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IPOY Movers and Shakers

BeL0WaB0Ve stole the show this past week, as the race for 2006 IPR Internet Player of the Year – powered by ITH – continues down the home stretch. Two final tables on back-to-back nights allowed BeL0WaB0Ve to jump 12 places into the Top 25, as he begins to make a name for himself in the hunt for 2006 IPOY.

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Q & A With IPOY No. 2 Tmay420

For those players and fans who have kept a steady eye on ITH.com’s 2006 Internet Player of the Year (IPOY) race, you have undoubtedly noticed a name creeping up the list and threatening to overtake the IPOY lead. Tmay420, a 20-year old young gun from Los Altos, Calif., has continued to hammer out impressive cashes – particularly in Paradise Poker and Poker Stars multi-table tournaments tracked by ITH – and has significantly closed the gap on IPOY No. 1, phat_cat. On the year, Tmay420 has racked up an impressive 75 cashes in the web’s most premier MTTs, including victories in the nightly tournaments on Paradise Poker (100K Guaranteed) and Poker Stars ($150).

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IPR to Track UltimateBet.com Online Championship

In celebration of Phil Helmuth’s 10th World Series of Poker bracelet, the UltimateBet.com Online Championship is set to begin Friday, Dec. 1, and InternetPokerRankings – powered by ITH – will be tracking all the action as a part of its 2006 Internet Player of the Year criteria.

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ITH Internet Player of the Year Race Featured in ALL IN Magazine

ITH is pleased to announce that ALL IN, the world’s leading poker magazine, has begun to feature the 2006 ITH Internet Player of the Year (IPOY) race in its monthly publication. The IPOY debuted in last month’s installment of ALL IN Magazine, and will continue to be featured for the foreseeable future. As a part of its coverage of the ITH IPOY, ALL IN Magazine is also providing updates of the IPOY Top 25 in each of its installments.

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Online Poker Mistake 4: Calling Raises Too Often on the Turn
The fourth article in a series: Miscalculating Odds with Two Cards to Come
by Matthew Hilger

This is the fourth article in a series called Top 10 Mistakes of Online Players. The mistakes are not given in any particular order. Most of the mistakes apply to live play also although two or three of them are most applicable to online play. So far we have discussed the following mistakes:

#1: Playing Too Many Starting Hands and

#2: Drawing To Outs That Won’t Help You Win

#3: Miscalculating Odds with Two Cards to Come

This leads us into our next common mistake…

Mistake #4: Calling Raises Too Often on the Turn

Calling raises too often on the turn is another common mistake made by many players. One problem with calling raises on the turn is that you often end up calling the river. With a goal of earning one big bet an hour, you would wipe out two hours of earnings in one hand by making the mistake of calling the turn and river when you shouldn’t. When calling a raise on the turn, think about whether or not you will call the river if you don’t improve. Paying two big bets significantly decreases the pot odds you are receiving to see if you will win the hand.

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