Play or pass: Carlos Mortensen
One of the best big-tournament players in the world, Carlos Mortensen shares his starting hand secrets Ecuador-born Carlos Mortensen won the Big One in 2001 ag...
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Play or pass: Sammy Farha
Cash-game king and WSOP bracelet winner Sammy Farha tells us how he likes to play key starting hands With his slicked-back hair, an unlit cigarette hanging out...
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Life Before Poker: #1 – Scott Fischman
We look at some of the world's best poker players and find out what they were doing before they hit the felt professionally It may be hard to believe, but...
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Making his own luck
Aggressive maniac who rides his luck, or cool, calculating genius misrepresented by TV? What is the truth about Gus Hansen’s playing style? Footage of h...
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The other side of Ivey
Friday night in the Tropicana Casino. An elderly woman sits in a wheelchair in front of a slot machine, a tube runs out of her nose into an oxygen tank strappe...
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Loose is best
In the first of a regular new series, Pommo argues the case for playing drawing hands as if they’re made hands With every month that passes on planet poker, mo...
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Show your strength
Aggressive play may not be everyone’s natural game, but, says Tony G, taking the game to your opponents in cash games often earns you a decisive edge – and som...
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Take it down
We explain why keeping player notes should be a top priority and a route to profit At my very first live tournament I remember one old poker dog considering an...
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Still taking pot luck
He's a former World Snooker Champion, but now he's packed in playing and taken up commentating, he's turned his hand to another sport, Texas Hol...
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Ask Willie
Does part of your poker game need fixing? Willie Tann can help How good would it be if you had your own poker mentor on tap? Ah, you say, but wouldn’t th...
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