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Real Life No Limit Grinder Pro: Episode...

by WiltOnTilt, today, 63 min

$$, 1 table, 6M
Proper PLO: Episode One

by Ribbo, yesterday, 56 min

$$, 4 tables, FR
Hitchhiker's Guide to SNGs: Episode Five

by AMT, Nov 12th, 97 min

$, 4 tables, FR
What to do When...: Episode One

by DeathDonkey, mike l., Nov 12th, 67 min

$$$, 1 table, 6M
Best of 7: Episode Four

by danzasmack, DJ Sensei, Nov 11th, 71 min

$$$, 2 tables, 6M
King for a Day 3: MEMBERS ONLY: Episode...

by sthief09, Nov 11th, 67 min

$, 4 tables, 6M
Santa's Chanukah Helpers: Episode One

by bosoxx34, Nov 10th, 58 min

$, 2 tables, HU
Elephant Tamer: Episode Five

by BigBadBabar, PygmyHero, Nov 9th, 57 min

$$, 2 tables, 6M
Parallels 2: Episode Nine

by BalugaWhale, Nov 9th, 68 min

$, 4 tables, 6M
Mentor: KasinoKrime (#1) - Goldseraph L...

by goldseraph, KasinoKrime, Nov 8th, 67 min

$, 4 tables, 6M
Video Description
WiltOnTilt and WhiteHeatSYD team up for another No Limit Grinder series. This episode outlines where WhiteHeatSYD has been since the last series and what they are trying to accomplish going forward.

Series Description
This series will pick up the story of WhiteHeatSYD and focus on what it takes to make the leap to pro and what’s needed to keep your edge vs the other pros.

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Mid Stakes

Tables
1 Table

Seat Limit
6max (6M)

Video Description
Ribbo kicks off his new series with a preview of his own play at Full Ring PLO. He 4-tables and lets you into his thought process.

Series Description
DeucesCracked Pot Limit Omaha Producer Ribbo reviews his students PLO videos, offering advice to help fix common problems.

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Mid Stakes

Tables
4 Tables

Seat Limit
Full Ring (FR)

Video Description
AMT takes the reigns again in the SNG series. This week he is playing 4 tournaments, all are 180 man turbo SNGs, and discusses his play throughout the tournaments.

Series Description
AMT and bones cover everything you need to know to travel the universe of SNGs. How to study, where to play, bankroll management, and more included. Make sure you bring your towel.

Stakes
Micro/Small Stakes

Tables
4 Tables

Seat Limit
Full Ring (FR)

Video Description
DeathDonkey and mike l. kickoff a new series with a episode focused on being the big blind and getting into a blind battle.

Series Description
DeathDonkey and mike l. tackle the common, but nasty spots in mid/high stakes shorthanded LHE. Using hands played by mike, they will analyze and argue about what to do when...you find yourself in sticky situations in LHE.

Stakes
High Stakes

Tables
1 Table

Seat Limit
6max (6M)

Video Description
Danzasmack and DJ Sensei continue to work through the mixed games. This episode is focusing on No Limit Hold'em.

Series Description
Chuck and crew take a look at the biggest thing online today - 7 game. With a focus on exploiting certain players in certain games, it's time to pick your best of 7!

Stakes
High Stakes

Tables
2 Tables

Seat Limit
6max (6M)

Video Description
Sthief09 is back with a new season of review videos. This week is focusing on 50NL play by a DC member.

Series Description
Josh “sthief09” Plotkin delivers the third installment of one of our most popular series, “King for a Day.” Josh will review member vids at small stakes 6max NL.

Stakes
Micro/Small Stakes

Tables
4 Tables

Seat Limit
6max (6M)

Video Description
Bosoxx34 kicks things off with this episode. This week the focus is on Luciano and a video he recorded at 100NL Heads Up.

Series Description
bosoxx34 and KRANTZ team up to spread some holiday cheer, teaching two lucky DeucesCracked subscribers and small stakes Heads Up No Limit players to crush the competition.

Stakes
Micro/Small Stakes

Tables
2 Tables

Seat Limit
Heads Up (HU)

Video Description
PygmyHero and BigBadBabar are back for another season. This week's episode comes live from the Borgata Casino in Atlantic City. They are playing 2-tables of $1/2 and work on game creation.

Series Description
A tour de force of the little and the small: BigBadBabar and pygmyhero bring you an excellent primer to microstakes Limit Hold'em. Biweekly.

