Brain Research and Poker

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A while back I wrote about Type 1 and Type 2 mistakes in poker for TPE. It was an idea that came to me after reading Michael Schermer’s book, The Believing Brain, which falls into a genre that is extremely interesting to me, the human brain and brain research, and something I find extremely beneficial… Read more »

What’s New at TPE – Week Ending 3/9/2014

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Twas a glorious week at TPE. Of utmost importance is the fact that I finally shipped something and made enough money to get that oil change I’d been dreaming of. Oh and Cory Waaland just decided to go shopping for bling and added another ring to his collection in consecutive WSOP Circuit stops. Luckily for… Read more »

Cory “MJ23STYLEz” Waaland Wins Third WSOPC Ring

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Tournament Poker Edge Pro Cory “MJ23STYLEz” Waaland won Event #2 ($365 No-Limit Hold’em Re-Entry) and the World Series of Poker Circuit Event at the Bicycle Casino. Waaland defeated Tiffany Nguyen heads up to take home $46,010 and his THIRD circuit ring, and his second just this month!  

What’s New at TPE – Week Ending 3/2/2014

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This week, Marc and KB continue with the Stick It to the Man series and the action heats up as Marc seems to be physically pained by some of the folds he sees. Merfinis debuts a new series which is a hand history review of member OneTime1Time’s Sunday Million final table. A new article details… Read more »

The Cost of Playing Live Tournaments Is More Than You Think

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  Before I begin let me preface this column by saying that my intention is not to dissuade you from playing in live tournaments, but rather to give you a complete understanding of the amount of money it costs to play live events, and specifically how much it costs to travel the circuit and make… Read more »

What’s New at TPE – Week Ending 2/23/2014

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This week, Chris Moon concludes his WCOOP series and Stick it to the Man returns with Killingbird on the hot seat and Marc Alioto holding the flame thrower. We also have a new article and a blog entry from Killingbird. And as if he wasn’t working hard enough, he debuted a new podcast with Matt… Read more »

Poker, Podcasts and WSOP Planning!

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Wow, things are getting crazy busy. The year started of pretty good in terms of poker, butting it lots of volume and had a couple of decent scores. Finally shipped the Nightly $60 on Merge which is a tournament that seems to give me fits late, so it was nice to get that monkey off… Read more »

What’s New at TPE – Week Ending 2/16/2014

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This week, Andrew wrapped up his bluffing series, Danny finished his TCOOP primer, and Chris Moon continued with his WCOOP review. Also, we had a new article on open raising. In case you missed it, this week was also one in which we had a ton of big scores from the pros both live and… Read more »

Thoughts on Pre-Flop Raising Adjustments

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  I’ve recently been involved in a forum discussion on non-standard pre-flop bet-sizing, and the secondary debate of the best way to exploit players who will call large pre-flop raises far too liberally, and open-raise far too high. Since it’s been an interesting and lively discussion, and as it seems to be an issue many… Read more »