All Posts By David K Lappin

High Stakes Poker Live Was a Grippingly Entertaining Painfully Unwatchable Mess

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Unsavory behavior “This guy is a raving lunatic,” said commentator Nick Schulman about the self-anointed King of LA, poker’s newest bad boy Nikhil Arcot as he downed his umpteenth glass of Pinot Noir during a tumultuous seven hours in the PokerGO studio.  Nik ‘Airball,’ as Arcot is better known, brought his signature smack-talk and rowdiness to ...

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GTO Versus White Magic: A Clash of Poker Philosophies

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Heavyweights debate On the most recent episode of The Chip Race, I acted as an intermediary of sorts as my VegasSlotsOnline News colleague and co-host Dara O’Kearney engaged in a vigorous but good-natured debate with Ireland’s winningest poker player Andy Black. The segment was billed as Game Theory Optimal (GTO) versus White Magic.  different philosophies, different ...

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Poker Trainer Odin Just Became an RTA Tool

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If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em? Odin was a war god in Norse mythology, appearing in heroic literature as the protector of heroes. In outward appearance he was a tall, bearded old man with only one eye, having exchanged the other for wisdom. He was a great magician and is associated with knowledge, sorcery, ...

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Want to Play Poker Against Chess GOAT Magnus Carlsen?

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Grindilicious Spring passes and one remembers one’s innocence. Summer passes and one remembers one’s exuberance. Autumn passes and one remembers one’s reverence. Winter passes and one remembers to stay indoors for just a few more weeks because poker sites like to put on their various Spring Series. Unibet Poker is launching its own Spring Poker Championship  Pokerstars’ ...

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Buckle Up for the Merit Poker Western Series 

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Unique selling point There’s an old cowboy phrase…  “Don’t squat with your spurs on.” Essentially it means don’t do something without thinking or it’s better to plan ahead. I believe that this especially true these days when it comes to poker. In my last article, I highlighted “The Festival” and the ways that they are putting effort ...

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Felt of Dreams: The WPT Built It and They Came

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Every sense tingling  Build it and they will come. Hype it and they will develop a FOMO so pronounced that they board planes from the other side of the world. Deliver it and they will arrive to the Wynn as innocent as children, holes burnt into their pockets, every sense tingling. The players will pass over ...

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