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      <title>888poker: 5 Online Poker Tips for Low Stakes Cash Games</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2024 12:00:04 +0000</pubDate><author>chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free)</author>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;If youre looking to crush the micros and take your low-stakes cash game to the next level, youre in the right place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this episode of Made to Learn, 888poker ambassador Nick &amp;ldquo;eastyyy22&amp;rdquo; Eastwood shares five simple yet powerful tips to help you up your game and grow your bankroll. Whether youre just starting out or want to fine-tune your strategy, Eastwoods got the advice you need.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2 id=&#34;simplify-your-strategy&#34;&gt;Simplify Your Strategy&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you&amp;rsquo;re playing high-stakes cash games, a complex strategy makes a lot of sense, but if you&amp;rsquo;re stuck at the micros, this isn&amp;rsquo;t necessary because you won&amp;rsquo;t be playing the most skilled players.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>Is This EPT Barcelona SHR Triple-Barrel Bluff GTO Wizard Approved?</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2024 13:35:05 +0000</pubDate><author>chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free)</author>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Allow us to set the scene. With three players left in this year&amp;rsquo;s EPT Barcelona 100,000 Super High Roller, with millions of euros in prize money on the line, Sean Winter runs an audacious triple-barrel bluff right into Seth Davies.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Both players went for it without hesitation in this hand, but was it actually GTO? Lets have a brief look at preflop and what optimal play looks like with the help of GTO Wizard.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>Are You Playing Ace-King Like a GTO Wizard?</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Nov 2024 10:35:38 +0000</pubDate><author>chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free)</author>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Peeling back your hole cards to reveal an ace and a king can be a rollercoaster moment for any poker player. On one hand, there&amp;rsquo;s the rush of excitementBig Slick is a premium hand with the potential to dominate the table. On the other, there&amp;rsquo;s a flicker of unease as memories of busted tournaments and bad beats resurface like unwelcome ghosts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ace-King is one of the most debated hands in poker, celebrated for its power yet notorious for its pitfalls. It&amp;rsquo;s the hand that makes players across all stakes ask the same burning question: &amp;ldquo;How do you play Ace-King?&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>Vision: A User-Friendly Revolution in PLO Training</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 20 Nov 2024 15:35:37 +0000</pubDate><author>chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free)</author>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;For poker enthusiasts, particularly fans of Pot Limit Omaha (PLO), the creation of Vision marks a significant shift in how players approach studying the game.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The training tool was designed by Austrian poker player and software creator Matthias Pum, a former competitive gamer turned professional poker, who spoke with &lt;em&gt;PokerNews&lt;/em&gt; about the challenges he faced in creating a user-friendly alternative to traditional solvers&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2 id=&#34;from-gaming-to-poker-matthias-pums-journey&#34;&gt;From Gaming to Poker: Matthias Pums Journey&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Matthias Pums introduction to poker was unconventional. As a semi-professional Warcraft 3 player, a chance encounter with a fellow gamer at a LAN event opened the door to poker.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>Gambledore Throws GTO Out the Window at Triton Poker Super High Roller</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 20 Nov 2024 11:35:37 +0000</pubDate><author>chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free)</author>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;The poker community was captivated by the Triton Poker Super High Roller Series in Monte Carlo this month, with Vladimir Korzinin stealing the spotlight on the glamorous French Riviera.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The 69-year-old Estonian, a fresh face on the high roller scene, quickly became a fan favorite thanks to his unorthodox and daring style of play against the worlds most elite competitors.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Dubbed &amp;ldquo;Gambledore&amp;rdquo; during the series, Korzinin fell just short of claiming his first Triton title after a heads-up clash with Patrik Antonius in the $200K Triton Invitational. However, he didnt have to wait long for redemption as Korzinin conquered a stacked field in the $150K NLH Event, securing a jaw-dropping $7.82 million across both events and catapulting himself to the top of Estonia&amp;rsquo;s All-Time Money List.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>888poker: The Keys to Poker Game Selection</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 16 Nov 2024 10:35:25 +0000</pubDate><author>chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free)</author>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Game selection should be important to every poker player. It can be the difference between someone being a winning or losing player. Consider the factors outlined in this article presented by 888poker ambassador Alexandre &amp;ldquo;Cavalito&amp;rdquo; Mantovani before your next session to give yourself the greatest chance of success at the tables.