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Hello-I'm All In

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Advice given to Bob Reif "All In Works Everytime Except Once!" Ed Reif

Poker Without Money is An Opinion: An Obituary for The Texas Holdem Generation Gap

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WWJD? Chris Jesus" Ferguson Wins the 2008 Heads-Up Championship Some people get their Poker Ph.D. from ESPN; others, from UCLA. Jesus got his Doctorate in Game Theory. A tweeds to riches story--academia can't compete with the huge payouts that tournament poker players enjoy. This is the wake up call from ABC by-the- book players to the internet crews. The so-called new ways to play holdem are the old ones heated up in a microwave for 15 seconds. You see, Poker Doesn't think. It is an infinite game;the overall phenomenon of NLH has no end. It is always a frontier, always on the edge. WWJD? Jesus is edgy, getting jiggy with it at Ceasar's. I wanted to write the book-- Learn Poker in Ten Years--What's the rush? Then, I realized--- Things don't even out with time, they even out with the number of hands you play! Learn Poker from the JOES:Change is instant. It's preparing for the change that takes time. That's why online is for the ages,...

Rock.Paper.Scissors: Holdem's Cliff Notes

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Rock.Paper.Scissors. It's not just for kids anymore. Part coin flip, part drawing straws, RPS is not just some novelty way to gamble but a poker strategy to bet: When it comes to holdem, no limit holdem, it is too random to be left up to chance. ROCK=CHIPS. PAPER=Cards. SCISSORS=POSITION. Rock: wins against scissors, loses to paper and stalemates against itself. Paper wins against Rock, loses to scissors and stalemates against itself. Scissors wins against paper, loses to rock and stalemates against itself. Don't call us we'll call you Hotel Anyware has had a poker epiphany---- You can't immediately win by calling; you can by betting, or raising! Furthermore, you need a stronger hand to call than to bet or raise. betting or raising allows the possibility of winning the pot immediately by forcing decisions on the other opponents, who may very well fold, with slim holdings....and never cold call a preflop raise with easily dominated off suit ha...