BIO

I started playing poker five years ago in college dorm games with friends. I immediately found Texas Hold'em fascinating and turned to the Internet for easy access to games and strategy advice. I began playing for play chips on Ultimate Bet, turned a freeroll into a bankroll for penny limit games, and never looked back. Early on in my poker career I found the 2+2 books and strategy forums where I have learned everything I know about poker, and made lifelong friends. These days I have my college degree--but play poker in lieu of working. I consider my regular game to be 30/60 online and 100/200 live, but have played as high as 400/800.

DeathDonkey is a DeucesCracked Executive Producer. He teaches both Limit Hold'em ($300/hr) and Triple Draw ($500/hr).

Q. Why poker videos? A. When I first wanted to impr...

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Details

Games

Limit Hold 'EmMisc/Other

Stakes

Mid Stakes
High Stakes
Micro/Small Stakes

Rate

300 to 500 per hour


  • What to do When...: Episode Eight

    by DeathDonkey, mike l., Mar 4th, 52 min

    Limit Hold 'Em

    $$$, 1 table, 6M

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    DeathDonkey and OnTheRail15 (#2) - ...

    by DeathDonkey, OnTheRail15, Feb 21st, 90 min

    Limit Hold 'Em

    $$, 1 table, 6M

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    What to do When...: Episode Seven

    by DeathDonkey, mike l., Feb 18th, 58 min

    Limit Hold 'Em

    $$$, 1 table, 6M

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    What to do When...: Episode Six

    by DeathDonkey, mike l., Feb 4th, 68 min

    Limit Hold 'Em

    $, 1 table, 6M

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    What to do When...: Episode Five

    by DeathDonkey, mike l., Jan 21st, 74 min

    Limit Hold 'Em

    $$$, 1 table, 6M

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    DeathDonkey and OnTheRail15 (#1) - ...

    by DeathDonkey, OnTheRail15, Jan 4th, 66 min

    Limit Hold 'Em

    $$, 1 table, 6M

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  • What to do When...: Episode Eight

    by DeathDonkey, mike l., Mar 4th, 52 min

    Limit Hold 'Em

    $$$, 1 table, 6M

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    What to do When...: Episode Seven

    by DeathDonkey, mike l., Feb 18th, 58 min

    Limit Hold 'Em

    $$$, 1 table, 6M

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    What to do When...: Episode Four

    by DeathDonkey, mike l., Dec 24th, 2009, 65 min

    Limit Hold 'Em

    $$$, 1 table, 6M

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    What to do When...: Episode Three

    by DeathDonkey, mike l., Dec 10th, 2009, 71 min

    Limit Hold 'Em

    $$$, 1 table, 6M

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    Ghost: DeathDonkey - $30/60 Part 1

    by DeathDonkey, Oct 25th, 2009, 45 min

    Limit Hold 'Em

    $$$, 2 tables, 6M

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    Dear Limidonks: Episode Eight

    by DeathDonkey, Aug 28th, 2009, 63 min

    Limit Hold 'Em

    $$$, 1 table, 6M

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  • And Now for Something Different: Gin wi...

    by Entity, DeathDonkey, May 10th, 2009, 63 min

    Misc/Other

    $, 1 table, HU

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    Mentor: DeathDonkey and Entity (#1) - M...

    by Entity, DeathDonkey, Jan 18th, 2009, 106 min

    Limit Hold 'Em

    $, 1 table, 6M

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    Coaches Corner: Video Production

    by DeathDonkey, Dec 21st, 2008, 7 min

    Misc/Other

    $, 1 table

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    Coaches Corner: Editing Videos

    by DeathDonkey, Dec 14th, 2008, 7 min

    Misc/Other

    $

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    Tool Time: Ubiquity and Firefox

    by DeathDonkey, Sep 4th, 2008, 13 min

    Misc/Other

    $, 1 table

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    Relentless Assault: Season Premiere

    by DeathDonkey, Jul 3rd, 2008, 60 min

    Limit Hold 'Em

    $$, 4 tables, 6M

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  • Musings on Poker Education by DeathDonkey

    “I taught you everything you know, but not everything I know”.  We as poker educators struggle to prove this oft quoted statement of superiority is not necessarily true in our field.  However, I recently r...

