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Tony Genius and Andrew Robl WSOPE cheating scandal?

Tony G and Andrew Robl were involved in what some would say is a cheating scandal, others would say has absolutely nothing wrong with it, even if it is pushing at the edges, and yet more people would say that it was a Tony Genius move and Andrew Robl got what he deserved. In the … continuation reading bet

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BackBet finally launched by ipoker

BackBet from ipoker is inplay betting on the outcome of your cash game hands. While new for ipoker, a more basic arcade game version called PokerBet was launched years ago by Micrograming but was not based on live hands and real players. BackBet is the first to use real play and was intended to be … continuation reading bet

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The illusion of collusion

You walk up to a Casino cash game and when you sit down you are in the the middle of a worrying discussion around the table. Something must have triggered it for it to be brought up. They are talking about friends or groups of players at the table not colluding with each other. They … continuation reading bet

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Running a hand twice – reduce your poker variance

Running a hand twice to reduce your poker variance – the video from an episode of High Stakes Poker shows the real life benefits of reducing your poker variance in cash games by running a hand twice or thrice. Patrik Antonius is clear favourite to win the hand, a 77% favourite on the turn with … continuation reading bet

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PokerStars WCOOP means increase in cash games rake?

PokerStars WCOOP – Its that time of year that every tournament poker player and a lot of cash game players have been waiting for since … the last time. Unless you are a US player of course and, thanks to your Government, then most Americans can only read all about it. Poker stars will be … continuation reading bet

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OPTIMUS CRIME? ROBOTS IN DISGUISE? PRIMA POKER LAUNCHES AUTO FOLD.

Prima Poker, perhaps now more currently known as the Microgaming Poker Network, has just launched one of the most bizarre software upgrades in recent times. While many Prima players are already exasperated with the Anonymous Tables which arrived late last year, this latest step, the launch of an autofold system known as the Pocket Card … continuation reading bet

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Super Satellites

Super Satellites. For a poker tournament player on a limited budget, satellites to the biggest events both live and online are a god-send. They are of course even better news for poker sites and B&M card rooms. It’s a given, for most sites other than Pokerstars, that the majority of a site or network’s player … continuation reading bet

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Increase rakeback by doing nothing?

Increase rakeback by doing nothing? How can you increase your poker rakeback by doing nothing other than switching the poker site or network you play on? In the pokerQ4.com guide to player rake calculations we discussed how each poker site works out the amount you pay in rake per raked hand, which determines how much … continuation reading bet

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Poker Rake Calculation

Poker Q4 wants to take you through the various methods online poker sites decide to calculate rake. Rake is typically taken in all Cash Poker games (Ring Games), Multi table tournaments (MTT’s) and Sit N’ Go tournaments (SNG’s). Cash Games Let’s start with how poker sites typically calculate rake for cash games. The majority of … continuation reading bet

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Poker In The Park 2011

In just over two weeks, over the weekend of the 2nd & 3rd of September, the fifth Poker In The Park festival will take place in London, England. For the uninitiated, Poker In The Park is to poker what the Glastonbury Festival is to music, except it’s free to enter, you shouldn’t end up knee … continuation reading bet

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Poker Mistakes and Howlers

As a Liverpool fan outside of poker, Manchester UTD goalkeeper David De Gea’s recent howlers and mistakes have amused me no end, as you can imagine… Ahead of Pepe Reina in the Spanish national team pecking order? I think not. Anyway, I’ve been so amused it got me to thinking about some of the best … continuation reading bet

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It’s faackin’ poker innit!

“It’s faackin’ poker innit” cried the coarse cockney from across the table in The Vic £1/£2 game as he raked in the last of my rent money, dismissing my protestations that hiding his black chips was effectively cheating… There is an old adage in poker known simply as ‘Any Edge’. I was recently reminded of … continuation reading bet

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