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Pokertrainer Mythbusting #1 - Loose Aggressive is as successful as Tight Aggressive

January 25th, 2010

Well, under some circumstances it can be - and it can be even more successful.
But when opponents are playing good poker, at full ring table with average stack depth (100 big blinds) there is only one style that is truly successful and that is Tight Aggressive. By the way, I am talking Texas Hold’em [...]

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Are live poker players better than online players?

December 9th, 2009

My 50 cents on the raging debate on the matter of skills in live poker games versus online games.
The oldtimers often see online players as inexperienced and naive. The new breed of online players often see the oldtimers as, well you guessed it, old.
I actually think that both sides are right!
How can that be? Let me [...]

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Is online poker rigged and do you believe in UFO’s?

December 5th, 2009

I get a lot of questions and discussion on the topic of rigged online poker.
So I am going to share what I believe here.
I just read that they are closing down the UFO departement at Military Defense in Great Britain. They don’t express an opinion on whether UFO’s exist or not - but in the 50 years [...]

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Gus Hansen down $2,9 million - bad luck or lousy play?

September 27th, 2009

Aftonbladet is writing about Gus Hansen’s massive online losses: down $2,9 million this year online.
It is a lot of money - even for a world class player like Gus.
So what does it mean, is this going to be the end of a great poker player? Honestly, I am not too worried about his financial situation. [...]

Tags: gus, hansen
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Lazy poker players beware of this post…

August 27th, 2009

Are poker players in general lazy?
How much time are poker players in general putting in to improve their game compared to other fields? I would say that the answer is VERY little.
Let’s discuss how chess players improve their skills in their game. Chess and poker has enough commonalities to make the comparison relevant. I know [...]

Tags: discipline, exercises, poker, practice, training
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