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2 id=&#34;be-honest-about-your-goals&#34;&gt;Be Honest About Your Goals&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do you play to win the most money you possibly can? Or to challenge yourself against the best players in the world? Are you willing to give up a bit of profitability to decrease variance? How long are you willing to play without withdrawing your bankroll?&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>888poker: Understanding Poker Ranges</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 09 Nov 2024 10:19:48 +0000</pubDate><author>chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free)</author>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;In this Made to Play tutorial from 888poker, ambassador Ian Simpson gives some beginner tips on understanding poker ranges and how you should start thinking in ranges instead of specific hands.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2 id=&#34;ranges-vs-specific-hands&#34;&gt;Ranges vs. Specific Hands&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nowadays, poker players often discuss ranges instead of specific hands, and Simpson explains exactly what this means.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When a player raises on the button, we don&amp;rsquo;t have enough information to put them on one exact hand. Instead, we have to make an educated guess at all of the hands that they&amp;rsquo;re going to play this way.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>Did Dimovs Donk Bet Do Damage? Or Did ODwyer Play It Perfectly? GTO Wizard Decides</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 07 Nov 2024 11:35:26 +0000</pubDate><author>chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free)</author>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;The PokerStars European Poker Tour sees some of the best poker players around the world battle it out on the felt, especially when an action-packer high-roller offering is on the schedule.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the latest GTO Wizard Hand Analysis, we examine an enthralling hand between Ognyan Dimov and Steve O&amp;rsquo;Dwyer, in which the former attempted an ambitious triple-barrel bluff.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2 id=&#34;the-hand&#34;&gt;The Hand&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Early on in Day 2 of the $50,000 Super High Roller at EPT Cyprus, Ognyan Dimov took an interesting line in a three-bet pot against Steve O&amp;rsquo;Dwyer in the biggest buy-in event of the series. O&amp;rsquo;Dwyer was the effective stack, starting the hand with around 50 big blinds and put on his hero-calling cape in a hand that raised a few eyebrows at the table&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>Learn How to Calculate Pot Odds with GTO Wizard</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 06 Nov 2024 13:35:40 +0000</pubDate><author>chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free)</author>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Pot odds are a fundamental concept in poker that help players assess the value of a call by weighing risk against reward.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Essentially, pot odds tell you what percentage of the pot you need to win to make a call worthwhile over the long term.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Calculating pot odds is straightforward, yet mastering this skill can significantly improve your decision-making at the table. In this article, GTO Wizard tells you how you can get to grips with the basics.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>888poker: Use This Overbetting Strategy to Get Max Value</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 02 Nov 2024 10:33:23 +0000</pubDate><author>chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free)</author>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Overbets are a powerful tool in No Limit Hold&amp;rsquo;em that you can use to punish your opponents, both to get value and as a bluff. How and when to use them is an important skill to master if you want to be a great poker player.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this Made to Play tutorial from 888poker, ambassador Ian Simpson shares tips on how to apply overbetting when at the tables.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2 id=&#34;the-scenario&#34;&gt;The Scenario&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the following scenario, the button opens to 120 with AA and the big blind calls. The flop is K54, the big blind check-calls a bet of 300 and the button&amp;rsquo;s continuation bet. The turn is the J and it is a blank card for our opponent as it doesn&amp;rsquo;t really help the big blinds range all that much.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>888pokers Nick eastyyy22 Eastwood Reveals How to Crush Live Cash Games</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Oct 2024 09:35:30 +0000</pubDate><author>chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free)</author>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Every Friday, as we head into the weekend, a member of 888poker&amp;rsquo;s stable of incredible poker players publishes a video on the 888poker YouTube channel entitled &amp;ldquo;Focus Fridays.&amp;rdquo; The most recent episode features Nick &amp;ldquo;eastyyy22&amp;rdquo; Eastwood delving deep into the world of live cash games.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Eastwood starts by explaining the key differences between live and online poker.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2 id=&#34;how-should-your-live-cash-game-strategy-change&#34;&gt;How Should Your Live Cash Game Strategy Change?