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  Cash Games with Antes

  May 9th, 2011

  When you sit at cash game tables which feature antes, the pots are bigger than usual.

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  Re-Raising Pre-flop

  August 30th, 2010

  It's one thing to raise an uncontested pot. It is a whole different ball game to go after a pot that is already raised...

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  Attacking Antes

  August 16th, 2010

  When deciding your approach during a tournament, you need to consider the ante and blind structure.

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  A Monster at the Aussie Millions

  May 7, 2008

  Blinds: 4000/8000/1000, My position: SB, My hand: Ac Qs, My Chip Stack: 389,000. Defending champ Lee Nelson has been moved to the table. He opens in middle position for 24,000 and I decide to just call with my Ac Qs in the SB. The BB folds. The flop comes:

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  Being a Bully

  October 18, 2007

  Many players understand the concepts involved in building a large chip stack during a tournament. What they don't understand, however, is how to use their chips effectively once they've gotten them. Once they've accumulated a lot of chips, many players want to control the action, but they haven't thought through how to take command of the table. When I am the big stack in a tournament, being the bully...

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  Betting out of Position

  Nov 20, 2006

  ...by checking, you give control to the late-position player.

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  Playing the Main Event

  July 31, 2006

  When playing against weak opponents while holding lots chips, you should try to see more flops as cheaply as you can.

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