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		<title>Playing Poker Drunk</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Conventional poker wisdom dictates that you shouldn’t drink alcohol whilst playing poker. There’s a good reason for not drinking alcohol and playing poker at the same time – alcohol effects your judgement and makes you do silly things, and at the poker table this can obviously have heavy financial consequences.
But I don’t agree with the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mypokerthoughts.com/2010/07/playing-poker-drunk/</link>
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		<title>The Shrinking World of Online Poker</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the best things about online poker is the fact that you can be sat on your computer playing against real people from all corners of the globe. I was just playing at Full Tilt Poker and as I sometimes do, I hovered over the avatars to see who I was up against. I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mypokerthoughts.com/2010/06/the-shrinking-world-of-online-poker/</link>
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		<title>Live Poker is Rigged!!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well that&#8217;s if you think online poker is rigged, which I don&#8217;t. But if ever proof were needed that live poker is rigged, then here it is:

Of course it&#8217;s not rigged! As Jarred, the YouTuber who posted this video said; it&#8217;s &#8220;An Amazing Sick Hand AA vs KK vs KK!!!&#8221;
But I chuckled when I scrolled [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mypokerthoughts.com/2010/05/live-poker-is-rigged/</link>
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		<title>Fixing the Problem of Datamining in Online Poker</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Datamining is the process of extracting patterns from data. There are various products and services which datamine online poker sites, the most popular of which is PTR. They are parasites that provide detailed information about players, for a fee. Online poker players can purchase hand histories to build up a profile of people they’ve never [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mypokerthoughts.com/2010/05/fixing-the-problem-of-datamining-in-online-poker/</link>
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		<title>Why You Should Avoid The Cereus Poker Network</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Would you play poker online for real money at an unsecure poker site? Well if you’re playing on the Cereus Poker Network (Absolute Poker / Ultimate Bet) then that’s exactly what you’re doing.
On May 6th 2010, PokerTableRatings published a report detailing the discovery of a critical flaw in the Cereus Poker software. They found out [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mypokerthoughts.com/2010/05/why-you-should-avoid-the-cereus-poker-network/</link>
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		<title>The Importance of Note Taking in Online Poker</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Most online poker rooms include a feature that allows you to take notes on your opponents. This is extremely useful. Even though many online card rooms have enormous user bases, you&#8217;ll be surprised to find yourself playing against some of the same players frequently. By taking notes on these players, you can categorize and remember [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mypokerthoughts.com/2010/04/the-importance-of-note-taking-in-online-poker/</link>
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		<title>Why Poker Students Master the Game</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Anyone who has watched the WPT will be familiar with Mike Sexton’s line “poker takes moments to learn, but a lifetime to master”. There are many new poker players who fail to grasp the last part of this great quote.
I was reminded of this recently when playing poker with a friend, who has been playing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mypokerthoughts.com/2010/04/poker-students/</link>
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		<title>My Poker Education Tips</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Playing more poker isn’t the only way to win more money at the tables. Education is just as important as every second you spend playing hands. Education will help you to make all the right decisions in nearly every situation. Just as you dedicate a certain amount of time a day to playing; you should [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mypokerthoughts.com/2010/03/my-poker-education-tips/</link>
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		<title>A Lesson in Damage Control</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It came to light recently that a player was awarded a pot with the worst hand, over at Cake Poker. The revelation was revealed on the 2+2 forums &#8211; where a player with a king high flush beat an ace high flush. While it was amusing that the first few posters on that thread didn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mypokerthoughts.com/2010/02/a-lesson-in-damage-control/</link>
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		<title>Rush Poker &#8211; Good or Bad?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In my previous post I was critical of one particular online room (network) for their announcement of &#8220;updates&#8221; &#8211; which put them just a few light years behind other online poker rooms, rather than many light years. But today I&#8217;ll be talking about an online poker room, Full Tilt Poker, who are the opposite, and who have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mypokerthoughts.com/2010/01/rush-poker/</link>
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