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"they said it on the radio"
GAVIN SMITH
“Confidence is really important
in tournaments, because it shows
through to your opponents. If
your opponents see that you are
confident, they are going to be
less willing to make moves on
you, and less willing to steal your
blinds. Confidence will also allow
you to be the aggressor at the
table and take a little bit more
control of the action.”
JOSH ARIEH
“Right now, I'm caught between a
couple of different strategies. I base
my strategy on my table. If I find
myself at a table of mediocre, inexperienced
players, I tend to gamble a
lot more in the early rounds. I try to
utilize my edge over them to obtain a
lot of chips so I can play a big stack.
On the flip side of that, if I have a
very tough opening table, I play a
tight game and try to survive, so that
when the table breaks, I am still in
there with chips, and hopefully moving
to a more profitable table. You
need to be able to adjust your tournament
strategy based on what your
table is allowing you to do.”
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every Wednesday night from 8-10pm ET on Sirius Sports 122 or online at
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DIRTY WALLY SEZ…
Yes… I’m sorry to say that I’m still alive. I was recovering
from a black widow spider bite and missed last month’s
deadline for Bluff Magazine, the only magazine that really
tells poker like it is. Maybe a plug will get me a raise! It
should have been a white widow bite, though. So Slick Nick
my co-host said, ”Wally, why not talk about tells”. Well, this
would take 20 pages, so instead I’m going to tell you about
Dirty Wally, who, for 30 years, has been a fictitious character
in various books and magazines. For the benefit of the new
players, readers and listeners, I’m a real person and you’re
stuck with me. I’m alive and horny and I love people, and the
old time players know I’m just a character who loves to entertain
and has been doing so for 60 years. I love giving bad
beats in poker and life. When you’re off the table, come and
say hello. Want to know about life and health? I will help.
After all, I’m 86-years-old. I ran out of things to do, but I’m
never told to learn. Dirty Wally.
Special Note: Still looking for wife number six. Women
players, I will help in your poker and your life. If I can’t, then
it’s FREE!
A WORD FROM THE WISE NICK GEBER SEZ...
We’ve been having a lot of fun on the
radio show, and your calls have been the best
part. We’ve focused some attention on online players and
have been lucky enough to interview some of the best online
talent in the game. I love playing online, but recognize that
distractions and my lack of concentration cost me in the long
run. The sad truth is that, online, I’m basically a fish. In the
cardrooms, though, I fair slightly better and have managed to
rack up a nice earnings rate at $2/$5 and $5/$10 no limit.
Playing across from a real human being requires a completely
different set of skills; ones that I seem better suited
for. I have noticed many youthful online players finding their
way to the local card rooms. They’re dressed for a WPT final
table but have less skill than the octogenarians at Great Aunt
Martha’s home game. Poker is about learning, observing,
processing information and making informed decisions. And
at a pace four to five times slower than the online tables, it’s
a game of patience and observation. These aren’t exactly the
core skills of your average 21-year-old player.
So, my advice is twofold. First, SLOW DOWN. Look around,
take it in! Analyze your opponent and play the person, not
the cards. And lastly, leave your bad online chat room manners
in cyberworld – you can’t hide behind screenames here!
Cheers! Nick
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