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Mid Stakes

Tables
2 Tables

Seat Limit
6max (6M)

Video Description
Parallels takes a new turn with BalugaWhale working with a student, Mark, on his play at 25NL.

Series Description
Dive deep into the minds of two of our best instructors, whitelime and BalugaWhale, as they analyze each others’ play week to week.

Stakes
Micro/Small Stakes

Tables
4 Tables

Seat Limit
6max (6M)

Video Description
KasinoKrime teaches DC coach Goldseraph how to play PLO. They review Goldseraph's play at 4-tables of $0.5/1.

Series Description
DeucesCracked coaches Mentor their students in these coaching videos.

Stakes
Micro/Small Stakes

Tables
4 Tables

Seat Limit
6max (6M)
Proper PLO: Episode One

by Ribbo, yesterday, 56 min

$$, 4 tables, FR
Best of 7: Episode Four

by danzasmack, DJ Sensei, Nov 11th, 71 min

$$$, 2 tables, 6M
Elephant Tamer: Episode Five

by BigBadBabar, PygmyHero, Nov 9th, 57 min

$$, 2 tables, 6M
Mentor: KasinoKrime (#1) - Goldseraph L...

by goldseraph, KasinoKrime, Nov 8th, 67 min

$, 4 tables, 6M
Mentor: Vanessa Selbst (#1) - MTT Hand ...

by fslexcduck, Nov 6th, 69 min

$$, 1 table, FR
Late Night Coaching with Joe Tall: Gues...

by Joe Tall, NoahSD, Nov 3rd, 61 min

$$, 1 table, 6M
Tool Time: Introduction to the DeucesCr...

by Entity, Nov 1st, 5 min

$
PLO Pro: Episode Eight

by fslexcduck, Oct 30th, 78 min

$$, 1 table, 6M
Push: IWEARGOGGLES (#7) - 1K MTT

by IWEARGOGGLES, Oct 29th, 64 min

$$$, 1 table, FR
A Nightmare on 7th Street: Episode Five

by Joe Tall, Oct 29th, 41 min

$$, 1 table, 6M
Video Description
Ribbo kicks off his new series with a preview of his own play at Full Ring PLO. He 4-tables and lets you into his thought process.

Series Description
DeucesCracked Pot Limit Omaha Producer Ribbo reviews his students PLO videos, offering advice to help fix common problems.

Stakes
Mid Stakes

Tables
4 Tables

Seat Limit
Full Ring (FR)

Video Description
Danzasmack and DJ Sensei continue to work through the mixed games. This episode is focusing on No Limit Hold'em.

Series Description
Chuck and crew take a look at the biggest thing online today - 7 game. With a focus on exploiting certain players in certain games, it's time to pick your best of 7!

Stakes
High Stakes

Tables
2 Tables

Seat Limit
6max (6M)

Video Description
PygmyHero and BigBadBabar are back for another season. This week's episode comes live from the Borgata Casino in Atlantic City. They are playing 2-tables of $1/2 and work on game creation.

Series Description
A tour de force of the little and the small: BigBadBabar and pygmyhero bring you an excellent primer to microstakes Limit Hold'em. Biweekly.

Stakes
Mid Stakes

Tables
2 Tables

Seat Limit
6max (6M)

Video Description
KasinoKrime teaches DC coach Goldseraph how to play PLO. They review Goldseraph's play at 4-tables of $0.5/1.

Series Description
DeucesCracked coaches Mentor their students in these coaching videos.

Stakes
Micro/Small Stakes

Tables
4 Tables

Seat Limit
6max (6M)

Video Description
Vanessa Selbst does some review of MTT hands submitted by DC members.

Series Description
DeucesCracked coaches Mentor their students in these coaching videos.

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Mid Stakes

Tables
1 Table

Seat Limit
Full Ring (FR)

Video Description
Joe Tall brings back an old DC series favorite with none other than DCs NoahSD and DC member, chipchucker5. Watch them go over 10/20 and 25/50 shorthanded NL hands in the replayer of a recent session for chipchucker.

Series Description
Join Joe Tall every week as he takes a new DeucesCracked coach and DeucesCracked member to pore over a recently played session. Follow in-depth analysis of every hand by DeucesCracked coaches while Joe orchestrates the three-way audio, adding in his own unique metagame perspectives. Watch for a new coach and member every week!

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Mid Stakes

Tables
1 Table

Seat Limit
6max (6M)

Video Description
Entity walks you through how to respond to individual timestamps, take notes, and paste links to your friends to individual timestamps using the Interactive Flash Player on DeucesCracked.com.

