Walter Clyde “Puggy” Pearson who earned his nickname for his disfigured pug nose was the epitome of the old school poker player. Not only did he have the style of the old school and all of the connotations that come with it but he was a damn good player and certainly one of the greats, [...]
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The Top Ten Players of All Time #6: Puggy Pearson
Wednesday, July 15th, 2009Back to Basics #7: Size matters
Monday, July 13th, 2009If you watch for any length of time at a No Limit Hold’em game populated exclusively by beginners, a big leak that you will see in their strategies is in the size of their bets. I’ve lost count of the number of times the players make a minium bet or a really small bet as [...]
Celebrity Poker Players
Monday, July 13th, 2009Poker players around the world will be familiar with celebrity poker players like Phil Ivey and Daniel Negreanu but there are plenty of stars who have come to poker after achieving fame elsewhere. Such is the popularity of online poker in these modern times, it seems that anyone who is anyone plays poker. Indeed, it [...]
WSOP Main Event Update
Friday, July 10th, 20094505 players from the 6494 who started out at the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event returned for the 2 Day 2s at the Rio Hotel in Las Vegas to battle out for the $10,000 buy-in championship bracelet and the chance to a part of the November Nine who will return to the Rio [...]
Back to Basics #6: Managing Tilt
Friday, July 10th, 2009Everyone who has played poker for more than a few hands knows what “tilt” is whether or not they have heard the term itself. “Tilt” is the name poker players give when their powers of reason and calculation are overtaken by emotion, usually manifesting itself in anger. This is usually brought about by making a [...]
Female Poker Players
Wednesday, July 8th, 2009Commonly seen by outsiders as a bastion of male domination, the fabulous world of poker is also home to many fine female players, many of whom rank amongst the world’s best poker players. Television viewers are as accustomed these days to seeing Jennifer Harman, Annie Duke and Clonie Gowen on their screens as Gus Hansen [...]
Back to Basics #5: Basic Danger Hands
Wednesday, July 8th, 2009Everyone knows the type of hands that are termed “danger hands”, those hands that may well look very good, but have the potential to go badly wrong if played badly in online poker. This article is aimed at beginning players looking to learn how to play poker profitably, giving them practical advice at how to [...]
Back to Basics #4: All About Position
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009I decided to call today’s article “All About Position” for two reasons. Firstly, I hopefully want to teach you all about position but because Texas Hold’em as a game is all about position.
You may be staring at your computer screen wondering what the heck position is. Position refers to your place at the table in [...]
Back to Basics #3: Starting Hands
Monday, July 6th, 2009In my 1st Back to Basics article, I talked about one of the biggest mistakes that beginning poker players make, which is playing far too many hands. My aim in this article is to talk a little about the types of hands we should be playing when we are learning the game.
You may have watched [...]
The Top Ten Players of All Time: #7: Chip Reese
Monday, July 6th, 2009When my mind turns to the best players ever, in terms of cash games, it leaps to one man, who though sadly no longer with us, remains one of the highest quality players who has ever played the game. Ask any of the game’s greats such as Doyle Brunson or Barry Greenstein and they will [...]