You can learn a lot by watching Poker After Dark. It is very entertaining because you can observe different kinds of poker. In Season 7 there is Sit&Go, No-Limit Hold’em cash game and Pot-Limit Omaha Cash Game.
In Episode 1-18 there was a $100k buy-in, winner takes it all Sit&Go and a No-Limit Hold’em cash game.
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Mike Sexton is a professional poker player and poker commentator as well. He is most confident in playing Seven-Card Stud. In that game he won a World Series of Poker bracelet. The other player in this article is Mike Matusow, a well known tournament and high stakes player. He has won three bracelets until now, in three different arts of poker: No-Limit Hold’em, Omaha High-Low Split 8 or Better and No-Limit 2-7 Draw.
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Phil Hellmuth is one of the most successful tournament poker players around the world, however many poker fans do not like him at all. The crowd is always the loudest on poker tournaments when Phil Hellmuth loses his all-in. Not only the crowd dislikes him but also the players. Phil Hellmuth has a very negative image because of his unfriendly behavior and “blowups”.
The most known “blowup” of Hellmuth happened during the 2008 WSOP Main Event against the Romanian player, Cristian Dragomir. In this article we look deep into this hand and what was behind it.
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Sam Farha is one of the most colorful poker players and because of his aggressive and funny style he has millions of fans around the world. No matter if he wins or loses, his jokes, elegance and cigarette in mouth always make it fun to watch him.
In the following hand Farha faces another heavy weight player, Patrik Antonius.
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In High Stakes Poker you can see many superstars and also some rich amateur businessmen. Tom Dwan and Doyle Brunson both belong to the first group of players. Dwan represents the young generation of online poker pros, on the other hand Brunson played poker his whole life and is known as the ambassador of texas hold’em.
In this article I analyze a hand played between the two stars and you will see what kind of multi-level thinking do Tom Dwan and Doyle Brunson use.
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When it comes to high stakes cash games the fans are usually talking about Phil Ivey, Patrik Antonius or Tom Dwan (also known as “durrrr”). Phil Ivey is a much-feared player because of his extremely aggressive style and his great hand reading skills.
One of the key factors why Ivey is successful is his very aggressive style. Players do not know if he bluffs or if he has the nuts. He takes many pots with bluffs but very often he is paid for his nut hands. His holdings are just unpredictable. Therefore the “Phil Ivey is the master of poker” expression is not an exaggeration at all.
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Daniel Negreanu is one of the most known and respected poker players. He is not only a great tournament and cash player: his reputation also comes from his friendly and nice personality. He has one of the biggest (if not the biggest) fan bases as well. In this article you will see an amazing read from Daniel Negreanu.
The game is tournament no-limit hold’em with 9 players and the blinds are $100/$200. Adam Joens makes the call in UTG with ♥2♥7. It is a very loose call from UTG with the worst possible combination of cards. At least it is suited! Negreanu looks at his pocket nines (♦9♣9) and raises to $2 200.
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In omaha high you have to draw to the nuts. However there are special situations where you have to push all-in even if you do not have many outs to the nuts. Which are these situations? These are cases when you have multiple draws and no matter what your opponent has you definitely have many outs on him and at the same time you also have great pot odds.
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Since the online poker boom started in the beginning of the 21th century this question has been asked many times and the answer changes every year. Many beginner poker players are interested in what their chances are of winning, how easy it is to beat micro levels and how the online poker world and players have changed in the last decade.
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Tilt is one of the main reasons why many players can never be successful in poker. Tilt has its limitations but also its opportunities. Every player suffers from bad beats; the only question is how they can handle it. You probably heard about Mike Matusow throwing his notebook in the swimming pool or Phil Hellmuth getting out of line in TV broadcasts.
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