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Poker Angle Shooting: The String Bet and String Raise

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Poker Angle Shooting: The String Bet and String Raise

We’ve all seen a player place chips in the pot with multiple motions, or appear to call, puts chips in the pot, and then announce a raise and adds more chips. As our eyes roll in unison, the offender is likely unaware that they have committed a major poker transgression: a string bet or string […]

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Poker’s Black Friday: 7 Years Later

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Poker’s Black Friday: 7 Years Later

Seven years ago, today, the online poker world was thrust into the spotlight with what is now known as poker’s Black Friday. This fateful day virtually destroyed a once vibrant aspect of the U.S. online gaming industry when the U.S. government took legal action against several online poker sites due to the Unlawful Internet Gaming […]

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