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Poker
Our Poker column puts readers in touch with the experts for the thinking behind the trickiest and most challenging poker hands. World Poker Tour (WPT) professional and television analyst Tony Dunst, along with Scott Fischman and other WPT players, break down the tactics and strategy used by some of the most prominent players in the world.
Poker Samples
High-card hands have value, too
One thing I've noticed a lot recently is that more players are making high-card call-downs -- they get to the river and make a bluff-catching call with a hand like ace, king or queen high. For example, let's say I raise in late position with Ks Qs.
'Thrill' ride in Jacksonville
The Jacksonville BestBet Open was the second-to-last event of the World Poker Tour's 10th season.
Not even bad beats can rattle Serock
It's no secret that by the usual societal standards, many professional poker players are considered rather eccentric. I call Serock "curiously eccentric" because his particular variety of eccentricity is one I've yet to figure out.
Try to view a hand from opponent's perspective
Scott, Can you please help me through a situation that has been troubling me lately? Action preflop folds to me on the cutoff, and I open for $20 with Jc Js. Thanks for any advice.
To live and die in L.A.
The first day of the 2011 L.A. Poker Classic event went excellently for me. I finished with nearly triple the starting stack of $30,000 after eight levels of poker, with nearly everything falling my way. The next day continued the trend.
Shooting at the stars
I played the Bay 101 Shooting Star event in San Jose, Calif., for the first time last spring.
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