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Considering all of the above differences, how should you change your cash game strategy when battling in the live arena? Eastwood states that many live cash game players love seeing flops, making flat-calling raises more profitable. You can flat-call with suited aces, suited connectors, and similar because there is little danger of your opponents squeezing you out of the pot.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>Should You Straddle? According to GTO Wizard No Is The Short Answer</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Oct 2024 15:00:28 +0000</pubDate><author>chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free)</author>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Many poker games allow straddles. You only have to watch an episode of High Stakes Poker or a Hustler Casino Live cash game stream to see straddles in action. A straddle is where a player voluntarily posts a blind bet when they are not in the small or big blind. Straddles tend to be twice the size of the big blind, with an under-the-gun staddle being the most common.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The boffins, or should that be wizards, behind GTO Wizard recently delved deep into whether or not you should straddle under the gun. From an expected value (EV) point of view, the short answer is a resounding no. However, there are some circumstances that warrant straddling, as you are about to learn.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>10 Underrated Poker Tips in Less Than 2 Minutes</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Oct 2024 14:35:25 +0000</pubDate><author>chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free)</author>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Benjamin &amp;ldquo;bencb789&amp;rdquo; Rolle is an elite-level professional poker player and founder of the RaiseYourEdge poker training site. Rolle is respected and feared by his peers in equal measure. Today, he gives away some trade secrets to PokerNews readers for free.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After playing poker for over 15 years, Ive learned some lessons that go far beyond the game itself. I started grinding $1 Sit &amp;amp; Gos (SNGs) and eventually worked my way up to playing $5,000 SNGs before transitioning to tournaments. Along the way, I&amp;rsquo;ve picked up a few crucial insights, especially during those inevitable downswings.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>Alex Foxens $25k Six-Bet Jam: GTO Wizard Approved? Find Out!</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Oct 2024 11:35:25 +0000</pubDate><author>chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free)</author>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;The very best poker players of the world are in action at the 2024 World Series of Poker, and no more so than in the various High Roller tournaments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These include the $250,000 Super High Roller which gets underway later this month (June 21), but there was still plenty of $25,000 High Roller action on display.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the latest GTO Wizard Hand Analysis we take a look at a massive pot that saw Alex Foxen dust off the six-bet with three tables remaining.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>How ICM Boosts Your Tournament Equity and Minimizes Risk</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Oct 2024 14:35:26 +0000</pubDate><author>chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free)</author>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;ICM is an essential tool for understanding tournament strategy, particularly the value of survival.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although players cannot run ICM calculations like the ones on GTO Wizard during play, studying it off the table helps develop intuition for key decisions. In tournaments, maximizing your tournament equity is far more important than simply accumulating chips.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Learning to use ICM effectively means knowing when to play tight and when to exploit survival pressure for an edge over opponents.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>WPT Championship Awakens Spirit of Aussie Poker Legend James Obst</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Oct 2024 18:35:43 +0000</pubDate><author>chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free)</author>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;James Obsts WPT Australia Championship victory had all the hallmarks of a storybook triumph. The 34-year-old from Melbourne tore through the competition to secure a title on Australian soil, hopping on a two-hour northbound flight to attend the event at Star Gold Coast, where he would go on to win AUD $585,359 ($398,488) and the third major live poker title of his career.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Obst is more than 15 years removed from his explosion into the poker consciousness, as a teenage crusher of online poker. Between COVID lockdowns and aspirations towards professional tennis, Obst went more than three-and-a-half years without cashing a live poker tournament, and even then limiting himself to some brief summer stretches.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>Everything You Need To Know About the ClubWPT Gold $5M Freeroll</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2024 21:35:44 +0000</pubDate><author>chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free)</author>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;World Poker Tour is making poker history once again this December at the WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas. This time it comes as a record-setting, first-of-its-kind $5,000,000 freeroll in support of the launch of the latest sweepstakes poker offering: ClubWPT Gold.