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| Introduction | |
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| Overview | |
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| Types of Hold'em Games | |
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| The Hold'em Setting | |
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| Poker Fundamentals | |
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| The Basics of Hold'em | |
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| Your First Time in a Cardroom | |
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| Playing Your First Cash Game | |
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| Getting Chips | |
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| Joining a Game in Progress | |
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| Taking Breaks | |
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| Changing Seats | |
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| Playing Your First Tournament | |
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| Registering Early | |
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| The Major Tournaments | |
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| More on Tournament Play | |
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| Other Rules and Procedures | |
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| Seven Key Strategic Concepts | |
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| The Concepts | |
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| Reading Your Opponents | |
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| Aggression | |
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| Respect Position | |
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| Play Strong Starting Cards | |
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| Win Chips, Not Pots | |
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| Fold When You're Beat | |
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| Patience | |
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| Risks and Rewards | |
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| Outs | |
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| What are Your Winning Chances? | |
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| Pot Odds | |
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| Potential Gain (Implied Odds) | |
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| Outs and Chances of Winning | |
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| Limit Hold'em Strategy | |
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| Starting Cards and the Flop | |
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| The Two Types of Starting Hands | |
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| Big Pairs and Big Cards | |
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| Small and Medium Pairs, and Draws | |
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| Suited Cards | |
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| Four Categories of Starting Hands | |
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| Premium Starting Hands | |
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| Playable Starting Hands | |
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| Marginal Starting Hands | |
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| Junk Hands | |
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| Playing the Blinds | |
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| More on the Flop and After | |
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| Further Discussion | |
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| Winning Bets and Saving Bets | |
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| No-Limit Hold'em Strategy | |
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| What is the Right Amount to Bet and Raise? | |
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| Preflop Strategy | |
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| Betting on the Preflop | |
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| Calling | |
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| Raising | |
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| Folding | |
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| Thinking on the Preflop | |
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| Early Position | |
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| Middle Position | |
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| Late Position | |
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| Playing Premium Hands in Late Position | |
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| Playing the Blinds | |
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| Other Starting Hands: All Positions | |
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| Ace-Something Starting Hands | |
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| Playing Trash Hands | |
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| Beware Televised Poker | |
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| Flop Strategy | |
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| Betting on the Flop | |
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| Thinking on the Flop | |
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| Fifteen Considerations on the Flop | |
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| Turn Strategy | |
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| Betting on the Turn | |
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| Thinking on the Turn | |
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| River Strategy | |
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| Betting on the River | |
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| Thinking on the River | |
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| More on Cash Games | |
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| Tournament Basics | |
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| Overview | |
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| Tournament Buy-Ins | |
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| Rebuy and Freeze-Out Tournaments | |
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| Satellites and Super Satellites | |
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| Tournament Structure | |
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| Levels/Antes/Blinds/Chart #1 | |
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| Levels/Antes/Blinds/Chart #2 | |
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| Levels/Antes/Blinds/Chart #3 | |
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| Starting Chip Counts | |
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| Tournament Chips | |
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| Tournament Prize Pool | |
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| Television Monitors | |
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| The Bubble | |
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| In-Your-Seat Tournament Rule | |
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| Getting Comfortable | |
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| Tournament No-Limit Hold'em Strategy | |
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| Tournament Strategy: The Four Stages | |
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| Early Round Tournament Strategy: Surviving | |
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| Middle Round Tournament Strategy: Getting Positioned | |
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| Late Round Tournament Strategy: In the Money | |
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| Final Table: Looking for the Championship | |
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| The 7 Essential Skills | |
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| Surviving | |
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| Having Chips | |
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| Playing Without Cards | |
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| Minimizing Bad Plays | |
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| Understanding that Chips are Power | |
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| Knowing When to Back Down | |
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| Being Aggressive | |
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| Your Chip Stack | |
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| Playing Short Stacks | |
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| Attrition Rate When There are Antes and Blinds | |
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| Playing With Emergency Short Stacks | |
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| Playing Average Stacks | |
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| Playing Big Stacks | |
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| Stack Sizes | |
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| Seven Weapons to Earn Chips in No-Limit | |
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| Stealing Blinds (and antes) | |
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| Restealing | |
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| Betting the Flop | |
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| Take Advantage of the Bubble | |
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| Using the Hammer | |
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| The Trap | |
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| Aggression | |
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| Rebuy and Add-on Tournaments: Strategy | |
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| Playing the Players | |
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| Playing Tendencies | |
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| Playing Against Loose Players | |
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| Playing Against Tight Players | |
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| Playing Against Conservative Players | |
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| Playing Against Aggressive Players | |
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| Tells: The Body Language of Poker | |
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| Eleven Key Tells | |
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| Online Poker | |
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| Getting Started | |
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| Find a Site You Wish to Play On | |
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| Download the Software | |
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| Learn the Basic Functions and Options of the Site | |
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| Get Money Into Your Account | |
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| Start Playing! | |
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| Online Poker: Checks, Bets, Calls, Raises, Folds | |
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| Time Limits | |
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| What Happens if You Suddenly Lose Your Connection? | |
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| Eleven Advantages of Online Poker | |
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| Play Anytime | |
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| Convenience | |
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| Great Choice of Games | |
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| No Waiting | |
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| You Save Poker Money | |
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| They Give You Money to Play | |
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| It's Good Social Fun | |
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| Make Friends Around the World | |
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| It's Great Practice for Live Games | |
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| Play for Money or Play for Free | |
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| It's Profitable | |
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| Quick Online Strategy Tips | |
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| Playing Online Safely | |
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| Find Out More | |
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| Money Management | |
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| Bankrolling | |
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| Table Bankroll | |
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| Total Bankroll | |
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| Tournament Bankroll Requirements | |
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| Know When to Quit | |
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| Maximizing Wins and Minimizing Losses | |
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| Hold'em Glossary | |