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• The Strangest Secret

  by JACK WELCH December 17, 2009
    An excerpt from  The Strangest Secret by Earl Nightingale George Bernard Shaw said, "People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circum...
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• The Mouse Trap

  by JACK WELCH December 14, 2009
   A mouse looked through the crack in the wall to see the farmer and his wife open a package.   "What food might this contain?" The mouse wondered. He was devastated to discover it was a mousetrap.     Retreating to the farmyard, the mouse proclaim...
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• Desk Top Wisdom

  by JACK WELCH December 10, 2009
         My wife made me clean up my office.  The papers were piled high.  Had to read each scrap just to make sure I wasn't throwing out something important.  You tell me....       DON'T TREAT THE ...
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• When 88 Was More Than A Middle Pair

  by JACK WELCH December 6, 2009
   Nobody could stop Charles Moore.  Couldn't begin to slow him down.  Nobody.   He was the toughest man I ever saw.  My Grandpa Charlie. The middle finger on his left hand was permanently bent at a ninety-degree angle.   'Never had time to get it fixed,'...
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• Ten Top Non-Poker Books For Poker Players

  by JACK WELCH November 30, 2009
   I have a theory.  Maybe just a hunch.  Call it wishful thinking even.   But I believe better people make better poker players.  Certainly, a sociopath might have an advantage where aggression is concerned.  However, when we think about long-term success across a...
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• No, Thanks. I'm Driving....

  by JACK WELCH November 24, 2009
    This cautionary tale is a possibly accurate historical narrative from the archives of the Wild Dog.   Barker Ajax drank a great deal of coffee that morning. Ate late a breakfast of granola with banana and yogurt.  Cleaned the kitchen, chopped wood, did chores needed doing ar...

• NLH Bet Sizing For Beginners

  by JACK WELCH November 20, 2009
   One of the bigger leaks for less sophisticated players is bet sizing.  I speak from some experience. Correctly sized bets will maximize your wins and minimize your losses.  Additionally, you will put opponents in situations where they are getting the wrong odds to play b...
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• PLO MTTs For Beginners

  by JACK WELCH November 16, 2009
   I have been playing - seriously - Omaha for the last month or so.  Oddly enough, ever since I purchased Hold'em Manager.  But that's another story.  I played mostly PLO cash games and not very successfully.   Then I discovered PLO and O/8 MTTs, which...
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• What Are Online Tells Telling You??

  by JACK WELCH November 8, 2009
   Bet sizing is understood to be perhaps the most informative tell online.  Of course, the value of that information varies from stake to stake or cash vs. tournament.   In a donkament, if an opponent doesn't know what he is doing, it is difficult to glean actionabl...

• BR Building For Beginners & Micro-Grinders

  by JACK WELCH November 5, 2009
   First of all, free multi-table tournaments (aka freerolls) are where you need to start.   No news there.  Every poker site offers freerolls, which will allow you to get actual cash into your account.  Annette "Annette_15" Obrestad is the best example of thi...
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