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It never ceases to amaze me: Anytime I hear a 'pro' giving advice on TV, or in a book, they always downplay the role of tells in their decisions. However, when you ask these same players about a specific hand they played one of the first things out of their mouth will be, 'I had a read'!

There are very few things that make me really angry at the poker table. Sure, I get frustrated when I take a bad beat, but it’s poker – that happens. I also get a little cranky with newbies at final tables who seem to think they are somehow being tricked when the other remaining players want to chop. The thing that really makes my blood boil though, causes me to gnash my teeth and foam at the mouth, and makes me want to channel one of Phil Helmuth’s rants, is bluffing at a dry side pot in a tournament

When you are making a decision with your starting hand ask yourself the following three questions:

1. Does my hand play better heads-up or multi-way?
2. Is my hand position sensitive?
3. What are the strengths and weaknesses of my hand?

Everyone from David Mamet to Jackie Robinson has had something to say about poker. Others have said memorable things about luck and chance that apply perfectly to poker. Here are the best 25.

I've read at least 100 poker books over the years, and they've been filled with an abundance of useful information. However, I've also found some great poker insights from books written on other subjects. Here is my list of the top 5 non-poker books... For poker!

You have a substantial number of players trying their hand at poker, who are trying to buy their poker skills: They purchase a half dozen books, buy the latest version of Poker Tracker, and subscribe to Shark Scope and Cardrunners, trying to get all the answers and play with the pros (as the commercial says).

Popular online poker room, Cool Hand Poker has introduced a new cool format of multi table tournaments, called the Survivor Tournaments.

If you have ever seen the popular TV reality series, “Survivor” and wanted to be a part of it, here is your chance to check

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s also called Omaha High Low or Omaha 8 or better. In this type of poker game the pot is divided between the best hand for high and the lowest hand for low. The best hand is when you have the best five cards combination from EXACTLY two cards from your hand and EXACTLY three cards from the community cards.