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“Crushing the Microstakes” by Nathan BlackRain79 Williams

January 13, 2012 Online Poker

I just got done reading Nathan BlackRain79 Williams’ new eBook, “Crushing the Microstakes” and thought I would do a quick post to let people know about it. Coming in at a whopping 251 pages, Crushing the Microstakes is a fairly impressive eBook. Williams, who claims to be the winningest player at the microstakes, walks beginning [...]

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Reviewing Tri “Slowhabit” Nguyen’s “How I Made My First Million from Poker”

December 1, 2011 Online Poker

I just got done reading a pre-release copy of Tri “Slowhabit” Nguyen’s “How I Made My First Million from Poker.”  It’s definitely not your typical poker book and if you’ve read some of Nguyen’s previous books on poker strategy this is an entirely new look at the game. In many ways it will remind you [...]

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Get Ed Miller’s “How to Read Hands at No Limit Hold’Em” From Bill’s Poker Blog

November 3, 2011 Online Poker

I’m such a big fan of Ed Miller’s new book, “How to Read Hands at No Limit Hold’Em” I want to give you a copy for free (a $49.99 value). Here’s the deal: 1. Go read my review of Miller’s new book. 2. If you aren’t already following me on Twitter (shame on you) go [...]

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Ed Miller’s How to Read Hands at No Limit Hold’Em

October 18, 2011 Online Poker

I had the great pleasure of reviewing a pre-release version of Ed Miller’s new book, How to Read Hands at No Limit Hold’Em. I call it a great pleasure because I’ve been a big fan of Ed’s writings over the years. I religiously read his 2+2 postings and was one of the first in line [...]

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What Poker Hands Do You Remember? by Donna Blevins

September 13, 2011 Guest Writers

Poker players shoot themselves in the foot by focusing on the wrong things. Recently, I was on a poker radio show and did a LIVE poker coaching session for a poker player I did not know. My only requirements when the radio host picks a volunteer are that the poker player wants coaching and is [...]

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Review: The Mental Game of Poker

May 30, 2011 Online Poker

Barry Carter was kind enough to send me over a copy of the book he and Jared Tendler wrote, The Mental Game of Poker. I’m not a huge fan of poker psychology books mostly because their best advice is, “don’t go on tilt.” Geez, thanks. One exception to that general dislike of poker psychology was [...]

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The Hand Police by Marcus Bateman

December 29, 2010 Guest Writers

We all know the player type. Gasping for air in some Phil Hellmuthesque deranged rant about what a fool you are to ever have played such a hand and what a fish you are, these player types can provide one of the best examples of how not to behave at the poker table out there [...]

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Tommy Angelo, Gratefulness, Buddhism, and Becoming a Better Poker Player

December 28, 2010 Online Poker

Guest poster on Bill’s Poker Blog, Tommy Angelo, read my post Holidays Overseas and sent me a link to something he had recently written that he thought was relevant. In his blog post, In Gratitude of Gratefulness, Tommy discusses how the attitudes of gratitude and gratefulness can play a role not just in your poker [...]

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Elements of Poker Now Available as an eBook

December 4, 2010 Poker

Just a quick one to let everyone know that Tommy Angelo’s book, Elements of Poker (my review), is now available as an eBook from Kobo, Amazon, iBooks, Barnes and Noble, Borders, and Atlasbooks. Might make for a nice present this Christmas. :-)

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