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All About Poker from the Coach - 2004-01-22
As I said in a previous column, I am now playing some low-stakes no-limit hold’em and pot-limit Omaha on the Internet. Certainly, there is a disadvantage in not being able to see the people I am playing against, and not being able to socialize with them.

But consider these advantages: I am playing in my own home. I can start playing without any waiting. I can quit for a while or for the day, without any drive home. The air is always clean. My opponents are often unspeakably bad. No one knows who I am unless I choose to tell them. I do not have to toke anyone if I win. It should be clear that the advantages of playing on the Internet outweigh the disadvantages.
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Thinking About Poker - 2004-01-22
Occasionally, I like to recommend books that I think might interest poker players, not because they’re about poker, but because I think they’re liable to interest the same sorts of people who take a serious interest in the game.

This time I’ve chosen to focus on books that might appeal to “poker geeks,” a term I’m using to mean poker players with an interest in the technical end of the game. That’s not to say that you need a Ph.D. in computer science to read one of these. With only one exception, all of the books listed below should be interesting and accessible to a general audience.
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