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Roughly 2,000 players will make their way to Las Vegas for the biggest live freeroll of all time all in hopes of walking away with the $1,000,000 life-changing first-place prize. In addition to a potential seven-figure payday for the winner, 100 seats to the $10,400 WPT World Championship will be given away. Add to that five-figure mystery bounties with a larger than average percentage of the field making the money and the ClubWPT Gold $5M Invitational Freeroll has the makings of the Event of the Year.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>Virginia Online Poker</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2024 22:00:46 +0000</pubDate><author>chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free)</author>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Regulated online poker hasn’t yet arrived in Virginia, but aspiring grinders still have options for playing online poker legally in the Old Dominion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sweepstakes poker sites offer the best legal alternative to real-money online poker in Virginia. &lt;strong&gt;Platforms like ClubWPT award substantial sweepstakes prizes, including sweepstakes credits redeemable for cash.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This guide to Virginia online poker aims to clarify the legal status of sweepstakes poker rooms, as well as direct Virginia poker players to the best legal poker sites available in the state.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>World Poker Tour Is Where Millionaires Are Made</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2024 17:00:57 +0000</pubDate><author>chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free)</author>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;When Alan Goehring topped the WPT World Championship back in 2003 it was a poker dream come true. Not only did he outlast a final table that featured some all-time poker legends including Doyle Brunson, Phil Ivey, and Ted Forrest but he made poker history by officially becoming the first-ever million-dollar winner on the World Poker Tour .&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Twenty-two years later making millionaires, is part of the World Poker Tour DNA. Life-changing seven-figure sums have been won on the tour by players both talented and lucky enough to get to the end on the biggest stages of the WPT. And this December, at the WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas, youll be able to add even more in both the $10,400 WPT World Championship and the $1,100 WPT Prime Championship.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>From Shot Takers to Survivors: $1M Paydays Are a Dream Scenario</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2024 17:00:54 +0000</pubDate><author>chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free)</author>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;In April 1993, a then 23-year-old office supply salesman was plucked form the audience at halftime of a Michael Jordan-era Chicago Bulls game and given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. If he could make a 75-foot basket from across the court he could win $1 million dollars. So, from the foul line at the opposite end of the court Don Calhoun took the ball, loaded up, and took his shot.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nothing but net.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>North Carolina Online Poker</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2024 16:35:49 +0000</pubDate><author>chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free)</author>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Real-money online poker isn’t currently legal in North Carolina. While you can find a couple of live poker rooms running at tribal casinos in the state, you won’t find any full-scale, real-money online poker sites operating legally in NC.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you’re a North Carolina poker player, sweepstakes poker sites are your best bet for legal online poker. &lt;strong&gt;ClubWPT is the best sweepstakes poker room currently available in the Tarheel State.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>ClubWPT Gold $5M Freeroll Headlines WPT World Championship Festival</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2024 16:00:44 +0000</pubDate><author>chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free)</author>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;The complete schedule for this Decembers 2024 WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas includes a first-of-its-kind, record-setting $5,000,000 freeroll that promises to make somebody a millionaire with a first-place prize of $1,000,000.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The freeroll helps WPT celebrate the upcoming launch of their latest offering – ClubWPT Gold, a new sweepstakes model online poker platform that will be available for players in the majority of the United States.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Our return to Wynn Las Vegas this December is equipped with another monumental investment into the development and growth of not only the WPT World Championship but the poker industry as a whole, said WPT CEO and President Adam Pliska. In celebration of the launch of ClubWPT Gold, were aiming for another first for the poker world with the largest freeroll ever offered.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>Meet the Final Table of the WPT Australia Championship</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2024 14:35:58 +0000</pubDate><author>chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free)</author>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;The second half of Season XXII of the World Poker Tour is officially underway with Main Tour events traversing the globe for the last four months of 2024 – starting with WPT Australia.