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October 2008 - Pud's Poker Progress

Welcome to the world of a small stakes player - a small stakes player with a dream.

A narrow escape

I hope you are all sitting down to read this as I have a one-off bit of information for you! Yorkshire Pudding has actually finished a challenge for once, shock horror! In my last post...

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Matthew Pitt

27 Oct 2008

Chatting with the pros

After being woken up at 0400 by a Step Pud that would only go back to sleep in my bed and who then spent the next three hours doing a great Spinning Dervish impression, forcing...

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Matthew Pitt

21 Oct 2008

The Missing Link

It is common knowledge that the key to becoming a winning player at the crazy game we call Texas Hold'em is volume, and plenty of it. After all, there are 1,362 possible starting hand combinations...

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Matthew Pitt

16 Oct 2008

I am such a geek!

After doubling my bankroll within the first week of October, I have hardly played any poker. Why? I am not sure to be honest! Last month I simply could not stop playing even though I...

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Matthew Pitt

12 Oct 2008

A Chip, a chair and a cut and shut!

A couple of months ago I wrote an article for Betfair's WSOP site about the chip and a chair story involving Jack 'Tree Top' Strauss. Anyone who is interested in poker will know the aphorism...

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Matthew Pitt

5 Oct 2008