The showdown
Our panel of poker pros discuss their varied approaches to heads-up competition SCENARIO ONE With blinds of 150/300 against a tight player, I would rais...
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Defend yourself
Minor adjustments in your pot-limit play can make the game more worthwhile – providing you protect your hands In terms of apparent profitability, pot-limit hol...
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Looking after number one
If you’ve ever felt you must make certain moves at the table for fear of letting other players down, it’s time to stop worrying. Play poker for yourself, says ...
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Cash games 1
To make serious money playing poker you need to hit the cash tables. Tournament poker has taken over the world. Yet 30 years ago poker tournaments barely exist...
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Michael Mizrachi was the poker prodigy and now he’s the ‘G...
Two years ago no-one had heard of Michael Mizrachi, but now he’s running rampant through the poker world. PokerPlayer met the man known as ‘The Grinder’ ...
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Surinder Sunar is the unknown quantity in poker at the moment. We foun...
Is Surinder Sunar the most underrated British poker player of all time? We caught up with him to find out Renowned as a master of composure and calmness at the...
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Rising star Liz Lieu talks to PokerPlayer exclusively about her rise t...
Rising Star Liz Lieu shares her thoughts on fashion, fans and the biggest win of her career Look and learn When I first started playing, I was very stubborn. I...
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Praz Bansi is a fast learner so why decided to find out how he’s...
WSOP bracelet winner Praz Bansi tells Paul Cheung how he went from recruitment consultant to fully-fledged poker pro in just 18 months In August, 28-year-old L...
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Phil Hellmuth ‘The Poker Brat’ has grown up. How and why d...
This year, Phil ‘Poker Brat’ Hellmuth became only the third man in history to win ten WSOP bracelets. We asked him why he‘s tempered the fires of old with a ne...
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Poker Face 2
If you haven't got a coffee table get one, and then put this book on it According to Wikipedia, a coffee-table book is, ‘a style of hardcover book d...
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