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Rafe Furst

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About Me


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
If you don't know who I am, this is a good place to start.

Expert Insight
I am one of the founders of a new educational media company that takes you inside the mind of the expert .
Full Tilt Poker
This is where most of the top pros play exclusively , including Phil Ivey, Chris Ferguson, Howard Lederer, Erik Seidel, Phil Gordon, Erick Lindgren, John Juanda, and many more.
Tiltboys
Since college my buddies and I have played in a regular home poker game. The stakes are low, but the laughter is high. We even wrote a book about it!.. width="335" height="280" ....
Put a Bad Beat on Cancer Pledge for Life

My Interests

Put a Bad Beat on Cancer
A grassroots initiative in which poker players pledge just 1% of their winnings to cancer research and prevention as a tax-deductible donation.

Cancer Research & Prevention Foundation
It would be difficult to find a family that has not been touched by cancer at some point. I serve on the CRPF Board of Directors in honor of my own relatives and friends who have.
Ultimate Sports Adventure
Phil Gordon and I on a year-long odyssey, living on the road in a monster RV, attending every major sporting event and then some.
Poker Promotions & Productions
Looking to host a celebrity poker event or tournament for your company?
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I much prefer corresponding via the blog, so please don't be offended if I don't respond to private emails.

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Reminder: Bad Beat Tourney on Full Tilt Poker tonight

10pm Eastern / 7pm Pacific.Tourney is 28674653 located in the Private tab, and the password is "badbeat".Michael Craig and Rafe Furst both have bounties on themselves.Hope to see you there!...
Posted by Rafe Furst on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 12:30:00 PST

How to Read a Book for Free on Amazon

With a little bit of cleverness, you can read entire books on Amazon.com for free, assuming they have the "Search Inside" feature. Here's how.Getting StartedWhen you first click the cover of a book t...
Posted by Rafe Furst on Thu, 11 Oct 2007 03:33:00 PST

Online BBoC tourney on TUESDAY Oct 16

In the spirit of mixing things up and giving people who work on the weekends a chance to play, we are holding this month's Bad Beat on Cancer tourney on Full Tilt Poker on Tuesday, Oct 16 @ 10pm Easte...
Posted by Rafe Furst on Thu, 11 Oct 2007 04:05:00 PST

Are you happy?

Ervin Laszlo reports in The Chaos Point:Since 1957, GNP in the United States has more than doubled, but the average level of happiness has declined: those who report being "very happy" are only 32 per...
Posted by Rafe Furst on Fri, 07 Sep 2007 12:02:00 PST

Bad Beat on Cancer - online tourney this Sunday

I hope you all will join me for this weekend's Bad Beat on Cancer tourney on Full Tilt Poker. I invite you to sign up early if you think you are going to play because it always attracts more people w...
Posted by Rafe Furst on Thu, 06 Sep 2007 09:41:00 PST

Reading Friends vs Strangers

Stevo da Great asks:> All the information I've learned throughout my studies are great> tells for playing strangers, however, so many of these tells are> completely off when playing my friends and e...
Posted by Rafe Furst on Fri, 24 Aug 2007 04:37:00 PST

Moving Poker Posts to ExpertInsight.net

Starting with my last post on Avoiding Leaks, I'm going to be posting my poker content on ExpertInsight.net. I will cross-post partial articles here, but if you want the fastest and fullest updates y...
Posted by Rafe Furst on Wed, 22 Aug 2007 11:58:00 PST

Some Leaks to Avoid

I got the following email on MySpace, and even though it isn't a question, I thought I'd share it since I think there are some common "leaks" that it illustrates:[ read the rest of this article at Exp...
Posted by Rafe Furst on Wed, 22 Aug 2007 11:49:00 PST

Beating Loose-Passive Games (plus a paradox)

Question from Jackalope:> I know that the overall strategy for loose-passive (and I mean,> check-check-check- check-raise 20- call-call-call-call, THAT PASSIVE> AND LOOSE) is to wait for a hand and sl...
Posted by Rafe Furst on Thu, 19 Jul 2007 02:19:00 PST

Join us online for Bad Beat on Cancer tourney!

Well, the WSOP wasn't great to me personally this year, but I'm thrilled about how much support Bad Beat on Cancer got, not only from Harrah's/WSOP but also from all the players. Nearly a third of al...
Posted by Rafe Furst on Sat, 14 Jul 2007 04:08:00 PST