Under the gun
Poker is all about tough decisions. We analyse a difficult situation and ask: what would you do? I was now likely to be playing a big pot against a toug...
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Exploiting weaknesses
Whether you’re playing in low or high-stakes cash games, there are always chinks in your opponents’ armour Some of the best cash games players approach the gam...
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Block party
The blocking bet should be a staple move for every cash game player A blocking bet is a bet you place out on the river, when you are first to act. The purpose ...
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Big slick matters
Ace-King is a great pre-flop hand but what happens if you miss the flop in a multi-way pot? SCENARIO 1 You’re playing in an online no-limit tournament an...
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A tribute to Chip Reese: “I soon realized that a big part of and...
John ‘The Greek’ Leontakianakos’ tribute to poker legend Chip Reese The month of December is always a very difficult time for us in the busin...
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No-limit expert Brian Townsend explains how he’s risen through t...
Brian Townsend is possibly the greatest no-limit hold’em player alive. How does he survive among the big hitters? It’s 9am in Santa Barbara and Brian Townsend ...
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Come into the crazy poker world of the legendary Tom Dwan: “Agai...
He’s known to be an online cash player, so what is ‘Durrrr’ doing playing live tourneys and high stakes chess? Tom Dwan may be the greatest p...
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UK poker’s rising star Mazhar Nawab talks about his game: “...
With $270,000 in tournament winnings and victory at the Newcastle GUKPT, Mazhar Nawab is one of UK poker’s hottest properties Mazhar Nawab is not the most obvi...
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Top poker pro David Williams let us spend 6 weeks with him during the ...
PokerPlayer spent six weeks at the WSOP with 2004 main event runner-up and 2006 bracelet winner David Williams Week 1 It’s day two of the WSOP and David is rel...
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Ram Vaswani opens up to PokerPlayer about his WSOP bracelet win: ̶...
We take a look back at Ram’s 2007 WSOP bracelet win However, despite respect being garnered on both sides of the Atlantic for his fierce style of play, t...
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