by Brian Pempus | Published: May 15, '12
… S.E championship. He beat a stacked final table to … Series. “The Prince of Poker” was born Thuan Nguyen in … when I was raised and reraised. When I had one of those I just thought it was a big hand, and I …
by Brian Pempus | Published: Jan 09, '12
… . “I went from zero to hero in just 500 pages. I was now a … vividly a thread I posted on a poker forum during that time. It was a simple hand, but it captured my problem perfectly. I raised … have to make call downs when you’re pretty sure you …
by Brian Pempus | Published: Oct 19, '11
… a 19-year-old, formerly broke college student — I decided that I was … I just went straight to bed, hoping I’d feel better when I woke up. Instead, I was just … I ended up over-correcting the mistake and became a complete nit. I was …
by Julio Rodriguez | Published: Oct 08, '11
… Fricke discusses his mistakes when he was first making the transition … hands when they are looking for value. “My biggest problem was folding. I … reached the turn, especially with a decent hand like top pair … when they are played back at. Now I know that if I …
by Brian Pempus | Published: Oct 03, '11
… he was eligible. The 2005 Series was his debut, and he put a dent in WSOP history when he won a $1,500 … game. “I think the biggest problem players run across when getting into …
by Brian Pempus | Published: Sep 20, '11
… . If I had top pair, top kicker, I was going all … “However, I was gambling more when I was young, and sometimes I miss that. When I describe … to make adjustments. I wasn’t good when I started. We all have been at some beginning stage of a …
by Brian Pempus | Published: Sep 05, '11
… I staked people back then, as well. I wouldn’t say I was a sucker, but I gave into every sad story there was. I mean, I helped a … When I first became really successful, the biggest thing I bought was a house. I …
by Brian Pempus | Published: Aug 22, '11
… When I was a beginner, I didn’t really know how to bet my hands. I … is something I wasn’t good at when I was a beginner. … is something I wasn’t good at when I first started. I … a concept that I understood when I was a new player. If you know they missed a …
by Julio Rodriguez | Published: Aug 16, '11
… . “I was out of position and made a serious mental mistake when I decided to check to him. In my mind, since it was … I couldn’t call, even though I was fairly certain we were in a chop situation. I mucked …
by Julio Rodriguez | Published: Aug 09, '11
… it cost him at a televised final table. “I was very inexperienced at … I have taken it down right there, but even if I was called, I … sometimes I do that to set people up when I have a big pocket pair. But it is incorrect when you …
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