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Poker Lesson #6:
Surviving In Tournaments, Part 2
Survival and accumulating chips are both vital in poker tournaments. Oliver Butterick assess the benefits and pitfalls of aggressive play, and comments on the widespread belief that tight players do not win tournaments. Read More.
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Yosemite in Transition: Rethinking Infrastructure
in the "Place of the Gaping Mouth"
Babblog Presents:
The Video Games
of the Eighties:
Not a Complete
Waste of Time
This week, Babblog celebrates the video games of the Golden Age of the Arcade.
Getting Your Quarter's Worth: Year-by-year Breakdown
of the Eighties' Top Games
To help you relive your early years, video game aficionado Erik Sincoff outlines
the notable video games of the nineteen eighties.
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The Games of My Second Decade
To be honest, I was a terrible player, so when I played Galaga
with Erik, I always died off quickly and then watched for the next half hour.
Still, I savored time in arcades, especially when our family went to Chuck
E. Cheese's.
Read more.
The Lists:
Favorite Video Games
of the 80s
