Free Crush Live Poker Podcast

Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 219: Finding a Gauge for Table Selection

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Show Notes

This week Bart discusses the state of the live NL games and the use of a "player gauge" when it comes to finding the best game in the room. He then covers hands from one of the softest $2/$5NL tables that he has experienced in six months--although the game only lasted like that for two hours.

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