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After five days of poker, the final table of the WPT Australia Championship is officially locked in, headlined by runaway chip leader James Obst. The 34-year-old from Adelaide, Australia is one of the most accomplished Australian poker players of all time, first traversing the online poker with a multitude of major titles and then crossing over into success in live poker with two World Series of Poker bracelets to date. He currently sits at No. 10 on Australia’s all-time money list, according to Hendon Mob, and he’ll have a chance to climb depending on his result at this final table.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Sep 2024 20:00:44 +0000</pubDate><author>chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free)</author>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;If you’re in Tennessee and looking for a guide to the best legal poker sites, you’ve found the right place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This WPT.com guide aims to clarify the legal status of online poker in Tennessee, and direct Tennessee poker players to the safest, most reputable poker sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sweepstakes poker is currently the only legal form of online poker available in the Volunteer State. The top sweepstakes poker room offering access for Tennessee players is ClubWPT.&lt;/strong&gt; Read on for more on how that platform works and how to win cash and prizes at ClubWPT.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>Poker Authenticity Brings Life to Emile Hirschs Dead Money</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Sep 2024 15:00:44 +0000</pubDate><author>chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free)</author>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Poer is math. Piles and piles of math.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Those are the very first words you hear in the new poker-themed feature-length action/thriller Dead Money. And for the next two minutes, our hero, via voice-over, breaks down the language of modern poker for his audience. References to ranges, counting outs, opponent betting patterns, and ROI. Its not just a summary lesson in poker that the first scene offers, its also a pair of promises – the first is that the game of poker is going to be a central character to the story, and the second, is that theyll get it right.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>How To Play Poker</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Sep 2024 14:35:44 +0000</pubDate><author>chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free)</author>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;If you want to learn how to play poker, you found the right place! &lt;strong&gt;This WPT.com article serves as a guide for learning how to play poker for beginners.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Poker is one of the world’s most popular card games, with many variants and ways to play. Games like Texas Hold’em, Omaha, Seven Card Stud, and Five Card Draw all fall under the broader category of poker.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The poker variants listed all play quite differently from each other, but share some basic concepts that apply to almost all poker games.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>WPT Australia Returns As Australian Poker Roars Back to Life</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Sep 2024 19:35:43 +0000</pubDate><author>chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free)</author>
      <guid>/blog/202409/wpt-australia-returns-as-australian-poker-roars-back-to-life/</guid>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Debuting in 2022 as part of the Season XX schedule, WPT Australia represented a significant moment on multiple fronts. It was the first World Poker Tour Main Tour stop to take place outside of the United States in over two-and-a-half years, and locally, it represented a cresting wave as poker’s resurgence in the region hit a new high water mark.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After a few years of dormancy and uncertainty, it appears that a poker community that has some of the deepest roots in the world is officially back.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <link>/blog/202409/arizona-online-poker/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Sep 2024 20:35:59 +0000</pubDate><author>chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free)</author>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Arizona hosts a vibrant poker scene, but the legality of online poker rooms in the Grand Canyon State is a bit unclear.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This WPT.com guide to playing online poker in Arizona aims to clarify the state’s online poker laws, and direct Arizona players to the best legal poker sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ClubWPT is the top legal poker site currently available in Arizona.&lt;/strong&gt; ClubWPT doesn’t operate as a traditional real money poker room, but it does offer sweepstakes tournaments with cash and prizes on the line.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>EPT Title Cements Stephen Songs Reputation as a Big Field Crusher</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Sep 2024 16:01:18 +0000</pubDate><author>chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free)</author>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Stephen Song retreated to his rail, a wry smile across his face. He was heads-up for the 2024 EPT Barcelona title, covering his opponent – respected British tournament pro Andrew Hulme – and the pair had all the chips in the middle. His ace-seven off suit was behind Hulmes pocket eights, but Song ha been running hot all day. So it wasnt a complete shock when the turn brought Song a gutshot straight, delivering him the win and a 1,290,386 ($1.425M) payday – the largest of his career.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Sep 2024 23:00:54 +0000</pubDate><author>chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free)</author>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;If you’re searching for a guide to the best online poker sites available in the US, you’ve found the right page!