December 2011

  • December 2011
  • FEATURES:
    32 Cover Story: Pius Heinz – Meet the new WSOP Champ
    60 Chris Moorman: Moorman1 comes close in Cannes
    20 Cashing Out: Xmas gift guide for degens
    BUZZ:
    8 Snapshot: Sam Trickett wins Partouche Poker Tour
    10 Newswire: Rolling poker news from around the globe
    14 The Beat: With Neil “Bad Beat” Channing
    16 Nick’s Column: It’s kind of a big deal
    18 Being Phil Laak: The Unabomber’s reading list
    22 Online Report: Snoopy meets David Gentry
    26 BEST Rankings: Who’s hot?
    38 Matt Perry: Grinding tourneys online
    42 Raw Power: The latest from the Irish poker scene
    44 Road Gambler: Gambling, showbiz and the Mob
    48 Diamonds and clubs: John Tabatabai heads for Cannes
    52 J. Tilly: Jennifer on poker nicknames
    54 Ogmore Poker Tour: The legend of Bobby Eggs
    56 Slutsky: If you’re going to felt someone, make sure it’s these guys
    58 Grassroots: Supporting poker in the community
    64 Happy Birthday PokerStars: Celebrating ten years of the world’s biggest poker site
    POKER ACADEMY:
    66 Caro: More advice from the Mad Genius of Poker
    68 The Maven: Diversifying you game
    70 Pickleman: Introducing “The Matthew Effect”
    72 Cardrunners: Optimal lines
    74 Andrew Moseley: Focusing on the professional aspect
    76 Jeff Kimber: Has Late Night Poker jumped the shark?
    78 Poker Pal: Aggression and range-balancing
    80 Zimbler: Paul plays A-Q out of position
    82 Amateur to Pro: Betting the river
    84 Action Jackson: More flairy deepstack adventures
    86 Alex Fitzgerald: Could you fold top set?
    88 Bluff Europe Sports Centre: Francis James has a look at the Euros
    90 Live Scene: Tournaments near you
    96 Card Gang: Check out our latest freeroll

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By Phil Wise from Badbeat.com.


Previous articles detailed the wide range of hands you need to play pre-flop and explained how to play them aggressively. To reiterate, these included both strong hands and bluff hands from late position. It’s important to carry on this aggression post-flop. Many average players only continue with the hand if they hit post-flop and this becomes a major leak. The lack of aggression will result in a low flop C-bet and low turn C-bet.

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A quick exercise to begin this piece. Picture in your mind’s eye a successful winning poker player.

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A regular reader of my column might accuse me of cynicism. I’m always banging on about how there’s more luck in poker than most people realise, and that everyone should get a bit less carried away with a good string of results. Well, I’m changing tack this month. This time, I’ll tell you the easy way to get rich playing poker.

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"Once I knew I had it, I remember going back to the rail and disappearing into this swarm of arms. I don’t think you could see me, there were so many people hugging me. That was a pretty sick moment."