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	<title>Why Do I Play Poker? &#187; Poker</title>
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	<description>Getting Better. Even if it means reading a book.</description>
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		<title>Full Tilt Poker &#8211; I Banned Myself</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It used to be that I would put $100 in my FTP account and have a good time. Play a few sit-n-gos and win or lose, it was entertaining.
Wait, what the fuck am I saying? I NEVER and I mean NEVER have really felt that way. I am competitive to the bone and every fiber [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Winning Poker  &#8211; How to Crack the Code</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I enjoy the process of figuring things out.Â  Puzzles make me feel alive. Get my brain swirling about in the best of ways.
You probably think I am going to say that poker is the biggest puzzle I have ever encountered. Not true.Â  That award goes to being a husband and father. Much harder AND much [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Winning Poker Formula:Play Against the Weak. Losing Poker Formula:Play Against the Strong</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>WhyDoIPlayPoker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ll just come out and say it: I play poker to win money.
Just like any other poker player, I will take money from my friends, my enemies, my neighbor, the fathers of my son&#8217;s pre-school friends and even my wife.Â  Hell, if my grandmother would sit down with me I would try my darnedest to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>At first I thought I was playing poker.</title>
		<link>http://whydoiplaypoker.com/at-first-i-thought-i-was-playing-poker/</link>
		<comments>http://whydoiplaypoker.com/at-first-i-thought-i-was-playing-poker/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Why Do I Play Poker?</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post was going to start with me fuming on the car ride home after a dismal night at the casino. Â But after a little reflection, I realized the bad night wasn&#8217;t the point, it was my bad thinking.
It started with me sitting at a $100 NLH game. There was this drunk guy,Â so drunk the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Poker Optimism &#8211;  Number 1 Sign of a Losing Poker Player</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:28:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Why Do I Play Poker?</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone loves an optimist. Â Their enthusiasm is contagious. Â They&#8217;re go-getters.
You know what? Â I&#8217;ve had an assload of optimists lately. Â And truthfully, the only place I want to see them is at the poker tables. Preferably, with their optimistic fucking mouths shut.
Here&#8217;s why? They&#8217;ll optimistically go to the ATM machine way more times than they&#8217;ll make [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Free Online Poker &#8211; a safe way to be on full tilt</title>
		<link>http://whydoiplaypoker.com/free-online-poker-a-safe-way-to-be-on-full-tilt/</link>
		<comments>http://whydoiplaypoker.com/free-online-poker-a-safe-way-to-be-on-full-tilt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 17:01:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>WhyDoIPlayPoker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am not a fan of free poker. It&#8217;s an oxymoron. Poker by its very definition needs to be played for money. If it doesn&#8217;t hurt to lose, it&#8217;s not poker.
That said, I have come to realize there is a time and place for the free online game.
In order to win in poker, you have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Full Tilt&#8217;s Rush Poker &#8211; A lesson in focus&#8230;..I think.</title>
		<link>http://whydoiplaypoker.com/i-learned-something-playing-full-tilts-new-rush-poker/</link>
		<comments>http://whydoiplaypoker.com/i-learned-something-playing-full-tilts-new-rush-poker/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Why Do I Play Poker?</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://whydoiplaypoker.net/?p=355</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I wish I could tell you a surefire strategy to beat the online poker site&#8217;s new game. Â But I can&#8217;t. Â Not even close. I have no idea how to win in that game. Â I think it starts with a raise and then I&#8217;m not sure where to go from there. Maybe a little patience might [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Poker Therapy</title>
		<link>http://whydoiplaypoker.com/poker-therapy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:05:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Why Do I Play Poker?</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In elementary school I got beat up everyday by Jarett Moore. We were about the same size, but for some reason when he picked on me, I wouldn&#8217;t fight back.
Thirty years later the sense of shame for never fighting back is still palpable. Actually, it&#8217;s embarrassing and haunting. The only comfort I have in these [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Like Dexter, I also have a &#8220;Dark Passenger.&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://whydoiplaypoker.com/like-dexter-i-also-have-a-dark-passenger/</link>
		<comments>http://whydoiplaypoker.com/like-dexter-i-also-have-a-dark-passenger/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 12:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Why Do I Play Poker?</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I&#8217;m all in!&#8221;
&#8220;I call!&#8221;
He shows me his straight. I muck my 2 pair in disgust. It&#8217;s not that I got outplayed. That doesn&#8217;t piss me off too much. What DOES piss me off is when I make a solid game plan on the way to the casino, but when I get there, my dark passenger [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some things don&#8217;t go well together. Connectivity and sit-n-go bubble strategy come to mind.</title>
		<link>http://whydoiplaypoker.com/some-things-dont-go-well-together-connectivity-and-sit-n-go-bubble-strategy-come-to-mind/</link>
		<comments>http://whydoiplaypoker.com/some-things-dont-go-well-together-connectivity-and-sit-n-go-bubble-strategy-come-to-mind/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 12:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Why Do I Play Poker?</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There have been all sorts of things that keep me from playing my best poker online. Â  Mad at my boss. Â Looking at too much porn. You get the picture.
Well, the other night was the first time my computer got the best of me.
I played a $24 Â + $2 Turbo 90 person tourney with a [...]]]></description>
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