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This article outlines the legality of online poker in the United States, and also aims to direct US players to the best online poker rooms available in the US.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;While options are limited for legal online poker sites in the States, ClubWPT offers sweepstakes poker games in more than 30 states.&lt;/strong&gt; Read on for a full review of ClubWPT, and learn why you should choose ClubWPT over offshore sites for US online poker.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>Meet the Final Table of the 2024 EPT Barcelona Main Event</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 08 Sep 2024 00:36:05 +0000</pubDate><author>chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free)</author>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;The EPT Barcelona Main Event has turned itself into an outright American invasion, as three of the final six players in contention for the 1.5 million first-place prize also look to break a long dry spell on the opposite side of the Atlantic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It’s been almost 10 years since a player from the United States has won an EPT title on European soil, dating back to Stephen Graner‘s EPT Prague win in December 2014. The three American in question each carry significant weight into their respective title pushes as well.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Sep 2024 22:35:57 +0000</pubDate><author>chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free)</author>
      <guid>/blog/202409/wpt-season-xxii-poy-race-wide-open-as-second-half-looms/</guid>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;By this point in the year in 2023, Bin Weng seemed to have a strong grasp on WPT Season XXI Player of the Year honors, following his back-to-back WPT Main Tour final table appearances and his victory in the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship event.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But by the time the tour had rolled through Florida and arrived at the 2023 edition of the WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas, several players had a chance to overtake Weng with one tournament to go. Weng held on, joining the ranks of Daniel Negreanu, Gavin Smith, Faraz Jaka, Bertrand Grospellier, J.C. Tran and more than a dozen others in achieving WPT Player of the Year honors.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>Niall Farrell Embarks on ‘Hero’s Journey’ in BBC Documentary</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Aug 2024 17:01:07 +0000</pubDate><author>chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free)</author>
      <guid>/blog/202408/niall-farrell-embarks-on-hero-s-journey-in-bbc-documentary/</guid>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Three years ago, Niall Farrell was scrolling through Facebook when a notification popped up on his phone. A man named Greg Clark had made a comment on one of his posts, hoping to talk to Farrell when he traveled to Las Vegas that coming fall for the rescheduled 2021 World Series of Poker.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Farrell, the No. 1 Scottish player in all-time poker tournament earnings according to Hendon Mob, has managed to amass a considerable list of titles over the course of his poker career, including poker’s triple crown via a WPT Main Tour title at WPT Caribbean in Season XV, a WSOP bracelet in Europe in a 2017 25,000 High Roller, and the 2015 EPT Malta Main Event. He also has millions in online tournament earnings, including a 2014 Full Tilt Poker FTOPS Main Event victory and multiple PokerStars SCOOP titles.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>Nick Seward is Making All The Right Moves</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 23 Aug 2024 18:36:01 +0000</pubDate><author>chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free)</author>
      <guid>/blog/202408/nick-seward-is-making-all-the-right-moves/</guid>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Nick Seward is on the move. Both literally, as he packs up his current Las Vegas apartment preparing to upgrade into a new place, and figuratively. Thats because when it comes to the game of poker perhaps no player in the game is seeing their star rise faster than Seward.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Seward, the 24-year-old poker pro hailing from just outside of Washington D.C., is enjoying a red-hot sun run that includes a six-figure score in the 2023 Wynn Summer Classic, his first World Series of Poker gold bracelet this summer, as well as two victories and a third final table at the 2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open. Its part of an accumulation of more than $1.5 million in tournament earnings – all since recording his first live tournament cash less than two years ago in October 2022. Its a fast and fortunate start to a poker career, one that had its seeds planted nearly a decade ago.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>Patrick ‘Egption’ Tardif Makes Major Splash at WPT Summer Festival</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Aug 2024 16:36:33 +0000</pubDate><author>chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free)</author>
      <guid>/blog/202408/patrick-egption-tardif-makes-major-splash-at-wpt-summer-festival/</guid>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Making a major final table of any kind is a milestone by any measure, and Patrick Tardif best known by his online moniker Egption enjoyed one of the biggest of his career on Sunday.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The freshly minted WPT Global Ambassador got heads up for the WPT Summer Festival $3,500 Championship, and while Tardif ultimately finished second to pas1161br there was much to be celebrated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The $130,640 payout stands among the best cashes of Tardifs career, and he got to share the moment with upwards of 1,200 viewers on his Twitch channel, who followed along with him for the entirety of Day 2.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Aug 2024 19:00:54 +0000</pubDate><author>chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free)</author>