    Read More | Jun 2nd, 2008

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    The Great Session Swap Experiment by DeathDonkey

    In the poker world, we often talk about "the long run".  A good gambler understands that the decisions he makes don't produce the results he would like every time.  In fact, I'd say results-oriented thinking...

    Read More | Jan 8th, 2008

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    LAGs Get Paid by DeathDonkey

    Author's Note:  A LAG is an acronym for a Loose Aggressive player.  If you aren't familiar with this term this article might not be intended for you.  Go back and play in nice loose passive games a...

    Read More | Jan 8th, 2008

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    Introduction to Badugi by DeathDonkey

    Badugi - the latest game to hit the high limit mix games, home games, and eventually the internet.  This unique draw game has some sort of mysterious aura around it, probably stemming from the fact that there is no li...

    Read More | Jan 8th, 2008

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    Introduction to 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball by DeathDonkey

    Believe it or not, there are poker games besides Texas Hold'em (or possibly if you are from the East Coast and not of the Rounders age, seven card stud).  If you ever tire of playing the same old game everyday, or you...

    Read More | Jan 8th, 2008

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  • Musings on Poker Education by DeathDonkey

    “I taught you everything you know, but not everything I know”.  We as poker educators struggle to prove this oft quoted statement of superiority is not necessarily true in our field.  However, I recently r...

    Read More | Jun 2nd, 2008

    •  
    The Great Session Swap Experiment by DeathDonkey

    In the poker world, we often talk about "the long run".  A good gambler understands that the decisions he makes don't produce the results he would like every time.  In fact, I'd say results-oriented thinking...

    Read More | Jan 8th, 2008

    •  
    LAGs Get Paid by DeathDonkey

    Author's Note:  A LAG is an acronym for a Loose Aggressive player.  If you aren't familiar with this term this article might not be intended for you.  Go back and play in nice loose passive games a...

    Read More | Jan 8th, 2008

    •  
    Introduction to Badugi by DeathDonkey

    Badugi - the latest game to hit the high limit mix games, home games, and eventually the internet.  This unique draw game has some sort of mysterious aura around it, probably stemming from the fact that there is no li...

    Read More | Jan 8th, 2008

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    Bit of live 40/80 by DeathDonkey

    I went to Ocean's Saturday night hopeful for 75/150 action but the place was dead. I wound up playing short 40/80 and ran ridiculously bad right away, losing 3 racks before I won a pot that saw the turn.  My favorite of th...

    Read More | Dec 3rd, 2007

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Full Biography

I started playing poker five years ago in college dorm games with friends. I immediately found Texas Hold'em fascinating and turned to the Internet for easy access to games and strategy advice. I began playing for play chips on Ultimate Bet, turned a freeroll into a bankroll for penny limit games, and never looked back. Early on in my poker career I found the 2+2 books and strategy forums where I have learned everything I know about poker, and made lifelong friends. These days I have my college degree--but play poker in lieu of working. I consider my regular game to be 30/60 online and 100/200 live, but have played as high as 400/800.

DeathDonkey is a DeucesCracked Executive Producer. He teaches both Limit Hold'em ($300/hr) and Triple Draw ($500/hr).

Q. Why poker videos? A. When I first wanted to improve at poker, I found the available literature and was able to improve my understanding of poker theory and basic concepts. But poker books are a slow way to learn because you have to interpret a single chapter that may apply to hundreds of unique situations we face in poker every day. By seeing a professional's style of play and hearing the thought processes that govern some common and some not-so-common decisions, I think you can greatly increase your understanding of poker theory and see some concrete examples of how to utilize a concept.

Q. Why make a series? A. When KRANTZ and danzasmack first came to us with the idea for a video series on specific topics, I realized that they had found a way to bridge the gap between learning poker by reading books, and the poker training videos we had already begun producing at DeucesCracked.com. Now you can focus on a specific niche that an entire video series will help you master. If you want to learn to play heads up, you no longer have to read a book about general limit hold'em play and try to apply the concepts to your heads up game, or hope that someone will make a video on your topic of interest. You can find expert advice and training on the area of poker you are most interested, and completely explore the topic over a season of episodes!