Tag Archives: hold’em

AJIP 5: Two hands from a cash game

Posted on 2010-08-13 by Joost

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 3: some useful basic concepts

Posted on 2010-08-05 by Joost

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

Posted on 2010-08-01 by Joost

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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A journey into poker

Posted on 2010-07-07 by Joost

A couple of weeks ago, a friend of mine said to me: “Hey Joost, I think you would be really good at playing poker online!” At that time, the only exposure to poker I had were a couple of home … Continue reading →

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