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Daniel Negreanu
WPT Season Three Player-of- the-Year and 2004 Card Player Magazine Player-of- the-Year
“Bluffing is like telling a story, but more specifically an untruthful story. In order to make your story sound believable you have to have all of your facts right. In poker, you have to set up a bluff and make it believable based on the way you've played previous hands and the current hand. Random bluffs rarely work, while well-thought out, and well- timed bluffs can be very effective.”
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Kathy Liebert
The first woman to win $1 million in a championship poker tournament,
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Phil “The Unabomber” Laak
Winner of the WPT Invitational
“My best advice to players wishing to improve their game is to play, think, read, and write. The playing part is easy.... without practice you will be like a fencer who learned from a book and will be easily vanquished. The thinking part is an extension of playing. Basically think about the hands after they are over. Think about other players hands... think about what you would do had you had such and such a hand.... Always be thinking. Reading and writing are the not-always-fun-or-easy-parts. Read everything you can find! Not necessarily for you to follow, but in order to know how many of your opponents will think and act. Writing is important. Keep a journal, record errors you made and strategies you will employ to avoid them again. Note smart things you did and ways to improve on them... any thoughts you had on other players that might lead you to play better against them or similar players in the future.”
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Annie Duke
World Series Bracelet Holder and winner of WSOP Tournament of Champions.
The first woman to have a $2 million tournament payday.
“In tournaments there is a lot of psychological pressure on your opponents because they are playing with finite chips. This means you can bluff more and aggression is much more highly rewarded because of the fear of going broke. In live play, opponents can go back into their pockets. This means that live play is a more ‘trappy’ game…it is harder to bluff and super aggression is not as well rewarded. Be aware of the psychological differences between tournaments and live play that stem from the finite chip situation.”
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Clonie Gowen
Winner World Poker Tour Ladies’ Night
“Don't play above your bankroll. Pick games that you can win, no matter if the stakes may seem too small for you. Good game selection is probably more important than anything else in poker.”
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Barry Greenstein
Winner of 2004 Jack Binion World Poker Open, held at the Horseshoe Casino Hotel and the Gold Strike Casino in Tunica
“In side games, a short stack has a mathematical advantage since the short-stacked player cannot be bet out of a multi-way pot when he is all-in. When you have a short stack in a tournament with no one else in the pot before you, move all-in with any ace, pair, or connecting cards 10-9 or better when you are in late position.”
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Howard Lederer
Two-time World Poker Tour Champion and winner of 2001 World Series of Poker
“In tournaments you need to find people who are uncomfortable and take advantage of their fear. In side games you just need to play hard and play as well as you can. Side games are about good play, not intimidation.”
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Phil Gordon
Winner World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Stars Tournament and author ofPoker: The Real Deal”
“A common mistake of players new to poker is that they try to bust a short stack with a bad hand. Your job is not to bust players; your job is to accumulate chips.”
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Scott Fischman
Winner World Poker Tour Young Guns of Poker and the youngest winner of back- to-back World Series bracelets
“The best way to figure out your own tells is to play a lot of poker with your friends and let them critique you.”
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Jennifer Harman
Winner of two World Series bracelets
“I think the biggest mistake that newcomers make is they act on their hand too quickly without thinking it through.”
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Mel Judah
Winner World Poker Tour Legends of Poker
“Never play above your means. Stay within yourself and your bankroll and put yourself in games and situations in which you are most comfortable.”
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