A woman came up to me the other day at The Palms and complained to me that in her regular home game whenever she bluffed she always got called. She asked me if I had any advice for her and my reply was, “Then don’t bluff!” I felt like I was telling the punch line [...]
In any hand of poker, Pot Limit Omaha included, it is important to understand how to control the action in the pot post flop to accomplish your goals. Some hands will demand that you stop the action. In some hands you want to encourage action. After the flop you need to first decide whether you [...]
I am in training for the World Series of Poker. I am not playing long hours to sharpen up my poker skills. I am not playing every tournament that I can find to fine tune my tournament game. I am not pacing my poker play in an attempt to synchronize my peaking powers with the [...]
Recently someone came up to me and asked if I could explain a losing streak he was on. He is a winning player at relatively high limits on the internet but over the last two weeks he said he could do nothing but lose. He wanted my advice. I asked if he was tilting, creating [...]
One of the great opportunities that poker being on TV has afforded me is the ability to give back to charities. More and more charities are using poker as a theme to raise money and I have had so many opportunities to participate in these great causes. I recently participated with Phil Gordon in the [...]
I am often asked in interviews what my three biggest tips are to new players. My number one tip is always to play tight. From my experience, most new players play about 80% of the hands they are dealt in Texas Hold’em. In fact, the reverse should be the case, they should only play about [...]
My parents met across a card table, over a game of bridge when my mother’s bridge game needed a fourth. I guess, given the inception of my parents’ romance, competitiveness and a love of cards would be bred into my brother and me. From the moment we entered the world, we entered with a desire [...]
A friend of mine told me about a hand that knocked him out of a tournament recently. He had AK:c: against 88. The flop came a King and the guy rivered an 8. My friend bemoaned to me that he lost the tournament to a guy who was over a 20 to 1 underdog. “Wow, [...]
“AnnieDuke – How I Raised, Folded, Bluffed, Flirted, Cursed and Won Millions” is now out – what an awesome experience authoring this book. Click here for a snippet. Part poker strategy, part autobiography, I have tried to provide you with a unique tableside view of a game that’s fast evolved into a subculture. I hope [...]
This is an excerpt from Annie’s new book “How I Raised, Folded, Bluffed, Flirted, Cursed and Won Millions” Buy this book from Amazon So Here’s the Deal on Poker I’ve been playing poker professionally for more than a decade, and not a day goes by when I play poker and don’t learn from it, when [...]
