Tough situation on the bubble

downloadHello everyone! In this blog post, I am going to share with you the most important hand from a $5,000 event I recently played. Nearing the bubble, I was cruising along with an 185,000 stack. Average once everyone got in the money would be roughly 175,000. When you have an average stack on the bubble, your general strategy should usually be to avoid playing a gigantic pot versus the big stacks while applying pressure to the short stacks. This will allow you to build your stack while avoiding going broke. It is important to have a rough game plan before you approach any poker situation. I have laid out my tournament strategies in my best-selling book, Secrets of Professional Tournament Poker.  …

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Week 6 of the 2016 WSOP

In this video blog, I share with you my adventures during week 6 of the 2016 World Series of Poker, including playing the World Series of Poker Main Event, playing the Charity Series of Poker event, being on the Primetime Poker Report, and getting a glowing recommendation for Excelling at No Limit Hold’em from Brad Garrett.

THANK YOU for all your support throughout the series. I greatly appreciate it. My next poker trip will be the the Seminole Hard Rock for their $5,000,000 guarantee event in August.

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Week 5 of the 2016 WSOP

In this video blog, I share with you my adventures from week 5 of the 2016 World Series of Poker. I played in Brad Garrett’s charity poker tournament, attended Mike Sexton’s book signing and final tabled the $1,000 buy-in tag team event with my parents! Next week is the Main Event!

Here is a nice article from PokerListings about my family playing in the Tag Team WSOP event.

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Life’s a Gamble

Mike Sexton is a legend in the poker world.

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In a life spanning over four decades as a poker professional, Mike has excelled both on the felt and on the business side of poker. He is a World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner, helped create PartyPoker in 2001 and was a key player in an event that changed the poker world forever – the launch of the World Poker Tour (WPT) in 2002. He has been a commentator on the WPT, along with Vince Van Patten, since its inception.In addition, Mike was recognized as poker’s Top Ambassador at the Card Player Magazine Player of the Year Awards gala in 2006. That same year, he won WSOP Tournament of Champions, winning $1 million in prize money – half of which he donated to charity. He was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 2009.In this book Mike recounts his personal experiences and gives his take on some of poker’s legendary characters over the past 40 years. If you enjoy poker, are fascinated by the development of the game and enjoy compelling poker, golf and gambling adventures, then you’ll love Life’s A Gamble.

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