Hey Everyone,
It's always fun to announce stuff, so we'll lead with that: I'm glad to let you all know that as of November we're happy to be starting a partnership with the Argentinian publisher Pensar Poker, as they'll be translating a couple of our articles each month into Spanish on their site. Qué maravilloso! 😀
I'd also like to give a shout-out to this newsletter's official poker tour sponsor, Next Level Poker, and congratulate them on their first event, which begins on November 5th (click here for more details). Tour founder and WSOP bracelet winner Chris "Fox" Wallace penned an exclusive strategy piece for us about the challenges of making it as a tournament poker professional. Our most popular article of the past month, be sure to check it out.
BBC CALLING...
After five long years, the Phil Ivey Punto Banco "edge sorting" case finally reached the UK Supreme Court. In a unanimous decision, the court upheld previous rulings in which Ivey would not be allowed to claim his millions of pounds in winnings.
I was invited to comment on the verdict in a radio interview broadcast live on the BBC World Service. You can listen here, starting at the 16-minute mark. Following the interview, I published an op-ed with my analysis of the verdict entitled: Cheating vs. Morality: On Poker, Casinos, and Phil Ivey's Bad Beat.
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"RUNNING WELL" UPDATE: 1,000 km charity poker challenge
I'm proud to have run 800 km thus far, so we're entering the home stretch. 200km to go and two months left to complete the challenge by the end of 2017.
The challenge is currently slated to deliver over $3,500 in donations to Kids Kicking Cancer and there's still time to join the almost dozen people who've made pledges of support for anywhere between 10-50 cents per kilometer.
If you or the company you work for would like to make a pledge (all monies donated directly by you), please email me.
You're all invited to follow my progress via Twitter at #charitypoker1000km.
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As always, you can check out a sampling of some of this month's most interesting and popular articles below.
And of course, your feedback, constructive or otherwise, is most welcome.
Keep in touch,
- Robbie
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In poker, you often find yourself hitting a wall at some point You might be a decent player, but for some reason you keep losing session after session. In times like these, it pays to take a step back and examine what it is that you’re doing wrong. Retool your game by studying your weaknesses.
You might not realize that making just a few solid, but critical, adjustments could be the keys to becoming a winning poker player (once again). We list a few common weaknesses that losing players tend to exhibit. Fix ’em and you’ll likely notice a lot of those poker sessions turning from the red to the black.
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It’s no secret that the lifeblood of the online poker ecosystem is sustained liquidity; i.e., always having enough players to keep the games running. Thus, industry advocates rejoiced upon Pennsylvania just having OKed legal, regulated online poker in the Keystone State. It joins New Jersey, Delaware, and Nevada as the fourth state to offer legal online poker in the United States.
In this article, our contributor James Guill examine the interstate ramifications of the developments in Pennsylvania, specifically its residents joining the greater US pool of poker players.
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Having an aggressive player to your left is a relatively common situation that many of us face at the poker tables. How to combat such a tough player, however, can sometimes be a mystery.
In this guest post by micro-stakes poker pro Nathan Williams, he lists a number of ways to counter the moves that an aggressive player on your left is likely to make. Appropriately dealing with such players will help you boost your bankroll in the long run.
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You might not have heard of him before, but Shai Zurr could be Israel’s next poker superstar. After winning his first WSOP bracelet this past summer, he cracked Israel’s top 10 money list for all-time poker tournament winnings and his future looks brighter than ever.
A co-founder of the Israel Poker Academy, the story of how Zurr became a professional poker player is as interesting as it is unique. He opened up to us in this exclusive feature-length interview. Enjoy!
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If you’re an active poker fan these days, chances are that you’ve come across a poker vlog or two. Indeed, poker vlogging is booming, with guys like Andrew Neeme, TheTrooper, and Brad Owen making names for themselves all the while entertaining legions of poker fans.
If you’re not yet into consuming poker vlog videos, reading this guest post by 9to5poker's Ryan McCormick may just change your mind, as you’ll discover exactly what you’ve been missing.
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