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Useful Micro Limit Poker Tips for Beginners - Part 2

March 19, 2011 at 12:37 PM |

This is the second part of the poker ebook written by 'kocka21' and 'mrj', two professional Hungarian poker players. You can read the first part here.

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Useful Micro Limit Poker Tips for Beginners - Part 1

March 17, 2011 at 12:59 PM |

This ebook has been written by two Hungarian poker professionals, kocka21 and mrj,  and is a compilation of tips and advice for beginner poker players trying to make that essential move to take poker seriously. Rakerace.com will make this ebook available for free, periodically sharing parts of it, starting today. 

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How Can I Defeat Tilt?

March 13, 2011 at 2:17 PM |

Every poker player in the world knows our little friend Tilt. Those who don’t should consider themselves very very lucky, but don’t forget: one way or another, it is going to get to you. And when it does, you need to be prepared.

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Play of a Hand - AQ in a 3bet Pot

March 12, 2011 at 4:14 PM |

These poker hand reviews are real-life examples on how different strategies work in poker, and help players to improve decision-making skills. This time we analyse how to play AQ in a 3bet pot.

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How to Maximize Your Winnings with AK in a 6 Max NLHE Cash Game

March 5, 2011 at 10:47 AM |

AK is one of the best starting hands in 6-max No Limit Holdem Cash Game. It is a real profit-generating weapon if used correctly. In this article, we are going to share with you our insights and experiences on how to play this hand, depending on position, stack size  and your opponents.

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Baluga Theorem

March 2, 2011 at 12:30 PM |

In this article we are going to introduce and familiarize you with a few well-known poker truth, the Baluga Theorem. Originally posted on the 2+2 forum, this rule was nicknamed from BalugaWhale, a 2+2 forum poster. Baluga Theorem: If we have raised preflop and receive a re-raise when holding top pair on the turn, most of time we should re-evaluate the strength of one-pair hands and the right option is to fold.

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Durrrr Challenge 2 – Phil Galfond Analyzes Again (video)

January 13, 2011 at 4:55 PM |

The high stakes pro Phil ’OMGClayAiken’ Galfond continues his series (started in September) with another two videos, in which he analyzes the most interesting hands of the ’Durrrr Challenge 2’.

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Free 10-minute HU SNG Video from Cog Dissonance

December 29, 2010 at 1:28 PM |

Cog Dissonance is one of the leading instructors from the coaching website HUSNG.com. He's extremely successful at heads-up sit n' gos, his ROI is 7% and his total profit after 15,000 played SNGs is $98,961. In this free video he talks about the general strategy for HU SNG SuperTurbos and shows us some gameplay as well.

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Planning a Hand – Training Video

December 22, 2010 at 3:50 PM |

PokerTube released yesterday a new training video by gripsed on planning a hand. Aimed at novice and intermediate players first of all, the 23.5 minutes long material provides tips regarding how to see the big picture in a hand, instead of thinking street by street.

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Phil Galfond Analyzes the Hands of Durrrr Challenge 2 - Part 2

December 14, 2010 at 6:10 PM |

High stakes pro Phil 'OMGClayAiken' Galfond has recently been big news, as he robbed PokerStars' new pro, Isildur1 of almost all of his earnings at the site. He started a video series not long ago, where he analyses the hands of the Durrrr Challenge 2. We present to you the second 2 videos.

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Tips for Beginners: Expected Value

December 8, 2010 at 3:10 PM |

A probability term, Expected Value (EV) is “an averaged out result of a given action over time.” EV should become of more and more importance in your play as you gain experience. Ultimately, you definitely want to go for +EV.

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Do not Want to Bluff Phil Ivey – Hand Analysis

December 1, 2010 at 1:39 PM |

Jason Mercier tried to bluff Phil Ivey on High Stakes Poker Season 6 Episode 5, but he failed. The memorable hand is now analysed by Mercier himself.

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Poker Roundtable - Knowing When to Quit

November 24, 2010 at 1:04 PM |

This week's strategy article is a video from the Poker Roundtable series of Full Tilt Poker. Howard Lederer, Jennifer Harman, Phil Ivey, Chris Ferguson and Layne Flack talk about the issue of when and how to quit a poker game. If you have issues with losing lots when you are on tilt, listen to the pros, they might give you some pieces of good advice.

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Tips for Beginners: Kicker Strength

November 20, 2010 at 2:16 PM |

Kicker is by definition one of your hole cards “that does not itself take part in determining the rank of the hand, but that may be used to break ties between hands of the same rank.”

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Multi-Table Poker Tournament Coaching Video by Jeremy Menard

November 9, 2010 at 3:29 PM |

Jeremy Menard is one of today's best MTT players winning more than $2 million at online tournaments so far. He is also a multi-table tournament coach at DragTheBar. In this video he shows you his way of thinking at a $500 PartyPoker tournament.