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	<title>Chess and Poker Blog</title>
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	<description>News and Updates from ChessandPoker.com founder James Yates.</description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 20 Apr 2008 06:04:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Top Five Most Annoying Suckouts in Online Poker</title>
		<link>http://www.chessandpoker.com/blog/2008/04/20/five-annoying-suckouts-in-online-poker/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Apr 2008 05:43:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Yates</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[      As I sit here still simmering after losing with AKo after getting it all-in preflop versus KQo AND 42 suited (42 was tilting after a bad beat and the KQ called off 85% of their stack after the 42 raised and I re-raised all-in) and losing to BOTH hands [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Back on Track</title>
		<link>http://www.chessandpoker.com/blog/2008/04/13/back-on-track/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2008 22:40:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Yates</dc:creator>
		
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After a semi-exhausting training regimen,  which involved lots of time deep in study and mucho reading, I feel like I&#8217;m now back on my Poker game and sharper than ever. It never ceases to amaze me what I can accomplish after I am thoroughly fed up with something, walk away for a few days [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I won Dad, that means you lose</title>
		<link>http://www.chessandpoker.com/blog/2008/03/28/i-won-dad-that-means-you-lose/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Mar 2008 00:36:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Yates</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[You could say I&#8217;ve been on a downswing lately, at least concerning game playing. To punctuate this point, I&#8217;ll begrudgingly let you all in on the disheartening fact that I just lost 7 consecutive games of Hungry, Hungry Hippos. To my 4-year-old. As we headed upstairs he said the title to this post and then [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Guide Released!</title>
		<link>http://www.chessandpoker.com/blog/2008/03/11/new-guide-released/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 03:05:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Yates</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m so glad I got around to finishing this guide since it is one that has been hanging around in the back of my head for quite some time. Now found in the main menu at the ChessandPoker.com homepage&#8230;&#8230;.the Peg Solitaire guide!! If you&#8217;ve ever come across this puzzle, and really who hasn&#8217;t at this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chess and Poker Store Launched!</title>
		<link>http://www.chessandpoker.com/blog/2008/01/24/chess-and-poker-store-launched/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:03:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Yates</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve partnered with Amazon.com to launch the Chess and Poker Shopping Center! I think it&#8217;s very cool to be able to shop for all the items I&#8217;m searching the web for right here on the ChessandPoker.com site. Browse some of our favorite selections and the full Amazon.com catalog, which is one of the most comprehensive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nigel Short is a Complete Loser</title>
		<link>http://www.chessandpoker.com/blog/2008/01/20/nigel-short-is-a-complete-loser/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2008 16:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Yates</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Nigel Short recently won a Chess game by default after raising a formal complaint against his opponent Ivan Cheparinov, who had refused to shake his hand at the start of their tournament game. Short reportedly offered a &#8220;traditional&#8221; handshake to Cheparinov, who had arrived late, as he took his seat at the board. Cheparinov ignored [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bobby Fischer Dead at 64</title>
		<link>http://www.chessandpoker.com/blog/2008/01/18/bobby-fischer-dead-at-64/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2008 19:04:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Yates</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The world-famous American Grandmaster, and one of the best all-time Chess  players, Bobby Fischer has died at the age of 64 from a serious but unspecified illness in Reykjavik. While in recent years Fischer was known for his shocking activities away from the Chess board, including racist radio ramblings and wild conspiracy theories targeted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blackjack and Video Poker are back</title>
		<link>http://www.chessandpoker.com/blog/2007/12/31/blackjack-and-video-poker-are-back/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2007 19:18:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Yates</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[After receiving several emails as to why we removed the Blackjack and Jacks or Better Video Poker strategy guides from our main site the decision was clear: bring &#8216;em back and make them even better than they were before! Located in the strategy guide list on our home page you can now once again select [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Carcassonne Strategy Guide!</title>
		<link>http://www.chessandpoker.com/blog/2007/12/31/carcassonne-strategy-guide/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chessandpoker.com/blog/2007/12/31/carcassonne-strategy-guide/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2007 19:15:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Yates</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[We are immensely pleased to announce the much-anticipated release of our Carcassonne strategy guide! If you&#8217;ve never heard of this game, you&#8217;ll definitely want to check it out as it covers the rules in great detail and even includes the basic strategy of the game. The game of Carcassonne is hands-down the most addictive game [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chess and Poker Resolutions</title>
		<link>http://www.chessandpoker.com/blog/2007/12/31/chess-and-poker-resolutions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2007 19:10:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Yates</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s New Years Eve and therefore time for the prerequisite listing of the ChessandPoker.com New Year&#8217;s resolutions!
Much more Content: This year we&#8217;ll be rolling out the new Chess and Poker sections, which focus entirely on our two namesake games. Along with this, there are always several in-depth strategy guides in production so stay tuned for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Holidays and Apples to Apples</title>
		<link>http://www.chessandpoker.com/blog/2007/12/26/holidays-and-apples-to-apples/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chessandpoker.com/blog/2007/12/26/holidays-and-apples-to-apples/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Dec 2007 16:45:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Yates</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[We just completed another fantastic Christmas get-together, and I have to say I had a blast. So much so that I slept for a record 9hrs straight afterwards! All of our favorite people stopped in late yesterday afternoon and had a great time, opening gifts and catching up with lots of conversation. We were all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Annette Wins Best Poker Performance</title>
		<link>http://www.chessandpoker.com/blog/2007/12/09/annette-wins-best-poker-performance/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chessandpoker.com/blog/2007/12/09/annette-wins-best-poker-performance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2007 02:28:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Yates</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Annette Obrestad has won &#8220;Tournament Performance of the Year&#8221; at the European Poker Awards, once again the youngest player to ever achieve that honor. The online wunderkind earned this recognition by besting a stacked field of live-action tournament pros en route to winning the inaugural WSOPE Main Event, considered by many to be one of [...]]]></description>
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