      <guid>/blog/202408/tj-jurkiewicz-finds-joy-in-helping-poker-community-get-healthy/</guid>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;In 2020, everyone had their own way of passing the time while they were stuck at home. Some people got deep into video games. Others learned how to bake homemade bread or grow out their gardens.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;TJ Jurkiewicz decided to take it as an opportunity to change career paths, walking away from a decade of playing poker professionally in pursuit of nutrition and fitness coaching.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I had been burned out on poker since like 2018, when I moved to Vegas. I think this town just sucked the joy out of poker for me, said Jurkiewicz. During COVID, I saw an ad to get a certification to be a nutrition coach. And I thought that sounded pretty interesting. It’s something I’ve always wanted to do.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 10 Aug 2024 17:01:19 +0000</pubDate><author>chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free)</author>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The worlds greatest athletes have all gathered in Paris, France for the Summer Olympics and while poker isnt an Olympic sport – or maybe even a sport at all – WPT.com couldnt help but take the opportunity to imagine what it just might look like if some of the worlds best poker players were representing their country in Paris.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;In the true Olympic spirit, each countrys organizing committee was tasked with filling a five-person roster consisting of a specialist in each of the following:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Aug 2024 11:35:44 +0000</pubDate><author>chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free)</author>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The worlds greatest athletes have all gathered in Paris, France for the Summer Olympics and while poker isnt an Olympic sport – or maybe even a sport at all – WPT.com couldnt help but take the opportunity to imagine what it just might look like if some of the worlds best poker players were representing their country in Paris.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;In the true Olympic spirit each countrys organizing committee was tasked with filling a five-person roster consisting a specialist in each of the following:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Aug 2024 14:00:44 +0000</pubDate><author>chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free)</author>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The worlds greatest athletes have all gathered in Paris, France for the Summer Olympics and while poker isnt an Olympic sport – or maybe even a sport at all – WPT.com couldnt help but take the opportunity to imagine what it just might look like if some of the worlds best poker players were representing their country in Paris.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;In the true Olympic spirit, each countrys organizing committee was tasked with filling a five-person roster consisting a specialist in each of the following:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Aug 2024 14:36:22 +0000</pubDate><author>chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free)</author>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The worlds greatest athletes have all gathered in Paris, France for the Summer Olympics and while poker isnt an Olympic sport – or maybe even a sport at all – WPT.com couldnt help but take the opportunity to imagine what it just might look like if some ofthe worlds best poker players were representing their country in Paris.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;In the true Olympic spirit, each countrys organizing committee was tasked with filling a five-person roster consisting of a specialist in each of the following:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Aug 2024 20:37:39 +0000</pubDate><author>chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free)</author>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The worlds greatest athletes have all gathered in Paris, France for the Summer Olympics and while poker isnt an Olympic sport – or maybe even a sport at all – WPT.com couldnt help but take the opportunity to imagine what it just might look like if some of the worlds best poker players were representing their country in Paris.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;In the true Olympic spirit, each countrys organizing committee was tasked with filling a five-person roster consisting of a specialist in each of the following&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Aug 2024 20:37:32 +0000</pubDate><author>chris119@getwpt.com (Poker Game Free)</author>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Its a new career-high cash for New Jerseys David Coleman after the online grinder-turned-live high roller took down the third of three $2,000 WPT Alpha8 Trifecta events at Wynn Las Vegas for $730,300.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Coleman, who spent the majority of the final table near the top of the chip counts, bested the field of 117 entries – the largest of this summers WPT Alpha8 high rollers with a nearly $2.8 million prize pool – for his first World Poker Tour victory. With the win, Coleman’s reported lifetime live earnings have surpassed more than $6 million.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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