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What’s Your Play? Street-by-Street at the WSOP Main Event, Part 3: The River
We slowplayed the flop, we raised an arguably scary turn card, and now it’s time to talk about what to do on the river in this third and final installment of “What’s Your Play? Street-by-Street at the...
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What’s Your Play? WSOP Main Event River Results
Thanks to all the commenters, and especially to those of you who contributed to all three parts of this special multi-street “What’s Your Play?” With regard to the river action, WPS22 encapsulates the...
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Mailbag: Other Options
This week’s question is in response to the recent “What’s Your Play? Street-by-Street at the WSOP Main Event” feature. In the river results post, I compared calling with a low full house on the river...
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Mailbag: Following Up on Success
Some of you may remember this e-mail that I received last year seeking staking advice: I am 24 years old and I live in Henderson, NV. Following the shut down of service to US players on Pokerstars I...
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WSOP Plans
Sorry for the long silence. It’s the same old story: too much fun in Europe, not enough time, and too many cheap vacation rentals without internet access. Hopefully I’ll have oodles of juicy WSOP...
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Seminar Announcement: The WSOP Main Event
The next event in the Thinking Poker Tournament Seminar series will take place on Tuesday July 3 from 9 – 11 PM eastern (New York) time. Designed for players planning to enter the World Series of Poker...
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My WSOP Starts Tomorrow
I arrived in Las Vegas last night. The descent and landing were rough thanks to currents of hot air rising up from the scorching city. It was also a clear flight, though, with spectacular views of...
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WSOP Day 1 Update
Today was ultimately a very good day – I finished with 83,900, nearly 3x the starting stack and more than 2x the average at day’s end – but it was much more stressful than I’d prefer Day 1 of the WSOP...
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“What’s Your Play? 2012 WSOP Main Event” Pre-Flop Results
Thanks to everyone who commented on the original post. I can understand the desire to check here, but I do think it’s a mistake. WPS22 puts it well: I don’t see how you can check. It’s obviously...
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“What’s Your Play? 2012 WSOP Main Event” Flop
Edit: Top card on flop is Ad, not Kd. The latter is in my hand. Thanks to Lacroix for pointing that out, and sorry for the significant error. The most important information is repeated here, but here’s...
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“What’s Your Play?” WSOP 2012 Flop Results
Thanks for all the comments on the flop discussion. And here’s a link to the pre-flop discussion as well, for those who are curious. Gareth gets a lot right in his comment, but we disagree that, “this...
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“What’s Your Play? WSOP Main Event” River
I’m just going to give the turn action and skip straight to the river. It’s not entirely unworthy of debate, but I do think it’s almost always correct to bet the turn. Villain (UTG+1, 45K stack) is...
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Venetian $5K Deep Stack Extravaganza Main Event
Edit: Changed flop so that I have the nuts on the turn. Thanks to goldhawk for pointing out the error. I quadruple-checked that I would have the nuts if I hit my hand, so I think it’s a lot more likely...
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“What’s Your Play? 2012 WSOP Main Event” River Results and Last Question
Thanks to everyone who commented on the river action of this street-by-street What’s Your Play? This spot demonstrates the dangers of wistful thinking at the poker table. You must be rigorous in...
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What’s Your Plan? Overpair in 3-Way 3-Bet Pot
Edit: I’m such a spazz! Sorry I had JJ. Don’t know why I can never get the details right on these on the first try. It’s the last hand before dinner break on Day 1 of the $5K main event of the...
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What’s Your Plan? Overpair in 3-Way 3-Bet Pot Results
I take responsibility for the dearth of comments on this week’s What’s Your Plan?. Not only did I initially fail to include Hero’s hole cards in the post, but I also left off the actual action from the...
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The Shark’s Dilemma
When I was in Las Vegas, I had the opportunity to get breakfast with an old poker friend I hadn’t seen in a few years. We used to run into each other at Foxwoods from time to time and get together...
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2012 World Series of Poker Main Event Trip Report, Day 1
The full report from my first day of play at the 2012 WSOP main event is now appearing in Two Plus Two Magazine. It contains both strategic insights and a few anecdotes about the crazy stuff you’re...
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Another WSOP Trip Report
Sylvain is the sort of Eurotrash who talks on his cell phone while wearing a dress shirt at the beach. Sylvain is a friend and occasional student of mine whose praises I’ve sung on these pages before....
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Mailbag: Dealing With Aggression
Q: While reading Sylvain’s discussion of his hands with Bonomo, I wondered how best to handle such an aggressive player. Sylvain described his style of pushing back against the aggro. I wondered if you...
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