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On Thursday night, Alexander Kuzmin came away with the title in the Southern Poker Championship, a stop on the World Poker Tour (WPT). He lodged a payday worth $601,000 after a 222-hand final table. One-time tournament chip leader and two-time bracelet winner Ryan Hughes was the first casualty of the six-handed finale, which was . . . → Read More: Alexander Kuzmin Wins WPT Southern Poker Championship

Many players, particularly novices but frequently experienced pros and semi pros at different points in their career, believe that math is math and that in poker, all things are equal. While it is true that it’s almost trivial to learn things like the starting hand values relative to the deck, the thing that truly . . . → Read More: Poker and Philosophy Logic and pseudo problems

You’ve seen Omaha Hi-Lo being played and you have a basic understanding of the rules (either the highest or lowest Omaha hand can win) but are still a bit confused by which hands you should be willing to play with versus ones that “look” right but aren’t as playable. While high hands are easy . . . → Read More: Basic Poker Strategy Understanding Omaha Hi/Lo’s Basics

Turbo tournaments are frequently the bane of a beginning-to-mid-level poker player’s existence, as they can either reward a cunning player greatly or utterly humiliate those that aren’t ready for their rapidly-growing blinds and aggressive (and sometimes downright vicious) play.

How can you improve your game at a Turbo tournament like those hosted here at . . . → Read More: Basic Poker Strategy – Turbo Tournaments

When you approach the final table in any tournaments, you need to ask yourself one simple question: what do you want to accomplish? Do you want to get in the money and walk away without too many scars or do you want to dive in there and work your way to the final pot, . . . → Read More: The Final Table and How To Swing It