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Choosing the profession: software developer or poker player
Choosing the profession: software developer or poker player
Today we’ve decided to discuss the topic that would be interesting for young people aged 18-20. This is the time when we ask ourselves one of the life questions that matters the most: whom do I want to be? Let’s take a smart guy who’s recently graduated from high school. During his studies at school he was fond of math, visited programming courses and got himself prepared for entering the corresponding college.
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How to Make a Deal at the Final Table
How to Make a Deal at the Final Table
Tournament poker is a marathon, and the winner takes the biggest prize in it. On course of tens of hours, players compete hand after a hand. In those rare moments when they manage to get to the final table, the main quality turns out to be not poker, but negotiations skill.
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Five stories about poker players who got behind the bars
Five stories about poker players who got behind the bars
Poker players are ordinary people. They also make mistakes at the poker tables and in their everyday life. There are more of those who are trying to get financial success, and sometimes they try to get it using the means that are not lawful. Tens of these cases got poker players to the court. We will tell you about five players who got in jail during recent years.
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6 Tips for a Poker Player Girlfriend
6 Tips for a Poker Player Girlfriend
Success in poker depends not just on the skill of the player and the luck he’s got. It is also influenced by his inner atmosphere and the conditions of his surroundings. Girlfriends and wives who go long with poker players are able to create this comfortable environment and help reaching a maximal success. PokerDiscover decided to advise you on how to better understand your man and come to a better understanding of each other.
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Five players who surprised everyone in 2017
Five players who surprised everyone in 2017
Poker community got used to a constant stream of news and extraordinary accidents and events that take place at live tournaments and elsewhere. Multi-million army of poker players always had people who were capable of making wonderful things, and the game itself is full of luck so it is able to create an amazing story. We’ve gathered info of five players who surprised us the most in 2017.
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Scandals rumors and news of live poker
Scandals rumors and news of live poker

Back in summer this year Matt Kirk told poker community about his conflict with the owner of King’s Casino Leon Tsoukernik about the debt of $2,000,000 they’ve got after playing together in Aria on May, 27 2017. Matt filed a lawsuit but it was qualified by a judge as a “card debt with no legal force”, or - long story short - made guys figure this out himself. Certainly, the Australian wasn’t too happy about the decision so he insisted on the money back.

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Players who are afraid to lose
Players who are afraid to lose

Not everyone is natural-born Phil Ivey. Not everyone is able to make themselves act recklessly, calmly, firmly. The following players often play at the tables. They are afraid to lose bankroll on various reasons – whether it is the lack of experience, tilt or limited bankroll. Those comrades need to be recognizable and exploited.

A piece of wisdom in poker: Scared money don't make money. Those players are easy to recognize even by their appearance.

We will highlight several categories of players you will often meet at the tables of poker clubs.

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Why you are still stuck at lower stakes?
Why you are still stuck at lower stakes?

You are a brainy guy, or so it seems, you know something about the game and even able to learn others some moves – but yet you are still playing at low stakes. Why? Why do we like to stand still while we can see the clear path? The reasons vary, but in most cases the problem is within ourselves.

Is it a common thing for you to see other people’s mistakes clearly and even predict something (in most cases relevant things), you are able to analyze hands but when you sit at the table, you start to lose it. You call when you know you’re behind and push when you don’t have fold equity.

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How Much Money Do Top Players Actually Have?
How Much Money Do Top Players Actually Have?

Everyone loves to count other people's money. It is bad taste, but that is human nature. Poker is all about money, after all, so little wonder. Let us cut to the case. Do you want to know what bankrolls the world’s top live and online players command? Do you want to know how much they make a year? We will use the help of Douglas Polk, one of the world’s top online high rollers.

This is by far not the first time we have talked about the earnings of MTT and cash players. We have tried to figure out if it is hard being a tournament player, compared potential profits in the two disciplines, and once even tried to find out who won the more money in a given year, live or online high rollers.

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