Author Archives: Jürgen

Poker Basics: Acting decisively like a winner

By Jürgen | Published May 11, 2012

When you play poker you need to get the best of it by focusing on the long term, being realistic, and acting deceptively to get an edge over your opponents. You also act decisively and that distinguishes winners from losers. You need to think and feel and making sure you make a perfect blend of [...]

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Eli Elezra: A Biography

By Jürgen | Published February 9, 2011

Eli Elezra was born in 1960 in Jerusalem. He now lives in Las Vegas in Nevada. Eli Elezra goes by the nick name Mr. Vegas. He is considered to be a top notch poker player and business man too. Eli Elezra was a lieutenant in the Israeli army but due to a leg injury he [...]

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Well done Donkbusters

By Jürgen | Published January 12, 2011

This was one of the most boring and least inspiring Full Tilt commercials ever, but Donkbusters took it, put Gobboboy and Jennifer Tilly in there – kept durrrr; and look: it’s funny! Simple and genius. The way I like it.

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Brian Hastings & Isildur1 (Blom)

By Jürgen | Published December 25, 2010

I’m pretty sure Viktor “Isildur1″ Blom will be remembering this match with Brian Hastings for quite some time. Looks like rational thinking and data mining is the key to online poker success at the nosebleed stakes ^^ This is what Brian Hastings had to say after he took Isildur’s millions:

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Bets to Avoid at the Craps Table

By Jürgen | Published September 30, 2010

Although the most common bets at the craps table are place bets on the points and the pass line, you will often see other players tossing chips at the dealer and yelling for a huge variety of bets.  Common bets include ‘hardways’ – a roll where both dice have the same number.  For example, ‘eight [...]

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Final Table Advice from Phil Gordon

By Jürgen | Published July 25, 2010

Phil Gordon is not your average poker professional. Making his millions in the real world and transitioning to tournament poker success and poker author is not the usual way these guys go. Still, the information in this video is actually solid. It’s usable, it’s correct – and it helps beginners. Same goes for Phil’s book; [...]

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