Sep
30
2011
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Pokers 10 commandments part 8: Thou shalt covet thy neighbor’s stack

Pokers 10 commandments part 8: Thou shalt covet thy neighbor’s stack

You must take from your neighbor’s money and chips, and preferably through bluffs and moves of betrayal. If you don’t crave your opponent’s stack, you might as well stop playing at once. Whether it’s your wife or your worst enemy sitting across the table, you should do everything in your power to conquer all chips in play.

IT’S MINE!!
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Sep
29
2011
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SICK

I almost wish I meant that I had a bad at the tables. Health is worth more than money, right? However it’s not something that stops the world from spinning, it’s just a traditional man-flu ;) At least I’ve learned something during my years playing poker and I now know better than to grind when my nose is running, I’m boiling, and my patience is short. Today I’m lying on the sofa!


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Sep
28
2011
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Pokers 10 commandments part 7: Thou shalt have no other gods before the poker gods

Pokers 10 commandments part 7: Thou shalt have no other gods before the poker gods

We shall fear and love the poker gods above all else, and put all our faith and trust in them, no matter how hard it might be. The poker gods knows what you think and if your thoughts are not pure the suck outs shall hail down upon thee as mentioned in the bible (not Supersystem, The Bible). You must also not speak ill of our poker god for impure thoughts or speech will not go unpunished by.


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Sep
27
2011
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Do you have what it takes?

I’m waiting for you at the tables!

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Sep
22
2011
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Pokers 10 commandments part 6: You shall not play with cards up your sleeves

Pokers 10 commandments part 6: You shall not play with cards up your sleeves

Ever since people came up with the idea to play cards for money, there has been cheating. Nowadays you can read about respected highstakers cheating such as  Jungleman and Girah, multiaccount users such as Dilba and Justin Bonomo, superuseraccounts on UB, rumors of Fast_Freddie using trojans, some German dude sending live-reporters to check other players hole cards, collusion, and of course Kengate. The most traditional or infamous cheat is to play with cards up ones sleeve. This is hardly something to worry about in todays poker, but there are other forms of cheating that are still going on.

It’s very naive to think that some people will not give in to the temptation to make big bux in a hurry when the oppurtunity presents itself.  It doesn’t make things better that the international and insufficient laws regarding poker let people get away with a lot of things they should be put away for. Beeing banned from a pokerroom, losing a sponsor, beeing trashed on a forum, or have your photo covered during WSOP at the RIO; does that sound like enough punishment for people who has stolen millions?  To me it’s about as harsh as somebody putting gravel in your shoes.

Even if poker has had its fair share of scandals over the years I think that the chance of beeing affected by cheating is very small. To minimize it you should in my opinion have a computer only for poker that you keep as clean as possible and if possible don’t let anybody else use. Also keep an eye open for collusion. If you play live look for marked cards and make sure nobody stands behind you when you are looking at your cards.

Todays words of wisdom: Don’t cheat!

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