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Weekly Freeroll Qualified

Short Stacking

In my opinion, the most common mistake made in MTT poker is incorrect short-stack play.

When I play an MTT my most important goal is to make it In The Money. Reaching the final table or even winning the game are purely secondary as when you invest time into a game you want some reward for it. The all-or-nothing risks often taken to gain a mega stack are best avoided in my approach.

Let's say the worst happened though. You had scrimped and battled your way up to a comfortable

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In Defence of Passive Poker

It is my belief that the best poker players do not play 'by the book' in every situation. In order to have an 'edge' over the rest of the field then you must do something different to them, an approach that they cannot comprehend. Online poker poses the question of any new player as to whether you should be loose aggressive or tight aggressive. In my estimation, the LAGs are slightly more common than TAGs.

So what of loose-passive and, dare I say it, tight-passive?

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The Grudge Begins

I had a very enjoyable afternoon playing in my home game yesterday. Although I didn't win it, I made it ITM and was happy to see an unlikely winner get her biggest ever poker win. She played loose and read my bluffs every time.

Although jetleo1111 is evidently too horribly mentally scarred by the incident to name me as his killer, it was I who dealt the knockout blow to the master of heads-up play yesterday. My take on the hand in question is thus:

Having just taken

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LS3 hits new heights

I just finished 2nd in the UK freeroll. Maybe I could have won it if the luck went my way.

Too tired to go into much detail but all the big hole cards hit for me. I played tight, stayed tight. This is a personal best I think!

York Ebor Festival - Day 1

Ah, the Ebor Festival. The last of the big mid-season festivals brings together a beautiful concoction of classy conditions races, fiendish handicaps and prestigious Group Ones.

Let's make some money!

1:45 - Sir Gerry is interesting from a rating of 98 but 5 furlongs looks too sharp for him. Hotham is in good form but needs a career-best to take this, likewise Tabaret. Cheveton and Strike Up The Band would be big players if rediscovering their best form. Oldjoesaid is

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