Series Description
Free videos to help you get the most out of the DeucesCracked experience. Quick tips on tools from RSS readers to next-gen trackers and everything in-between. Good stuff IMO.

Stakes
Micro/Small Stakes

Video Description
Vanessa and Steve wrap up the series with Steve's graduation to PLO Pro. They do a few hand reviews and then wrap up with an analysis of his play throughout the entire series.

Series Description
Vanessa takes a student under her wing and shows off all the knowledge that won her that WSOP PLO bracelet, as they move through mid-stakes online Pot Limit Omaha.

Stakes
Mid Stakes

Tables
1 Table

Seat Limit
6max (6M)

Video Description
IWEARGOGGLES reviews hands from the 1K Monday MTT where he runs into interesting spots and decisions while trying to win a high stakes tournament.

Series Description
Sit and Go'ers beware: DC's tournament specialists walk you through everything about STTs. Watch and learn how to destroy sit and go tournaments: when to bluff, when to fold, and of course, when to push.

Stakes
High Stakes

Tables
1 Table

Seat Limit
Full Ring (FR)

Video Description
Joe Tall pours over marginal holdings, and what situations you should be playing such hands in this episode of No7st. He goes over the fundamentals to situational stud, marginal holdings and how to expand your range while balancing your door card play with examples in the replayer.

Series Description
Joe Tall continues where he left off in his mix-game videos to bring you a comprehensive guide to Stud Hi. This full series is geared to turn you into a Stud player starting at the intermediate level.

Stakes
Mid Stakes

Tables
1 Table

Seat Limit
6max (6M)
Unconventional Wisdom: Season Premiere

by DJ Sensei, fslexcduck, Dec 31st, 2007, 58 min

$$, 1 table, 6M
The Vault: Entity Coaches Tarkus - $2/4...

by Entity, Nov 6th, 2007, 45 min

$, 1 table, 6M
Memoirs of a Limidonk: You and Your HUD

by sthief09, Jan 4th, 2008, 33 min

$, 1 table, 6M
The Vault: 15/30 6max with DeathDonkey

by DeathDonkey, Oct 11th, 2007, 61 min

$$, 1 table, 6M
The Vault: sthief09 Teaches Limit to NL...

by sthief09, Oct 19th, 2007, 43 min

$$, 1 table, 6M
Tool Time: Using the Holdem Manager HUD

by DJ Sensei, May 5th, 2008, 13 min

$, 1 table, 6M
Duel: DOGISHEAD (#1)

by DOGISHEAD, May 5th, 2008, 25 min

$$, 2 tables, HU
Joe the Pro: Episode Eight

by joethepro, Jul 21st, 2008, 5 min

$$$, 1 table, HU
Video Description
In the series premiere of Unconventional Wisdom, Dan and Vanessa talk about playing and maneuvering their way through tricky spots in reraised pots.

Series Description
Join DJ Sensei and Vanessa Selbst as they think outside the box. Hand after hand of unorthodox, tricky and engaging play for the small stakes No-Limit player. Bid goodbye to ABC poker but be careful not to spew!

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Mid Stakes

Tables
1 Table

Seat Limit
6max (6M)

Video Description
Watch as Entity uses a hand replayer to dissect the key hands from Tarkus' session and listen to their in-depth conversation between Entity and Tarkus about Tarkus' play on specific hands. Lots of discussion about handranges, deep analysis of specific plays, and even a brief Joe Tall-esque trademarked "breathe" moment. Part one of two.

Series Description
Videos from the old DeucesCracked.com collection -- primarily LHE with occasional Stud/8, PLO, and LO8 mixed in.

Stakes
Micro/Small Stakes

Tables
1 Table

Seat Limit
6max (6M)

Video Description
In this short supplemental video, sthief09 goes through all of the stats that he displays on his HUD and talks about the importance of each of them. Great material for both new and experienced players -- if you haven't been using a HUD, this video will probably make you start.

Series Description
"But can't I just bet the minimum?" sthief09, a former Limit Holdem' player turned No-Limit expert, teaches Entity about the mighty power that is "ALL-IN."

Stakes
Micro/Small Stakes

Tables
1 Table

Seat Limit
6max (6M)

Video Description
DeathDonkey single tables a good 15/30 6max game on Full Tilt Poker. In this video DeathDonkey handles a few tough situations against tough opponents, as well as some multiway pots with a loose player trapped in the middle. At the end he reviews his stats and a couple key hands in PokerTracker.

