's televised $5/$10 session

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Tags: Ring games, Team PKR


By Sofia 'welllbet' Lovgren on Saturday 18 May 2013 11:00

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Bet sizing at low stakes (part 3)

Welllbet's trilogy concludes with a look at the importance of stack sizes in plotting your opponent's demise

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Tags: Ring games, Team PKR


By Simon 'Rhymenoceros' Hemsworth on Tuesday 14 May 2013 10:00

Poker strategy

How to become a winning poker player

Team PKR Pro Simon Hemsworth believes that he who makes the least mistakes, laughs last

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By Vladimir 'Beyne' Geshkenbein on Friday 10 May 2013 11:30

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Hero folds

Better known for his outrageous bluffs, Team Pro's mad Russian uses a hand from a recent live event to illustrate his theory behind making 'hero folds'

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By Scott Shelley on Wednesday 08 May 2013 10:30

Rhymenoceros

Too snug?

Scott recalls a troublesome hand from the televised London Cash Game against two of PKR's toughest customers

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Tags: Ring games, Team PKR


By Vladimir 'Beyne' Geshkenbein on Thursday 02 May 2013 11:15

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Beating live games

Team Pro's high stakes honcho on rake, fish and tips

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By Simon 'Rhymenoceros' Hemsworth on Thursday 18 April 2013 15:15

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Live and learn

Team PKR Pro Simon Hemsworth reveals key lessons from his live poker journey

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By Sofia 'welllbet' Lovgren on Monday 18 February 2013 17:00

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Say no to slow

Use the slowplay sparingly, says Sofia Lovgren, lest it prevent you extracting max value with your monsters

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Filed in Ring game strategy
Tags: Ring games, Team PKR


By kabotajoe on Thursday 14 February 2013 11:00

Showdown

Calling 4-bets light

PKR tourno shark 'kabotajoe' shows the importance of understanding your foe's ranges

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By Wobblebottom on Tuesday 12 February 2013 16:00

Happy

10 tips for poker happiness

Inimitable forumite 'Wobblebottom' shares his wisdom on long term poker success

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Tags: Psychology


By danshreddies on Monday 11 February 2013 13:45

4-bettor

4-bettor or worse (part 2)

In-depth hand analysis from MTT reg 'danshreddies' as his theory is put to the test

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Tags: Multi-table tournaments, Advanced


By Simon 'Rhymenoceros' Hemsworth on Sunday 10 February 2013 12:00

Hellmuth

Etiquette

Cash game regular 'Rhymenoceros' explains the downsides of poor form at the table

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By danshreddies on Friday 08 February 2013 11:00

Raising war

4-bettor or worse

PKR tournament regular danshreddies takes a closer look at poker's new skool raising war

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By Simon 'Rhymenoceros' Hemsworth on Saturday 26 January 2013 11:00

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Pesky shortstacks

Top cash game pro Simon Hemsworth explains how to combat short stack strategies

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Tags: Ring games


By Scott Shelley on Sunday 20 January 2013 11:00

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In action: WPT Dublin

Scott looks at a tricky spot from a critical point on Day 2

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By Vladimir 'Beyne' Geshkenbein on Saturday 19 January 2013 10:00

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In action: WPT Dublin

Beyne reveals his thought process behind the biggest pot from his WPT National Dublin campaign

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By Sofia 'welllbet' Lovgren on Friday 18 January 2013 13:30

Sofia Lovgren

Bet sizing at low stakes (part 2)

Team PKR Pro's super Swede addresses the 3-bet, overbet and river bet

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By Sofia 'welllbet' Lovgren on Friday 07 December 2012 17:15

Welllbet

Bet sizing at low stakes

You want to bet... but why, and how much? Team PKR's First Lady explains all

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Tags: Ring games, Team PKR


By Marc 'Waswini' Bariller on Saturday 20 October 2012 09:00

Waswini

Planting seeds of poker success

From Play Money to Pro - read our Frenchman's advice on freerolls, micro stakes and beyond

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By Sofia 'welllbet' Lovgren on Sunday 07 October 2012 12:00

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Think like a winner: Tilt

In the third and final installment of her positive thinking series, welllbet looks at the toughest challenge in poker

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Tags: Psychology

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hey Vlad very informative i have just started playing online poker before i only played in bars Redtooth poker tournament and have only qualified for a seat at my local casino a few times but im away to start playing at the casino more often, would you say playing online impfoves yous game even though its harder to read your opponents?

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great article, thanks

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