Monthly Archives: August 2010

AJIP 5: Two hands from a cash game

This will be a shorter blog than usual. Maybe that will lead to some more feedback than the walls of text I usually produce 😉 Last night, more $0.02/$0.05 cash game with $12.50 max buy-in at PokerStars. A friend, who … Continue reading

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AJIP 4: $12.50 buy-in cash game at PokerStars

The titles of my blog entries were getting a bit long, so I’ve shortened “A Journey Into Poker” into “AJIP”. I wonder how long it will take before googling for “AJIP” has my blog on the first page Last night, … Continue reading

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AJIP 3: some useful basic concepts

Some people have told me that they don’t know enough about poker to be able to follow my “Journey into poker” articles. So, today, I’ll write an article aimed at people who haven’t played poker at all, or have played … Continue reading

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AJIP 2: play money tournaments

Playing for fake money (or Play Money, as they call it on PokerStars) is strange. Very strange. If there’s nothing valuable at stake, people gamble and bluff much more (I’m sure there must be scientific studies that prove this theory, … Continue reading

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