Series Description
Videos from the old DeucesCracked.com collection -- primarily LHE with occasional Stud/8, PLO, and LO8 mixed in.

Stakes
Mid Stakes

Tables
1 Table

Seat Limit
6max (6M)

Video Description
Watch as Josh (sthief09) single tables $1/$2NL as he continues his series on how to make the transition from Limit to NL. He covers how to attack dead money, get involved correctly preflop, make the correct bet and raise sizes and many other topics a Limit player needs to win at NL. As a former limit specialist who made the transition and now plays NL exclusively, Josh is very familiar with the skills to begin crushing the NL games.

Series Description
Videos from the old DeucesCracked.com collection -- primarily LHE with occasional Stud/8, PLO, and LO8 mixed in.

Stakes
Mid Stakes

Tables
1 Table

Seat Limit
6max (6M)

Video Description
DJ Sensei demonstrates how to set up the Holdem Manager HUD and how it looks in action.

Series Description
Free videos to help you get the most out of the DeucesCracked experience. Quick tips on tools from RSS readers to next-gen trackers and everything in-between. Good stuff IMO.

Stakes
Micro/Small Stakes

Tables
1 Table

Seat Limit
6max (6M)

Video Description
DOGISHEAD 2-tables $400 and $600NL HU on PokerStars in this FREE 25 minute sample video.

Series Description
Watch as DC's finest tangle HU vs a variety of opponents.

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Mid Stakes

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2 Tables

Seat Limit
Heads Up (HU)

Video Description
DeucesCracked welcomes its newest ultra-high stakes player Joe the Pro. In his eighth video (the first 7 are unfortunately unavailable due to licensing restrictions), Joe discusses the importance of position.

Series Description
JoeThePro brings his unique look to online poker to DeucesCracked. (Entertainment Only)

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High Stakes

Tables
1 Table

Seat Limit
Heads Up (HU)

Assume the Position
by Tommy Angelo on Nov 6th

You’re playing live poker and you just folded before the flop. You’ve got a minute or two, maybe longer, before you get more cards. What to do? What to do? You could watch TV. You could turn the volume up on your headphones. You might order a beverage, or converse with a player... Read More

On the EV of Mouse Smashing
by Tommy Angelo on Oct 9th

I just got off the phone with a mouse smasher. Or you could call him a mouse masher. (It sounds the same either way, whether you are saying it, or doing it.) I’m going to call him Humphrey. The topic was poker coaching. During the conversation, Humphrey asked some questions I had heard befo... Read More

Wasting Away in Badugiville
by Matt Flynn on Sep 26th

As if we needed further proof that the apocalypse is on us, PokerStars has opened badugi tables. Dozens of previously respectable players have flocked from the corners of the pokerverse. And wow, they play bad. I have been sorely tempted to teach my 7-year-old badugi, but my wife is Irish and... Read More

Tilt As a Physiological Reaction
by Lysistrata on Sep 9th

There are obvious differences between men and women that don't involve genitalia or chromosomes. One such difference is how men latch onto completely inconsequential, contrived things and become completely competitive about them and have a great time. Women, for the most part, are totally unable... Read More
Assume the Position
by Tommy Angelo on Nov 6th

You’re playing live poker and you just folded before the flop. You’ve got a minute or two, maybe longer, before you get more cards. What to do? What to do? You could watch TV. You could turn the volume up on your headphones. You might order a beverage, or converse with a player... Read More

On the EV of Mouse Smashing
by Tommy Angelo on Oct 9th

I just got off the phone with a mouse smasher. Or you could call him a mouse masher. (It sounds the same either way, whether you are saying it, or doing it.) I’m going to call him Humphrey. The topic was poker coaching. During the conversation, Humphrey asked some questions I had heard befo... Read More

Wasting Away in Badugiville
by Matt Flynn on Sep 26th

As if we needed further proof that the apocalypse is on us, PokerStars has opened badugi tables. Dozens of previously respectable players have flocked from the corners of the pokerverse. And wow, they play bad. I have been sorely tempted to teach my 7-year-old badugi, but my wife is Irish and... Read More

I Love Badugi
by Matt Flynn on Sep 8th

A call came in a few months ago on a Wednesday. “Hey, Doc, we got a badugi game Friday. Come play. Blinds start at $200-$400. Should be a full table.” The game had been going for a couple of weeks. Several of the regulars were familiar to me. They were players, guys who had paper bags... Read More

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