The Tank
If you insist on firing at a pot of which you have no piece, you can expect to get badly hurt now and again Drawing blanks I was playing in a five-handed no-li...
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Young pretenders
Rick Dacey meets two gentlemen of the game, and has a moan about certain elements of big tourney fields They… holler across the room when they see a big...
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Super Systems: SAGE
We put the most rigid poker systems through their paces in a quest for money without talent. This month: SAGE The System This system gets a ‘FAIL&...
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Beat cash games 6
In the final part of this guide to no-limit Hold’em cash games we put theory into practice online The majority of players at these lower levels will cal...
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Fighting Fit
When there’s big money on the line you need to make sure your body raring to go and in peak condition Water is vital for maintaining concentration and l...
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Know your limit
Unsure of whether or not to make that call in a limit hold’em cash game? Help is at hand You’re playing in a live ten-handed $10/$20 limit hold&r...
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Taking the plunge
It’s essential to work out what you want to get out of poker before taking your game further Karma was restored a few hands later when I knocked out the...
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Omaha headaches
Raising in position in a heads-up pot-limit Omaha game is perhaps not always the best tactic Raising before the flop in heads-up pot-limit Omaha is a pe...
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Method in madness
Having a maniac at your table is part of poker, and it can prove to be very frustrating, but rewarding One of the most important (and exciting) things about po...
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Heads-up strategy
Getting to the final two of a tournament is a feat in itself, but it’s no time to sit back and relax It’s a matter of trying to suffocate the short-stac...
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