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Investigation

Estimated read time 141 min read

There’s a lot I could say about this hand, too much really, but I am not in the mood for pedantic poker piffle.  Hopefully I can knock this out without trouble. These spots that involve multiple concepts and reward very strong play, from beginning to end, pop up from time to time, as another one did in the forums just the other day. Yet the challenges were relatively […]

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Gargamel: If You’re Going To Fuck Me, Don’t Fuck Yourself, Too

Estimated read time 50 min read

In which Gargamel explains his side of the hand.   After years of endless braying, D’artagnan had enough. He looked at his stats one evening and was embarrassed. He was capable of playing better and now he would. This week started out great for him and he upped his hours with the ambitions of a 10k month. Inevitable runbad ensued, but he even wisely and correctly folded […]

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Fat Feet, Cakes, and Ducats: d’Artagnan’s Hand

Persuadeo.nl welcomes d’Artagnan’s first post. Poker is a learned man’s game.  We accumulate experience and become professors in our own minds, postulating all sorts of convoluted rationalizations for the ways we choose to play.  So here’s one. Early position raiser, Free Lunch Guy, a portly and affable reg, has been raising light all night.  He makes it $20, and Gargamel, our favorite light dimmer at the Village […]

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Gargamel’s Travels: “Didn’t Come Here To Chop”

Estimated read time 109 min read

(Special post from Gargamel himself – P.) Much of my disposable income goes to food and travel, but I prefer having a good time with other people’s money. On the outset of my vacation, I looked down at my boarding pass. It was labeled “TSAprecheck,” which was great since I didn’t pay for the status: running hot from the start. My girlfriend and I were headed for Europe […]