Doyle "Texas Dolly" Brunson Power Poker Articles
Power Poker: Finding The Right Poker Style For You by Doyle Brunson
Name: Doyle Brunson
WSOP Bracelets: 10
WSOP Main Event Championships: 1976 & 1977
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Power Poker: Articles by Doyles "Texas Dolly" Drunson
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Be Willing To Take The Worst Of It
 I've heard it said a hundred times: "Professional gamblers should never take the worst of it." Those words always thunder through my head like a tornado roaring closer and closer.
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Finding The Right Poker Style For You
 I've lived a lot of years and seen a lot of poker. You never know how players will fit into the mix of personalities at the table. It's poker chemistry. And like common chemistry, strange events can happen when you mix stuff together.
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Don't Let Weak Opponents Escape
 Not too many years ago, I was casually discussing poker with another pro. He said, "Whenever you have an edge, you're supposed to exploit it, right? No matter how small it is."
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The True Meaning Of Power Poker
 Sometimes I wonder whether I made a mistake in changing the title of my first book. The book I'm talking about became a classic. You may have heard some people refer to it as the bible of poker. I got talked into writing it in 1977 - and I didn't do it all on my own. Instead, I scoured the planet looking for the best living authorities on each major kind of poker.
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Keep Betting Until They Fold
 "There's no great secret to this game, son. You just keep betting 'til they fold." I don't remember who said that. It was too many years ago. Too many games ago. Too many dust storms ago that seemed to come from nowhere as I drove the narrow Texas highways in the sixties, with miles of emptiness between games.
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Letting Opponents Tie Their Own Nooses
When you've spent your life sifting through the good ideas and the bad ones, eventually you may find what works and what doesn't. That's when you gain confidence, and taking command feels comfortable.
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Playing Small Hold'em Pairs Early
 Nothing confuses an amateur hold 'em player as much as a small pair in an early position. When you must act early, with a herd of players waiting to pounce after you make you're decision, peril surrounds you. Commit or fold?
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Finding The Courage to Raise
For beginners, making a raise in no-limit poker feels frightening. And it should. You'll often face sudden catastrophe by raising, while merely calling or folding is less stressful, even strangely relaxing. But the cost of avoiding stress is colossal. A player can choose to go broke in poker piece by piece, avoiding sudden agony. Sad decision. Slow death.
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Why Raise If You Don't Want A Call
 People need to understand why they do things. At poker, it simply isn't good enough to instinctively throw a hand away or fling chips into the pot. You need to ask yourself why you're doing what you're doing. And the more correct and confident you are about your answer, the more money you're likely to earn playing poker.
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